The Narrow Boat

On the back of several recommendations and some good reviews, we went to the Narrow Boat for Sunday lunch on 10 Feb. Sadly, despite being in a lovely location and us being seated at a cute little table with canal views, we will not be going back in a hurry. To explain why: we ordered a bread board which took 40 mins to arrive - the warm bread and dipping oils were delicious but the wait seemed far too long. Our mains then took another 40 mins (1hr20 wait in total) and although my roast chicken was ok (i.e. 5 out of 10), my partner's lamb and all of our vegetables were really disappointing - the veg were almost raw for example. To top it all off, my partner had asked for the ale gravy rather than mint gravy (due to not being able to eat mint) and his plate still came covered in mint gravy. By this point we were too fed up to ask for the food to be re-done and so we just ate the bits we could and paid the bill. Given that our waiter's response to us saying the food wasn't good at all was 'would you like to see the dessert menu?'. we had a quiet word with the Assistant Manager when leaving to make sure they can try to avoid other people having a similarly bad experience in future. While apologetic, we were simply offered a drink on the house, which doesn't quite cut it when you've paid close to £40 for 2 roasts that really disappointed. Hopefully our experience is not the usual one!
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LaurenH
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Sunday, February 10, 2013

I work just across from the narrow boat and i must say it never disappoints!

the staff are always so lovely to me, and its a great place to come with work friends. I have been over the weekend when the place comes alive.

The sunday roast dinners are amazing and great value for money.

I love getting outside on the balcony- when there is space!

Would reccomend it to anyone who wants good food, and a great location.
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Miss Garland
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, May 29, 2011