BITE user comments - nhsmonkey
Comments by nhsmonkey
Hehe....bistro you say ? I do know that Brian is trying to win back his Michelin star via the exotic rolls and only stocking Dark Chocolate Bountys in the fridge to cater for the more refined palette.
24 Jun 2008 11:51
Hehe....great place but a bit like drinking in a tube station
29 Sep 2006 15:04
Easily the best pub I have been into in the last few years. The locals are very friendly and having just moved into the area a couple of months ago I feel as though I have been there years. There is an eclectic group of locals from boaties to students to hippies to posties but most have one thing in common...they all love live music and that really is the heart and soul of the place. Brian the landlord keeps live music in the Union four times a week with Friday and Saturday being either rock or bluesrock. A dazzling array of lagers on draught (including Staropramen and Budvar) with several well maintained guest ales on for the more beardy types keeping everyone happy. A zero-idiot policy is employed very effectively although it is rarely necessary (if you want the Fred Perry, Max-power, Burberry cap crowd there are several other pubs in Saltash that will gladly supply - any that do happen to wander in always look a bit uncomfortable and almost immediately wander off in search of some garage music). Dogs are welcome (if kept under control) and there is a huge waterfront seating area (which enables you to chat away to your friends in between live sets). Children are allowed outside but not into the bar after a certain time in the evening to ensure some peace for the local crowd. By the way "anonymous", if you don't like the music, then either don't go or suggest to Brian what you would like (if you can pull a crowd for a particular type of music he might be amiable to trying a band during the week). However, please do not think he is going to starting booking Metallica tribute bands just because someone nicks his pint glasses every now and again (some of the music isn't to my taste either but you will always find one band a week that are pretty good and play something you like).
27 Sep 2006 14:09
Absolutely shocking - the worst meal out I have had in the last 10 years. We ordered a mixed grill and the Cornish Trio (a mixture of skate, monkfish and haddock). I asked for no tomatoes on the mixed grill and a side order of garlic bread with cheese. 40 minutes later four dishes arrived, mixed grill (plenty of tomatoes but no fries as advertised), the garlic bread (single slice of thick toast with a smattering of "medium mature" and lurpak with a couple of garlic cloves pressed into it - �2.65 anyone ?), the Cornish Trio and two dishes of mixed veg including oily deep fried potatoes, red cabbage, carrots, boiled new potatoes and boiled parsnips. The mixed grill was reasonably well cooked but the sausage was cheap and deep fried and the whole thing was swamped in shredded lettuce and tomatoes - it was cooked reasonably well however. My girlfriends fish was swamped in lemon juice to the point of being almost inedible. A total waste of �26.
6 Jul 2006 20:45
The Edgcumbe Arms, Cremyll
Truly horrific experience. A stone in the salad, a small hair in the crab and, the tipping point, a huge 6 inch hair in the lasagne (something I did not manage to keep down). When we complained politely we were treated with contempt and were quizzed suspiciously. We did not ask for a refund, it was offered but then swiftly followed by more questions and disbelief leaving us feeling very embarrassed.
A quote from the landlady "It is highly unlikely that three things could be wrong with your dishes but I am still going to give you a refund". I didn't give a monkeys about the refund, all I was after was a polite apology - something I still didn't receive. On account of the fact that none of the staff in the food preparation area were wearing hairnets and the total lack of acceptance of any blame, I have to say, I have reported this matter to Caradon District Council and the Food Standards Agency.
28 Feb 2009 17:39