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Top Oak Pub Essex Venue Hire Stapleford Abbotts

Top Oak Pub Essex Venue Hire Stapleford Abbotts

Oak Hill Rd, Stapleford, Romford RM4 1JL, United Kingdom, Essex, United States

Pub • Fish • Meat • Steak


"*They don 't serve vegan roasts* I was visiting the local country park one day and this place looked like somewhere nice to get a Sunday roast after. Their website doesn 't have the Sunday menu on it, so I called to firstly check that they served them, and that they served a vegan roast (one of the party is vegan). I was told yes, they serve roasts and have a vegan option great, I booked a table. We ordered a first round of drinks then ordered (3 x meat roasts and one of the vegetarian roasts without the Yorkshire pudding to make it vegan (the waitress said that was the option available, which was great). The waitress returned 5 minutes later and informed us that they aren 't able to serve a vegan roast as the veg is cooked in butter and the gravy has meat juice . We wern 't best pleased as I the told her that I had called in the week specifically to make sure they can make a vegan roast (which isn 't exactly difficult to make). I asked to speak to the manager and again described why we were frustrated that we couldn 't order what we were told we could. She went away to the kitchen back came back with the same response. She said they have alternate vegan options, or (reluctantly) if we really wanted the roast, it would be at least 45 minutes (and got the sense that the chef didn 't want to make it). We decided to go elsewhere as we felt really let down by the poor service. The manger proportioned blame on one of the younger members of staff when I called getting mixed up I tell them one thing and it goes out the other ear . The thing was, the manager sounded very much the same person as I had spoken to on the phone.... We were given our round of drinks free of charge, so that was some saving grace. But ultimately this was a really poor experience."

The Farm And Grille

The Farm And Grille

233 Western Ave, Essex, United States Of America, 01929

Food • Beer • American • Barbecue


"I go here often, and want to support their business and it 's with a heavy heart and even heavier stomach I have to say that their food is alright but I would avoid them completely on sundays, during any busy time or near closing. Every time I order food during one of these times my order is either wrong, undercooked/messed up or i literally get food poisoning (im up at 4 am completely sick from their food as i write this. One time my farmer 's mac and cheese advertised with pulled pork and caramelized onions came with raw onion (gross and a giant piece of gristle pork in the middle. I 've gotten multiple pork burritos that have made me sick, and I 've had quite a few burgers that were so undercooked i had to spit my bite out and throw the entire thing away at home after paying. I now exclusively order food from here medium well/well done because if you don 't they will serve you food that 's almost cold inside. Even my well done burger was almost too rare to eat. I understand that it 's a fad to have rare meat but when someone says MEDIUM they don 't want RARE. It 's not even safe to consume ground beef or pork that 's undercooked and yet it 's served to me constantly from this restaruant after paying 20 or so bucks. I 've had to almost completely stop ordering chicken or bacon because i 've gotten raw bacon numerous times and either undercooked or woody chicken EVERY TIME. I don ' 't understand how the quality control can be so poor. I 've been eating here consistently for years and it 's baffling. I can only hope this feedback will get whatever needs to be gotten in line because if I get sick again i am changing this review to say avoid at all costs. As it is, take it from someone who goes here often the food is a GAMBLE. I hate to have to say that but that 's my experience. All the wait staff are great though, the service has been good every time i 've been there but the kitchen either needs someone new in charge or better safety standards because it 's not reasonable to get food poisoning this much from a restaruant. The tables are very grimy and sticky constantly also, i don 't think it 's from a lack of cleaning because i always see the wait staff scrubbing away at the tables before people sit down. The whole restaruant kind of has a dirty feel to it and not in a rustic folksy way, more like a did the health inspector actually do their job? kind of way. *EDIT* i forgot that if you get side portions of certain sides (cole slaw for example they try to give you a tiny plastic container of cole slaw (maybe 2 bites total for 3.50. every time i 've caught it, i 've asked them for an actual appropriate amount of a side, but i HAVEN 'T caught it many times because i shouldn 't have to check to make sure my food is correct EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. *edit 2* the owner responded and said they moved on from their last kitchen manager 4 hours ago, but the bad food i ate was 12 hours ago so unless they moved on this morning i find this highly suspect"