The Merrie Lion - Speisekarte

The Inn At Farnborough

➤ Main Street, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Pub • Steak • Pizza • Vegan

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"Having passed the sign outside saying pop up restaurant, shop, etc we decided to go and have a look. This being a Saturday Not knowing what to expect we were really impressed by the buildings and presentation. Upon entering the door we were approached by a waiter who it turned was the owner. We explained that we had popped in to see what was on offer. Well it was like trying to extract blood from a stone, we really should have known. Eventually he did offer up information and as the venue was extremely attractive we decided to have a coffee and a hot chocolate, both fine. Whilst having our drinks we enquired of a female waitress if the restaurant did a Sunday roast. She confirmed they did. A little reticent we duly booked for 3 pm the next day a table for 3 persons. On the Sunday we arrived and were shown to a table set for 3 by the owner and we apologised that only 2 could make it. The extra place seating was begrudgingly removed. The change from 3 to 2 had not caused any rearrangement of table placement etc. As we were taking our seats the owner stated we have run out of Beef, no apology, nothing. My wife and I sat down and studied the menu. Having studied the menu to see that on offer was pizza, a salad, hake with rice and pasta. I beckoned to the owner and asked was there any replacement for the Sunday roast as there was no similar type dishes on the menu. The owners reply was gobsmacking. No there was no replacement/substitute, no apology and if we didn 't like we were free to walk. Not wishing to outstay our 'welcome ' we duly 'walked '. So we have a restaurant at 3pm on a Sunday running out of roast, the reason we booked, offering no apology , no appropriate replacement displaying a truely unbelievable attitude from the owner. As we left there were numerous other parties arriving, I hope they didn 't require a roast on a Sunday. I can live with stock shortages, but there are ways of dealing with a situation. What I cannot live with is an arrogant attitude from owners to their guests. This I cannot overlook. You might say a bad day at the office, but we experienced the same attitude 2 days running, there will not be a third. As it happens we are local and may have considered this location for our daughters wedding, absolutely not now. If the owner is interested we did get a Sunday roast at a nice pub/restaurant just up the road and yes they were busy."

The Merrie Lion

➤ Brook Street, CV47 2YH, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Pub • Steak • British • Vegetarian

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"We chose The Merrie Lion because of it being quite close to the wedding venue Warwick House at Southam where our nephew was getting married. The distance was approximately 7 miles. Our room No.2) was on the ground floor of the purpose built building which has 6 bedrooms. The building is a very short walk across the spacious car park from the pub. The room was very spacious with a LARGE double bed. Plenty of wardrobe and drawer space . An excellent walk in shower and tea and coffee making facilities. We ate in the pub restaurant on Monday evening 31st July),along with 12 others that would be attending the wedding, and found the food to be of very good quality and plenty on the well presented plates.I had the starter of Salmon fishcake and a main of Cajun chicken skewered kebab. Both very tasty. My wife had Pate' to start and Chefs burger with bacon and cheese. Also very tasty. All of the meals were served promptly by very friendly polite staff. Our full English LARGE breakfast the next morning Which is pre-bookable by guests) was equally as tasty. And very filling to set you up for the start of the day. The sausages are supplied by a local butcher and are well worth trying. Plenty of tea and coffee and toast is also available when requested. The second morning 2nd August) I had requested scrambled eggs on toast with smoked salmon,which was very filling with plenty of salmon. All in all we would not hesitate to recommend The Merrie Lion to anyone for either a stay or to eat in the pub. Daphne the landlady is probably very proud of her pub, accommodation and staff. And so she should be"

The Plough Inn

➤ Church Hill, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Pub • Salad • Cheese • Chicken

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"Amazing food and lovely waitress, we came for a very relaxed pre-wedding meal for my mum and step dad’s wedding (only a small intimate wedding) for everyone to meet, and the Plough was the perfect place. We live just outside of warmington and whenever we get the chance we come here for food, not that we get much chance anymore which is a shame wish we could visit more as the food is delicious and the pub is so lovely."

The Kitchen

➤ Main Street Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 1DZ, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Speisekarte • Beer • Wine • Coffee • British

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"Such a shame. Unfortunately the service was extremely slow. Waited 35 minutes for our coffees and only 3 turned up out of the 4. When you are paying £100 for 4 breakfasts I’m afraid it should be perfect. They definitely needed more staff on duty. You cannot use the excuse “everyone has turned up at once”. They must know how many people have made reservations."