The Top House Inn

A party of 10 of us has eaten today in the top house inn. the bar staff who took our very late reservation were really helpful, but I fear the dinge went down as we eat back. we asked what was the answer in the seafood plate was “Seafood”. probably right, but not massive helpful. two of our party had the sirloin steak, both ordered medium-sized rare. the steak arrived very fast, but sad was extremely hard, and we tried to send a back. I really appreciate that in these times it is really difficult to find big employees, but I will just actually repeat our experience and let others judge for themselves. first, the waiter suggested to cook the steak longer, as this would make it more tender. hmmmm. a hard steak is a hard steak, but it is cooked. our unfortunate diner refused this offer and suggested that the steak could best be taken from the menu. the waiter replied that they had bought too many to do this! at this point we decided to chat with the cook. his first advice was to tell us that we had cut the steak wrong, which is why it was hard. what I'm not sure I've ever heard before. is there really a real and wrong way to cut the steak? if so, should the restaurants instruct and give a diagram? then it was obvious that our diner had cut and eaten only from the edges of the steak, apparently the middle would have been much better. that could be so, but I have rarely thought of cutting only the middle of a steak and leaving the rest! it is sad to leave a bad review, but the relevant steak was £22 not cheap in this part of the world and I think we had claim to a better meat cut. to make sure that it was not just the opinion of a person, four of us tried it, and all agreed it was difficult. but I think the main hour I would learn is that there is no problem that cannot be made worse by bad customer service. to be fair, the questionable steak was removed from the bill when we asked for the personal. I wish the top house all the best for their future and hope that the current difficultness to get big employees into the gastfreundschaft industry, this kind of experience not more regular, for us or others.

I can't rate the rooms as we didn't stay here but I can't fault the food or service! Such a beautiful quaint pub and town. My all time favourite place.

The only vegetarian option on the evening menu was a butternut tea dish in a creamy coconut sauce that may sound like vegan. unfortunately the pasta was not vegan. the personal was very accommodating and offered us the veggieburger from the lunch menu. this has proven quite good, although not homemade. the only vegan dessert was heavenly sorbet, which was very beautiful. a nice meal, but we would have appreciated more possibilities.

I would not expect much and found a really warm, friendly pub (with a cat and some creative options on the menu. portion size was great, and some elements (like chips! were great. the quality was only a little off, especially the milk-free ice, which was more like a sorbet in texture and not great. a scandal, how many bog standard vegan ice creams they could get in super markets would have been a big step upwards. still a decent option if you are looking for something in lizard.

I will be regularly when I visited my older parents in the opposite. good selection of st austell beer well maintained. Although eating is a big feature, this is still a real local pub with a good friendly atmosphere.