Stevieb said:
Although most people on the forum are foodies most people in stafford want to get the most for as cheap as possible.This is why places like 2for1 or 2for10, an all you can eat chinese buffet and cheap carveries are still going whilst places like chambers and weston hall are closed.
This is just a personal view and feel i get from stafford.
Don't count us in that number Stevie!
Yes, we used to eat in a Sizzling when were first moved here, it was a good 'faceless' introduction to eating out around here. Now however we prefer to dine in places like The Sun (avoiding their burgers and sausages, which tend to be burned), The Bear Grill (best chips anywhere in town), we were about to become Chambers regulars.., Essence Of The Orient (best Chinese we have found) and Spice Island (our fave Indian for both takeaway and eat in).
We USED to like the Pie & Ale, but they seem to have lost some of their edge. We ate in there the other day, most of their ales were unavailable, the pie crust was dried out, the mash tasted like instant and the minted peas had dried out. This could have just been bad timing, but the lack of anything new to their menu isn't helping them with us.
We HATED Golden Orient, the food was just plain revolting! They threaten to charge you extra if you waste, but the fact is a lot of what we tried was to be blunt not fit to feed a dog with, and in most cases was most definitely too cold to serve and probably a health risk. They're down there at the bottom of our list with the Asda Cafe, who serve similarly tasteless and usually cold food.
Oh and for the record, I lived for 9 years before we moved here near to Wolverhampton, the food here is better for the most part. I also lived for 18 months in London, and again the food I can get around here is for the most part better.
The thing here is, one man's meat is another man's poison, as the old proverb goes. I like my steaks RARE (as in very nearly blue), and my steak burgers the same. Hence I wouldn't get a burger in The Sun (the time I tried steak in there, it was plain nasty) as they cremate them, and tend to have the ham, egg and chips in there, whilst I LOVED the steak burger I had in Chambers, and quite like the ones in The Bear who also serve the nicest chips in town (next nicest chips is a chip shop in Kidderminster, the one at rising brook is rubbish and the one in town is downright nasty tasting food). As to carvery, we went to the Radford Bank a few times with my parents. The food was bland at best, and the staff couldn't be more mierable and unfriendly if they tried, so we stopped going there.
Ade
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