Carousel — Restaurant in Stockport

I was on a jaunt in the fair lands of Reddish and came over all peckish. Stomach growling, I lurched into action to acquire some beige comestibles and fermented barley to satiate me and further develop my risk of heart attack.

As I meandered through the dreary streets, there appeared on the horizon a shining beacon of boozy triumph. Glistening on the afternoon breeze, stood proudly the word 'Carousel'. I required no further invite and bounded towards the Grail-like structure with glee.

I stepped across the threshold and was instantly greeted by a the glorious aroma of ale and chip fat. With reckless abandon I set about finding a throne to purch my fat arse.

A cheeky fellow, who had a faint resemblance to a hobbit, appeared as if summoned by gods of ale and diabetes to furnish me with the best damn menu I've ever grasped.

He stood twirling his elaborate beard and discussing the specials, of course everything within the establishment was special, so imagine my surprise when he explained there was a separate section dedicated to items of even higher calibre.

He introduced himself as Stephen, the kitchen manager, but I knew then this was a man of quality.

I ordered a pint of Guinness, like any self respecting man first thing on a Sunday afternoon. I stood in awe of his command of beer pouring timings, amazed that he utilized his ornate pocket watch to perfectly sequence the intricate task.

He slipped the pocket watch back into his waistcoat and slid the pint glass towards me (apparently I'm now sitting at the bar) without spilling a drop. 'this must be what meeting God is like' I mused.

He only did this if he is meant to be pouring beer. If not, then he didn't do it, but was still solely responsible for my outstanding experience.

Stephen, the Kitchen Manager, who I met on Sunday 27th October 2024 (when he was definitely on shift) is by far and away the best staff member in Greene king, who works in the Stockport area, mainly at the carousel, on that given Sunday, I have ever encountered.

Bravo...

Firstly they didn't have a diet redbull which was on the drinks menu so I had a diet Pepsi and my partner had a glass of Sauvignon blanc. My glass smelled like wet dog and his glass had lipstick on the rim. Food wise I ordered the rump steak, rare, and asked for salad instead of chips. He ordered Rib eye, medium rare. The food took a really long time to come and I can tell why. The steaks were both quite overdone. My steak was actually quite nice , but it came with chips when I'd asked for salad instead . My partner hated his steak. For a start it wasn't Rib eye. He has been a butcher for 9 years and knows his steak like the back of his hand and he is certain he was given shoulder steak , it was full of sinue , and not seasoned. He left 80% of his food as the chips were cold and everything was covered in a sort of onion sludge. The cutlery was dirty and seemed to have animal hairs on it. They must have had the slapdash crew in today as I've always enjoyed meals from Greenking pubs before. This time was quite disappointing. As a side note there was what appeared to be snot on the walls in the...

Went for Xmas dinner, booked for the 1pm sitting, people packed in like sardines, sat on uncomfortable chairs at a table made for 1 but there were 3 of us, no Xmas decorations up, no Xmas music, it didn't feel like Xmas at all, didn't get our starter until way after 2pm, the soup was luke warm, then waited an hour for the main, cold chips, the steak was fine, there must have been at least 50 people sat in a small room and I only seen 1 person clearing tables/setting tables & bringing food to the tables, they obviously couldn't deal with the amount of people they were so unprepared, we were still sat at the table waiting for dessert at 4pm and at this point we seen lots of people leave so I decided enough was enough and made a complaint to I assume was the boss, she boxed our dessert up and told us we would get a refund of a third of what I paid, it was just a really bad experience for what should have been a good day, poor service warm food, long waits and not festive at all, pure greed was put before making sure paying customers got a good 3 course Xmas meal. Will never go back...