The Black Swan

I’m really sorry but this was probably the worst Sunday roast I’ve had in my life. Firstly the portion size was ridiculously big (clearly quantity over quality), beef and turkey sliced 1” thick was hard to get through, especially as the meat was so dry (I’ve heard of “well done” meat but this was “congratulations”) it took us two jugs of gravy to try and moisten it, which was tasteless and watered down, more like stock - or maybe got mixed up with dishwater. Never have I been served vegetables so bland and unseasoned, thrown on the plate. Roast potatoes should be a staple of a Sunday roast, but didn’t seem like they’d been in the oven? Mash potato also completely unseasoned with lumps of uncooked potato. Neither myself nor partner could finish the food. Looks nothing like the pictures on the internet, but they did mention they had a new chef last week - which in fairness you asked us to review. I now see similar reviews of Sunday roasts online so it doesn’t look like us having a bad experience. Hope you get this sorted. Going out to pay £20 a head for food, we’d at least expect something slightly better than we could do ourselves at home. Only positive was good gluten free options, just shame food isn’t up to scratch. Waiting staff were also great and we really appreciate the bill being taken off…but this isn’t how to run Sunday service or restaurant. We love supporting the pub trade and hate to not be charged (thought of pubs losing money is terrible, especially from working in industry), but this was really bad and verging on inedible.

We called last night as the photos on social media looked amazing. It did not disappoint! The pulled pork was absolutely incredible and homemade chips were delicious! You can get gluten free options here, which is music to my ears as my Dad is a coeliac and it’s nice to see a restaurant offer decent GF options. Lucas looked after us and he was lovely. The food was delicious, we will be back.