Old Oak Inn Rutherglen — Restaurant in Scotland

I reviewed this in about 1 year ago when I thought it was a good local pub. However, it's now under new management who've tried to go upmarket. The decor is fine, but doesn't have the same atmosphere. Also changed menu, which is very limited. Today the menu offered me spicy chilli, the chef should be advised that salt is not a substitute for chilli! I can only presume that the meals are all frozen, and then defrosted to order as my plate was swimming in a pool of water and the roast potatoes on my husband's plate were solid. Put this together with high pricing on everything (including drinks although measure has gone down to 25ml when prices went up), I will definitely not be back for food. Staff are pleasant enough, but due to all other factors this wouldn't be my first choice for a quick drink!

staff are good, large range of drinks available (esp gin). good pub with a mixed age crowd, and normally entertainment at...

Disappointing that they’ve changed their menu - previous home cooked food was delicious but now it’s poor. Their ultimate burger has been replaced and their macaroni cheese is claggy and tasteless. The salad was fresh, but very plain with no dressing. We ordered the two meals for £15 listed on the rear of the menu, so the pricing is definitely lower, but realised when we got home we were charged £22. It took a long time to get served but staff were apologetic as they were getting to grips with the new menu. Sadly, for us it was the tasty food that made us return. With this new menu, I don’t think we...

Took family (7 of us) for dinner on 12/8/20 place busy table booked for 6pm took a while for starters and drinks but by 8pm we were still waiting for our meals turns out some staff had walked out. Had enough so i said to manageress we would pay fir starters and drinks which we had but not waiting any longer for meals. Management sorted this out to our satisfaction by saying food would be with us within 5 mins if we decided to wait and there would be no charge for food and drinks up to then. Excellent management decision. Food was great and yes...