Castle Tavern Steak House!

[Andreas Rex]

Friday - but I thought it was 6 - 8?

Nah they've changed it to 7 - 9. Full menu is as follows:

Australian Kangaroo
With caramelised pear & red currant glaze - £17.50

North American Bison
With wild mushroom, truffle & porter sauce - £17.50

South African Pan-fried Springbuck
with sauté potatoes - £19.50

Chargrilled South African Ostrich
With buttered vegetables & red onion chutney - £17.50

South African Crocodile Tail
With mango & basil sauce - £17.95

South African Zebra
With red wine & shallot marmalade - £23.50

Thai-style Chilli Kudu (South African) - £21.50

South African Impala
With oyster mushrooms & miniature pumpkins - £19.50

Roasted South African Wildebeest
With figs & blue cheese - £19.50

Roasted Swedish Reindeer
Marinated in cider with creamed celery - £22.50

Braised loin of Wild Boar
With Latte sauce - £19.50

All dishes are served with pan-fried garlic & cumin mushrooms, and locally grown roasted veg.

 

[ODB_69]

anyone tried these meats yet? any recommendations?

Had Kangaroo a few times and its delicious

Gonna have to pop in this place and try just hope I dont opay £20 for unedible shite

 

[Andreas Rex]

anyone tried these meats yet? any recommendations?

Had Kangaroo a few times and its delicious

Gonna have to pop in this place and try just hope I dont opay £20 for unedible shite

We've tried samples of pretty much all of them, but the only one i'd recommend as something i'd be happy to eat a whole meal of is Zebra....really tasty and tender.

 

[Astro Boy]

no really, its rather quite good in there! aint tried the more exotic meats but im sure ashley wouldnt have them up if they weren't tip top!

 

[Astro Boy]

andreas, am 5 secs too slow!

 

[tek-monkey]

The reindeer was quite nice too

 

[ODB_69]

The reindeer was quite nice too

you ate Rudolph?! :meh

 

[db]

The reindeer was quite nice too

you ate Rudolph?! :meh

yeah, my missus was nearly hysterical when she saw that on the menu lol

 

[Andreas Rex]

They offer 25% off your food bill between 6pm & 9pm on Sundays, so you may be best going then if you're trying out new things...at least you won't have to pay full whack. South African Zebra with red wine and Shallot marmalade: £23.50 becomes South African Zebra with red wine and Shallot marmalade: £17.63. Sounds a lot more appealing

 

[shoes]

Went to eat at the Castle Tavern with the other half last night and as ever we were not disappointed. If anyone is planning on eating out any time soon I can recommend the Zebra and Springbuck - both were absolutely fantastic. The bill was tiny too - happy days!

MyCult even joined us for a pint afterwards



Admin edit: moved post to correct thread

 

[ODB_69]

Went down their the other week to have a look with a mate and we thought it was expensive so didnt bother....

just seems overpriced to me for what is really a pub...not a restaurant..

I'd go for the other meats but no way I would pay £20 there when I could go to the Italian in Stone and have a brilliant meal everytime

 

[MyCult]

I'd recommend the cider.

On the Food side of things they have a nice line in Unicorn, Dinosaur and Griffin. Not so sure about Lasagne and Chips don't think that’s endangered/Mythical enough for Ash (landlord).

If you haven’t been yet it is a really good place to eat and I think the love music hate racism lot may be able to get in there later on (providing you have your ticket stub) for a sort of after party. I won't be there unfortunately as I love racism and hate music, but am sure you'll all have a great time anyway

 

[db]

i have to admit, the price puts me of a little as well.. still, i hope to try it out one day..

If you haven’t been yet it is a really good place to eat and I think the love music hate racism lot may be able to get in there later on (providing you have your ticket stub) for a sort of after party. I won't be there unfortunately as I love racism and hate music

lol

 

[shoes]

I would recommend going if only the once Bobby, its well worh it IMO, the food is brilliant. Good service too when its not too busy (we normally go on a Monday night).

 

[Sofa]

I feel I must point out that the Castle Tavern are being really rather splendid in providing a venue for the upcoming Stafford Love Music Hate Racism gig (tickets only a fiver and available on the door!), so even though we can all have our opinions about the cuisine I have to say that I think it is a top place with a top landlord and top staff!

 

[Wookie]

And they know where he lives

 

[tijuanalady]

We went for the first time last week and it was fantastic. The service was really good and the food was great. Not the cheapest of places but worth the extra i reckon. Will be going again.

 

[db]

We went for the first time last week and it was fantastic. The service was really good and the food was great. Not the cheapest of places but worth the extra i reckon. Will be going again.

this place really seems to have turned around.. i know a couple of people who rate this as one of the top places in stafford, which is amazing considering the horror stories in the beginning part of this thread..

 

[tek-monkey]

Yeah, but at least they listened to what was wrong. A lot of other places could learn from that.

 

[Andreas Rex]

There's a load of us booked in for an Xmas meal on the 17th, and I have no doubt that it will all be excellent. Things have really settled down now, and most evenings when I walk past it looks pretty busy. Great news for Ash in the current financial climate and with Christmas only a month away.

Interesting to see that nobody has posted in the Tequila Red thread for a long while...