The Stag at Stow

Came here for food at 18:30 on 31/10/2024. Stood by the ‘wait here to be seated’ sign for 10 minutes. Nothing. Waitress walked past us twice and didn’t bat an eye lid. Check the other 1 star reviews which mention the same problem, some dating back to 5 years ago! Typically arrogance, hopefully the Labour Party budget will put this place out of business. We ended up going to the Old Butchers - greeted with a hello and smile as soon as we walked in - would recommend that place instead of going here.

Four of us had lunch which took 40 minutes to appear. The house ravioli was OK. I had fish and chips. The fish was dry and overcooked and the mushy peas weren’t . My wife’s Caesar salad was a small portion of a few leaves of Romaine lettuce with formulaic dressing, Parmesan and unfresh croutons. One our party had beetroot, orange and blue cheese with hazelnuts. Virtually non-existent blue cheese and a minute sliver of orange. You might wonder why we didn’t say anything but we were getting together having not seen each other for quite a while and would have found it awkward and spoiled our mood. In addition the lunch was rather expensive to say the least

Unfortunately we found that the promised accessible room was not. Apart from the door being wide enough to get through there were was no provision for a disabled person-all hand rails had been removed in the shower cubicle and from by the toilet. It was too late to try and find alternative accommodation so we spent the night there (no price reduction offered). We used chairs around the toilet and our daughter was unable to shower. The pub itself was only accessible by a back door and there was no accessible toilet. The staff were as helpful as they could be in the circumstances and the food was good in the pub. The chef was helpful providing for a special diet.