New Inn at Mayshill Last Saturday I found myself having dinner at the New Inn at Mayshill. A traditional Ye Olde English country pub, serving traditional pub grub. I have been eating there for almost fifteen years. Not every week you understand, but on and off throughout that time period. I stopped going there a couple of years back because their menu had become stale, boring and predictable. When Covid struck and pubs where being locked down and subsequently going out of business I immediately thought that this place would have its neck in the guillotine! Thankfully though, it has survived the lockdowns and has adapted to a new way of life. It was great to see the pub busy with customers eating and drinking as if nothing had happened. However, the menu hadn’t changed either. Nothing had happened to that during the past 18 months! It still serves the same predictable fair but due to Covid only there’s less of it! “Any specials this evening?” “FAGGOTS!” came the reply! Looking at my other half I felt a little shell shocked until I noticed that that was the evenings special! One dish and not a very appetising one at that.
For dessert I opted for their amazing toffee sundae. One of our party asked for a strawberry sundae only to be told that they’d run out of strawberries. In fact they hadn’t. When this was flagged up with the manager he promptly returned with a strawberry sundae. I’m guessing there was a P45 handed out somewhere long the line that evening? Final verdict. Great meal and lovely surroundings. Staff could do with a little training and the menu desperately needs updating.
Pork loin steaks in an apple and cider cream sauce, with salad and curly fries and home-madesage and onion stuffing, was my choice. That was the only “outside of the box” dish on the menu I could find. I resisted going for one of the four chicken dishes they have. I never realised you could do so many things with a chicken breast? The pork dish was lovely. Really nicely cooked and not dried out bits of leather like you get in some places. The sauce was delicious and not tooheavy. All in all it was a lovely plate of food.
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Article by Peter Abraham Professional food critic Email: peter10abraham@icloud.com
