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577 Opinions in 3 websites
We live quite locally to the Trout and have had ups and downs with change in management over the years. The pub itself is beautiful and the location is idyllic being riverside by the Thames. The potential is enormous but sadly the food was terrible. I booked a Sunday lunch online for my son's 25th birthday with a clear message that this was a special lunch (he has autism and was so looking forward to this celebration). Our booking was for noon. When we arrived the staff were friendly and efficient. One of my sons and I decided to have the 'Great British Sunday Roast' (it sounded so good) with my son choosing the pork with apple sauce and I chose the chicken. My other son chose the burger. We waited around 45 - 60 minutes to receive our food. No water offered but we finally got one of the staff's attention and got some water (half way through the meal). Belly of West End Farm pork, baked apple sauce 21.95 This was fatty, as expected, and tasteless. The gravy looked and tasted like a shiny Bisto pre-made gravy. The potatoes tasted, and had the texture of pre-cooked and frozen roast potatoes that had been sitting under a heated light for a while. Awful. There was NO apple sauce with the meal. Castlemead Farm chicken, sage and onion sausage stuffing, bread sauce 19.95 This too was... awful. The smell of the gravy (which was the exact same Bisto gravy that was used with the pork) was so strong and nauseating. The presentation was poor with the plate swimming in this Bisto gravy, potatoes (as above) pre-cooked and warmed up, a small spoonful of some sort of squash that was drowned in the gravy, a large Yorkshire pudding that was rubbery and tasteless, was plonked on top. The chicken was half a breast with bone and a tiny wing... it was unsightly, smelled awful and the predominant taste was a beef Bisto gravy that was so overpowering I felt sick. We paid and left as my son (who has autism) was stressed. I did not complain as it was his birthday and that would have upset him. Please don't call it the 'Great British Sunday Roast' as that meal wouldn't have qualified as the worst school dinner. How difficult is it to cook a Sunday roast?? I have since read other reviews (I wish I had read them before booking!) and I've seen that the general manager has answered with good intentions to get things right. They haven't... what a shame as it was a huge waste of money and disappointment all round.
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Very disappointed that under aged kids are allowed to drink in the pub. I had to pick my son up drunk, he is 16. To tell my older son who collected him, he doesn’t notice when it’s busy, it’s your job and your staff to not allow them in and serve them.