The Bowling Green
Friary Rd, Lichfield WS13 6QJ, United Kingdom
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M5H8+J6 Lichfield, United Kingdom
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Monday: 11–23
Tuesday: 11–23
Wedneasday: 11–23
Thursday: 11–23
Sunday: 10–23
Tuesday: 11–23
Wedneasday: 11–23
Thursday: 11–23
Sunday: 10–23
Stood waiting for a table. After several minutes. Told to find a table and the bar person would bring some menu's over. Never happened.
Downloaded the app so we could place our order from the table. Going OK until problem with one of the meals. Wouldn't let you do anything with it. Asked for a table number. No table number to be found. After no one came to us and being in there for well over 30 minutes. Left and went to the Inkwell. Good choice. Had an excellent meal there.
Went again today and were greeted by a sign to say they were on a reduced menu which is fine. Straight away it wasn't as good as last time, the staff were uncomfortably close to us chatting after we'd just sat down by the beautiful open fire. So we moved to another table. This table hadn't been cleaned so we did it ourselves. It also turned out to be very chilly there so we sat with our coats on waiting for food as the radiator next to us was off.
We ordered from the app again but just the mains to save the hassle. Waited 30mins (was only 10mins max last time) for 2x duo of roast again (£11.79 each) which barely filled half the plate, it was embarrassing, the waitress couldn't have left quicker after putting the plates down. Last time there was plenty of meat, this time only one slice of turkey and one slice of beef (which was tough this time). There was no mash, pigs in blankets or stuffing which the app says there is and there was last time. Veg was rock hard, inedible. There must have been a gravy ration as well, someone next to us had to ask for more.
If we'd known it was only half the meal available, we'd have ordered something else but the app did not say anything, and neither did the staff despite there being several opportunities to (when the order went through, putting the cutlery down, bringing drinks).
The staff are neither friendly or unfriendly, very much just getting through the day trying not to talk to anyone other than each other, loudly.
The image is the full meal before anything had been eaten, that's the entire pot of gravy on the meal too.
Sorry to say after an initial good meal and a majorly disappointing second meal, we won't be visiting again and I suggest you don't either.