Stubbs Restaurant

Great service, full gluten free menu which is fantastic for coeliacs.

We went here for my girlfriends dad's birthday, this place is a little higher class than what we normally go to but he generally likes finer dining so decided based on reviews to come here and I've got to be honest I was a little dissapointed, it wasn't terrible but a few things really let it down. Starting with the staff, the staff were very polite and friendly, although you had various different staff members dealing with you rather than just having the one which might have led to some of the issues. After a little wait 4 out of 5 starters arrived and then the waitress left and didn't return and we see her starting to bring out orders for other tables... we had to flag down another waiter to ask where the 5th starter was and all our food got a little cold whilst waiting... it didn't take too long but that was the first issue. Most people enjoyed there starters, with the exception of myself who went with the cheesy garlic bread which the cheese are garlic were OK but the bread was just a tough bread roll and seemed a bit like it was leftover bread from the day before, it wasn't terrible, but not fitting of a restaurant of this standard and I've had a lot nicer ones in Harvester or Whetherspoon. Moving on to the main meals, my partner had requested a gluten free coleslaw along with bbq sauce with her steak as opposed to one of the paid for sauces due to allergies. The meals came out and once again without asking if there was anything else we needed / if we had everything, they just disappeared and my partner didn't have her coleslaw and none of us had been offered any sauces. I've got to say my fillet steak was amazingly tender and my partners father couldn't stop raving about his Skate, especially the size of it and said how difficult it is to find a good skate these days. My peppercorn sauce wasn't very "peppercorny" but i didnt mind as that can sometimes be overwhelming and the gravy it is was in was lovely. One of us had a chicken burger and they were very dissapointed in that so all in all a bit of a mixed bag, it wasn't a terrible meal, but for the money it was dissapointing. I'd go again but wouldn't go out of my way to come here again.