The Canbury Arms, Kingston Upon Thames

The Kids thing doesn't bother me massively about the Canbury - i was in there with my young niece and it was nice that she was able to wander round without anyone complaining - the staff were great with her too.

What i have a problem with is that if you're going to purport to be a gastro pub (and lets face it - the area needs a decent pub) and charge what are pretty high prices, you should at least offer some decent options for vegetarians.

I'm not a veggie but my girlfriend is - there was one option for veggies, apart from chips, which was mushroom tagliatelle. Not only is this possibly one of the blandest meals anyone could eat, but we also had to ask for more than the two measly strips of mushroom contained therein. The portion was also tiny so while we all tucked into our nice, though overpriced sunday dinners, my missus had to make do with a pretty awful meal.

If the landlord is reading this - Vegetarians like sunday dinners too - all you have to do is cook up another pot of gravy and fashion some nut roast, or something similar - you're missing a trick and alienating a lot of potential customers.

Oh - might be worth charging a bit less for stuff too.

7 Aug 2006 13:44