The best restaurants serving British food in Knowle Solihull West Midlands
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High Street, England
My wife and I went to the Knowle Male Voice Choir annual dinner on Saturday 1st February. We were not aware that the Greswolde is in the same group as the Kings Arms in Knowle and the Drum and Monkey in Dorridge. We had our Christmas lunch at the Kings Arms in 2023. We go to the Drum regularly and find it very good. On this occasion we had the celebration menu of which the starters were reasonable and the puddings OK but not what my wife had ordered. My main event - roast beef rump - tasted OK, although the amount of meat was very sparse and was cold. But my wife who had the grilled sea bass said it was the very worst meal she had ever had anywhere. The very small amount of fish was overcooked to the extent that it was stuck to the skin of the fish and almost impossible to remove. To top it all off, at the end of the meal when the waitress came to clear away she piled the used plates from the two diners either side of me on to my used plate so I had a pile of five used plates in a stack in front of me before she removed them. I couldn't help thinking some training was necessary. You may well say we should have complained at the time and had we been there on our own we certainly would have done but, as I am sure you will be aware, it is more difficult when it is a party booking I should add that we are not 'professional complainers' and do not expect perfection but at the £30.00 a head I believe we should have had a much more pleasant experience.