The Bear - Table reservation

My first visit to The Bear yesterday, had lunch with some friends in the glass cube at the back. The surroundings were quite pleasant and I was looking forward to lunch. I ordered the Hake in Batter as did another diner on our table. When the food arrived, the first thing that struck me was the size of the portion...it was overwhelming the plate and to be honest, quite off putting. And that 's before I tasted it! The Batter was crisp, but oh my goodness far too much of it and the fish, when I found it inside it 's gargantuan casement ! was not pleasant at all. The hard potatoes that accompanied the meal were vastly overcooked and not nice at all and everything had a nasty 'tang ' to it like...

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I have just had Sunday lunch at The Bear and sadly, it is probably one of the worst I've had (I often go to different pubs, etc for Sunday lunch). It was cold cold Yorkshire pudding, cold/pink beef, hard diced vegetables (no traditional ones) and transparent/thin gravy. The only upside was I could take my dog.

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Came here for a coffee and sat outside where they have a front seating area to watch the world go by. At the rear you have a very large area for outdoor events etc. Rattan furniture and pegolas it's beautiful inside and out. Staff are friendly but some meal prices are quite expensive.

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Went to the cube for a family lunch yesterday. Lovely setting but our lunch out was ruined as a bug crawled out of a half eaten prawn sandwich. We opened the other half to find the lettuce crawling with greenfly. Lunch ruined. We won't be going back to the cube.

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First time we have been back for Sunday lunch in almost a year.

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