Sorry, I know I shouldn’t, but I couldn’t help myself, writes our undercover meal reviewer, The Insider. Briefly loitering around the door to the kitchen, casually eavesdropping on any action that might be going on.
These days it can be difficult to find somewhere to go for lunch that offers something affordable but different to the typical chain pub grub or stone-baked pizzas, writes Adam Burling.
Our undercover meal reviewer The Insider finds a Mediterranean menu with plenty of choice – but it’s a sirloin with peppercorn sauce that sealed it.
Rating **** Andy Richardson goes for a curry and finds the converstaion is saucy and spicy too!
Charles Dickens didn’t think much of this place, writes our undercover meal reviewer The Insider. He stayed here once after being stranded in Stafford, which he described as being: “As dull and dead town as anyone could desire not to see.”
The most frequently asked question for new diners at the city’s stylish but dimly lit Malmaison is not “May we see the menu please?” but surely “Has there been a power cut?”
A roaring fire and a fine pint from just up the road – it’s like a magnet on a cold January night for our undercover meal reviewer The Insider.
It’s not very often you go into a pub as a complete stranger and almost everybody stops and says hello, writes Catherine Dalton.
Our undercover meal reviewer, The Insider, discovers some good, honest straightforward grub at a traditional village pub.
Our undercover meal reviewer The Insider discovers delightful cusine which transports the diner from the Black Country to the Mediterranean.
You’ll have to ditch the knives and forks for this enjoyable dining experience, writes Lisa O’Brien.
A Cantonese banquet hits the spot, writes our undercover meal reviewer The Insider – but there’s always one who has the steak and chips.
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