The Rovers Return Lunch
Firstly let me set the scene….
The Rovers Return is a little pub down a back street almost in central Douglas. Lurking behind the town hall it has been a regular lunching spot of mine for many years being located so close to my own place of work. As well as that I just loved it in there… it’s not a place for everyone and it is not a posh place but you could always get a good pint and a great bowl of chips, cheese and gravy.
However that was then and this is now…
The cook moved on to fatten up a local school over christmas and since then the menu has totally changed. With this in mind I ventured in to try the new offerings. A lasagne and chips for the reasonable price of £5 caught my eye and I swiftly ordered it along with a pint of their finest guest ale.
The food arrived quickly and the guys dishing it up were their usual good humoured and efficient selves. I eagerly looked down at my plate and saw this;
I was less than impressed at first sight and to be honest it didn’t get much better from here on in. I’ll start with the positive… the chips were ok. The lasagne was tasteless and horribly greasy, as you can see from the pic the cheese on the top hasn’t melted properly but there is oil pooling in the grey lasagne “sauce”. I actually felt a little sick after a few mouthfuls and left most of it.
To the absolute credit of the guys in the Rovers they realised I had left the food as it was awful and gave me my money back without me asking for it and I felt sorry for them as they had clearly been used to the amazing food from the past few years but I have not been back since and unless I hear of a dramatic improvement I probably won’t.
I feel like something has been taken from me and it makes me sad.
wow, that does not look good.
no it was not… but it was more than just bad food… it was the removal of excellent food and a stalwart lunch time venuw to be replied upon