A disappointment of stellar proportions

[elvum]

So, it seems that the Star has gone downhill again. The beer is still fine, but there's no way that Fullers would risk the reputation of a pub that's been in every edition of the Good Beer Guide, so that's no surprise. The disappointment is the food. The steaks have gone up in price again, to £14. I don't mind paying £14 for a steak. But I do mind paying £14 for four measly ounces of overcooked ribeye. It could just be that the kitchen was busy, or that they were trying to eke out a dwindling supply of meat (neither of which would be acceptable, but would at least suggest that standards hadn't plummeted), but the continental meat platter we had as a starter was pretty mediocre, too. It's under new management again.

My disappointment was so bitter (and the portions now so meagre) that I bought a fillet steak from M&S at Victoria, and cooked it rare and ate it just with wholegrain mustard when I got home.

Avoid for another year, I suggest.

Comments

[taigrrr.livejournal.com]

That is a lot of money for not a lot of steak.

Maybe if we firebombed the place, they might buck their ideas up?

[billyabbott.livejournal.com]

But that would hurt the beer...

[taigrrr.livejournal.com]

What if you just firebombed the upstairs?

Oh, your company wouldn't offer me a Year in Industry placement. They're mean...

[billyabbott.livejournal.com]

They don't offer anyone placements, so they are at least mean to everyone.

[taigrrr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. It still makes me sad, though -.-

[elvum.livejournal.com]

...and overcook the steak.

[taigrrr.livejournal.com]

An excellent point.

What if we burst in at gunpoint, drank all the beer, ate all the steak raw, and the....

Actually, let's just do that.