Cock & Dragon

The food here is usually pretty good. It's standard pub Thai, but the quality is usually consistent so you can order a dish and generally know what it will taste like. However, we were disappointed with our visit yesterday. The pub was much quieter than normal and the main courses we were served seemed very tired, as if they were reheated from the night before. We enjoyed the ribs and dim sum, but our stir-fries were very bland, not quite hot enough and quite possibly microwaved.

When one of the bar staff came to remove our plates, which were barely touched, we mentioned that one dish in particular wasn't up to standard. He replied, 'I usually have that one but I didn't today' - I'm sorry, what? I don't care what you eat, I'm telling you that mine was rubbish. There was some mumbling about 'telling the kitchen' but no apology or offer of compensation for 2 dishes we could not eat.
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4 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Monday, August 15, 2011

This is one of my favourite restaurants, and I and my partner eat here fairly regularly. The menu has a great choice, and the food, in my experience, has always been extremely tasty. Good value for money, and nice atmosphere in the restaurant lend the Cock and Dragon to be a good venue for a romantic dinner for two or a lively dinner for a group of friends.
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8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Monday, July 18, 2011

My husband and I went to the Cock & Dragon last night for the first time in a while - it always used to be one of our favourite restaurants but has really gone downhill in our opinion.

The food was very bland and greasy, and although we ordered dishes from the menu with the highest chilli ratings none of them were spicy at all - very disappointing, more like a below average chinese takeaway rather than what I'd expect in a Thai restaurant.

The service wasn't much better - when we were seated the waitress asked what we'd like to drink so I asked for a glass of wine and before my husband could look up from his menu to order his drink the waitress had gone! And when our food was delivered they forgot one of the dishes which when it eventually arrived was luke warm but hot in the middle suggesting it had been microwaved.

All in all a very disappointing experience.
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3 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Monday, June 21, 2010