The Bridge House Tavern, Penge

We just came back from the Bridge House in Penge... We have given this pub so many chances on food, and evey time, it hasn't failed to completely dissapoint us... Today was the worst as due to the fact that it is a lovely sunny day, we chose to go there for a roast dinner in their garden (and not go to one of the many amazing restaurants in Crystal Palace - those of you who leave in the area you'll know what I mean)... The Bridge House in Penge is the most pretentious, most overpriced and worst value for money pub I have been for a long time... living loally, we have given it so many chances... We have just paid a whopping �27.40 for 2 roast dinners and 1 half pint (my partner didn't drink). We knew that we shouldn't hold our breath on the quality of food, but I didn't expect it to be that bad... This really expesnive roast dinner looked like puke on a plate, literally... Soaked in what looked like bad immitation gravy and a white horseradishy sauce all over, it came cold, veggies (or rather cabbages and carrots) were disgusting and soggy, potatoes were horrible, and the only thing that saved it a bit was the meat not being completely overcooked... I feel that I have been taken for a ride... It hasn't only put me off going to that pub back again, it has put me off roast dinners in general for a while...
DON'T GO THERE FOR ROAST DINNER!! For a �13 a plate, you expect some quality and not the pretentious totally tasteless food we were just been served.
---And those of you that think that my comment may be biased, I reassure you, it is not. I'm a food lover and I love all places good, I would not argue that other pubs server better food, but hey! it's one thing paying �7.95 at a pub in Crystal Palace and the roast dinner is 'ok', and it's another paying �13 at the Bridge and the roast dinner being that disgustingly bad... What a flop, what a waste of time and money...

22 Mar 2009 15:25