Old Post Office, Royston

This pub perfectly illustrates, not only The Barracuda Group's low morals and lack of local concern for this market town, but also the incompetancy of the town council which gave them the go-ahead. They wonder why all the businesses in town fail with such a dive occupanying such a prominant location in a once lovely, historic building. However, if their intent is to cater to a town or clientele with no-class, brains or taste, then they all have succeeded brillantly.

3 Nov 2009 00:19

The King William IV, Heydon

We had lunch at the King William and enjoyed it. I had the bacon and brie, hubbie the burger, both of which came with mounds of chips. Although the chips were good, they certainly aren't as good as the nearby Pheasant in Great Chishill which are incredibly good.

We went back a few weeks later and had dinner, both ordering the Beef Wellington. Whilst the beef was medium rare as ordered, it wasn't well-flavoured and had a very strange texture. The puff pastry was soggy and there was **far** too much of it. The wine sauce was nothing special, and if it was indeed made with truffles, they weren't evident by sight nor taste. In all, pretty disappointing and definately not worth the price.

The place has lots of interesting bric-a-brac, and is quaint. However, on the night we thought there are far too many tables crammed in there and more than a few times we bumped chairs with the diners behind us. The lighting is quite dim, which was nice, but made reading the menu difficult. The soft jazz playing in the background was nice.

We'd probably go back to give it another go, but wouldn't go out of our way.

3 Nov 2009 00:01