Thoroughly enjoyed every course of the tasting menu. Absolutely delicious! Lovely staff and excellent service.
My partner and l secured a voucher for Sunday lunch in a sea food restaurant, so imagine our surprise when we arrive and are told it is a carvery...!! The advertisement/voucher doesn't mention this...We are not traditional meat and two veg eaters on a regular basis, and following the recent Christmas fayre, the thought of a sea food Sunday lunch was quite appealing ..On arrival we were seated near the only other table being occupied by 5 people who appeared to have recently arrived.First impressions, it didn't look like a seafood restaurant other than the plastic crabs on the walls. The majority of tables were dressed with cloths, glassware, cutlery and napkins and also contained a nice red printed menu advertising their Valentine's menu.The table we were shown to was a 2 seater painted wooden one, containing cutlery and paper napkins - this being the only 'undressed table' ... Are we second class citizens because we used a Groupon voucher !?Wooden clip boards were presented with homemade menu sheets, and we were asked if we wanted to upgrade to 'large plates' for an extra 5. We ordered drinks and decided to decline starters but choose desert if the need necessitated after lunch. We were advised the Chef would come through to the mobile carvery and call our table up.In the meantime we asked to see the main menu... Again surprised to find that there was only calamari salad and traditional fish and chips, and the remainder being meat i.e. Ox cheeks and vegetarian to be found on what is a seafood restaurants main menu. There was a tapas/small plates menu which contained 12 dishes, of which only 3 were seafood, plus a salmon dish the remaining were meat and vegetarian. We waited for the Chef to come and waited .... and waited, then after the Chef had prepared the starters for our fellow diners he came out and called us over. We were glad to be getting our mains before them, there wasn't much veg as it was. On the trolley was Beef, Pork and Gammon with roast potatoes, stuffing balls, Yorkshire pudding, cauliflower cheese, carrots, peas, green beans and gravy. Where was the parsnips??We were asked if we wanted all three meats, which we accepted and received a more than generous portion of, however, the Yorkshire pudding was burnt, the stuffing balls hard and dry, the peas resembled cannon balls. The green beans were well past their best, as was the cauliflower cheese which actually tasted better than it looked. The crispy crackling was delicious... Mustard and horseradish sauce had been placed on our table, and it wasn't until we started eating that we missed the apple sauce.. Our fellow diners were invited up and again offered the 3 meats, after they had been served the Chef asked us if we wanted anymore, we were already struggling with what we had and declined. He then carved extra meat and placed the plate on our fellow diners table, they asked if there was any apple sauce to which the Chef replied 'l will go and make you some', they advised that was not necessary. We left the restaurant totally confused as to the identity being portrayed whilst advertised as a seafood restaurant these options were difficult to find. Further complicated by the addition of a traditional Sunday roast carvery and offerings of tapas which again had minimal seafood offerings. When reading reviews it appeared to have a good reputation for seafood dishes which we struggled to find being offered. We have been left wondering if these are genuine reviews and thinking these may just be 'themed nights' held somewhere else, as the crockery in pictures don't match what was used today..
Cool decorations and AMAZING food! The flavour is just right and leaves you wanting more. Definitely coming back again!
Great carvery but could do with a little more green veg selection. Very friendly, helpful staff in a quirky but pleasant restaurant. Will be back for the seafood which i hear is excellent
The first time I went there it looked quite uninviting and cold what a difference experience today was the place had been decorated and it was lovely and warm. The staff were very pleasant and friendly not that they weren't the first visit. The meal was good too.One little quibble I would have liked some boiled or mashed potato.
The Pickled Crab Bar & Kitchen is a UK Bar based in Warwick, West Midlands. The Pickled Crab Bar & Kitchen is located at 15 Smith St, Warwick CV34 4JA, UK.
Please contact with The Pickled Crab Bar & Kitchen using information above: Address, Phone number, Fax, Postal code, Website address, E-mail, Facebook. Find The Pickled Crab Bar & Kitchen opening hours and driving directions or map. Find real customer reviews and ratings or write your own review.
Find Bar in Warwick
You Might Also Consider