Ady & Meg.
Unfortunately we had quite a strange experience here.
The pub's website / online reviews did not mention anything to do with dietary requirements, let alone gluten free or Coeliac, so because there were so many other great places for Coeliacs in the area, we didn't plan to give this place a second thought.
But then our Airbnb host recommended it for a gluten free sunday lunch, so we decided to enquire further.
As per usual process, we emailed them to check that they could cater to our requirements. They took so long to respond that we nearly wrote them off for a second time, but they did eventually confirm that they could cater to us. We booked a table and pre-ordered two gluten free vegetable loaves and a gluten free cauliflower cheese, and the pub confirmed.
When we arrived, there were no other customers there yet. We were greeted with "you're the gluten free ones aren't you?", shown to our table and given drinks. We then had no further contact with staff for 20 minutes. By this time, other customers were coming in and starting to receive their meals.
Eventually the waitress came over and said "I don't know if you are aware, but the food board is around the corner". We stated that we had already pre-ordered, and she looked confused. This resulted in the waitress to-ing and from-ing from our table, first claiming that we hadn't pre-ordered (luckily we had the email to hand...) and next offering us a different meal. When we queried if this was because they didn't have any gluten free vegetable loaf, the response was that they did have it and it would be a 10 minute wait.
At this point Meg was feeling quite concerned as to whether our meal would actually be gluten free. When she asked the waitress, she sarcastically answered "Yes: loaf gluten free, cauliflower cheese: gluten free" and rolled her eyes.
Our meals finally arrived an hour after we were first seated. They were nice enough (and no reaction for Meg) but funnily enough we aren't going to be heading back there in a hurry...
Flossie.
I don't have any words for this one...
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