The Old Nags Head, Edale

While soulless and not very pleasant, especially bearing in mind its location, I have always found this to be the better of Edale's two sorry attempts at pubs. I have eaten there and found the food to be Ok and the selectIon of beers is not bad. However, on sunday 2 May we had what was without question the worst meal I have ever eaten in a pub. They managed somehow to burn the fish that we had as part of the fish and chips. The fish also tasted of curry and seemed to be streaked with some unidentifiable yellow mush just under the tasteless, burnt batter. The fish was one step away from being off I think. The chips were overcooked, re-heated and did not yield to anything as light as the prong of a fork. The mushy peas were in fact the only edible part of the meal. The steak and ale pie also ordered by people in the party was inedible. There is also a rather nasty streak to the service. A lady who had to change someone's mushy peas to the garden peas that had been ordered looked very angry about it, and the same lady seemed to think it was our fault that the food was so bad when one member of our party, on being asked about the food, decided to mention how shocking it had been. I have never been entirely at ease with the place, but after this experience I will never go again. Appalling.

4 May 2010 13:48