A diner from Celina, TX
Feb 6, 2010
I went to the Rugby House for dinner with my wife and 5 friends. We arrived at 6:45 and seated ourselves. There were wait staff about but none paid any attention to us. After 15 minutes waiting for a server I went to find one, he saw me making my way toward him and quickly came by our table. He asked if we wanted menus. I said yes, but indicated that we’d like to get some drinks in first. He went for menus without taking the drink order. He returned immediately with the menus but still did not take our drink order. We had now been waiting for close to 20 minutes. About 5 minutes later he returned and took our drink order and came back with them 8 minutes later which meant we had waited 32 minutes to get our drinks.
I ordered the bangers and mash, my wife ordered the fish tacos, three of my friends ordered the fish and chips, and one ordered a chicken sandwich plus the kid’s menu macaroni and cheese for the child with us. We waited for the food for one hour and 15 minutes. My bangers and mash was cold and the bangers (pork sausages) were still frozen inside. The battered fish were over-cooked so that the batter had turned black. (We had ordered these on previous visits and they were a lovely golden color.) I’m not sure what the problem with the macaroni and cheese was, but I do know that a six year old who claimed to be really hungry would not eat it. I complained about my meal and it was taken away, reheated and returned to me with blackened peas that were as hard as shotgun pellets. There were no problems with the fish tacos or the chicken sandwich, but two out of seven isn’t all that good.
This was our third and last trip to eat at the Rugby House. On a brighter note, the beer is good and there’s a wide range of it. My recommendation is go eat at one of the many excellent restaurants near by and then go to the Rugby House for a beer.
I ordered the bangers and mash, my wife ordered the fish tacos, three of my friends ordered the fish and chips, and one ordered a chicken sandwich plus the kid’s menu macaroni and cheese for the child with us. We waited for the food for one hour and 15 minutes. My bangers and mash was cold and the bangers (pork sausages) were still frozen inside. The battered fish were over-cooked so that the batter had turned black. (We had ordered these on previous visits and they were a lovely golden color.) I’m not sure what the problem with the macaroni and cheese was, but I do know that a six year old who claimed to be really hungry would not eat it. I complained about my meal and it was taken away, reheated and returned to me with blackened peas that were as hard as shotgun pellets. There were no problems with the fish tacos or the chicken sandwich, but two out of seven isn’t all that good.
This was our third and last trip to eat at the Rugby House. On a brighter note, the beer is good and there’s a wide range of it. My recommendation is go eat at one of the many excellent restaurants near by and then go to the Rugby House for a beer.
