Case is Altered, Old Redding

My husband and I have been to The Case is Altered several times for Sunday lunch. Over the winter we always ordered the roast which is a generous and tasty meal. Although I do find the veggie option a bit strange - cous cous with a roast dinner?

We have always enjoyed our meal and so when the sun appeared on Sunday we decided to take my sister and her boyfriend there for lunch in the garden. As it was a very warm day we didn't feel like eating a heavy roast, so we ordered other dishes from the Sunday lunch menu and were unfortunately disaapointed.

I ordered the fishcake from the starter menu with some chunky chips. The fishcake was tasty but very small and looked rather sad sitting in the middle of a huge plate in a puddle of bland sauce without even a bit of salad garnish to cheer it up. Not quite what I expected for �5.50. My chips turned out to be skinny fries.

My sister ordered the squash risotto, which was a again a small portion and rather bland, missing the rocket promised on the menu. Again disappointing for the price (�8.50). The men also felt their sausage and mash at �8.50 was nice, but rather overpriced for 2 sausages and a pile of mash.

I would say that unless you are going for a roast avoid this pub for food. It is very overpriced and you could eat in a decent restaurant for the same money. I expect more than bog-standard pub food for restaurant prices.

23 Apr 2009 08:42