With whom: The Vole, Radio Star, Nicco Polo and Con-olog
How much?: £18 a head with a couple of beers (and an Easter egg!)
I've got to preface this with the admission of a slight bias. I bloody love the Sun And Doves. It's everything a local pub ought to be; great staff, involved with the local community, organise regular film nights, quizzes, discos and much more. If you live nearby, go, enjoy and then go again...
Rocking up with a group of six on Bank Holiday Sunday could have gone several ways. Thankfully we'd arrived between busy periods and had space to spread out... Only a roast was going to do for most of the party, though the Linguist went for a very acceptable looking chicken, leek and gammon pie.
Two large slices of pork were flavoursome and succulent, the veggies came family style, with plenty to go round, and the leeks came in a creamy mustard sauce so good that Nicco Polo was spooning the remains out of the bowls at the end. A little let down by the Yorkshires and roast spuds though.. neither was bad, but I've definitely had better... slightly too small and (true or not) appeared to be pre prepped or out of a bag. The rest of it was absolutely and successfully 'how mum would make'.
The service throughout was top notch. Friendly, observant and prompt. It's such a shame that the pub is a tied house, I'd love to kick back here more often with a decent selection of beers. Once they get round this, and I'm sure they will, I'll be there far more than I am now.
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