Squire Yorke

One of the «Fayre and Square» chain of pubs, so was expecting pretty standard food having eaten at a couple of others in the chain. Unfortunately this was way below average for me.
The pub itself looks well kept from the outside with a lovely floral display, but inside its a little bit, well, grubby. Tables all sticky and just on the wrong side of clean.
Staff are randomly dressed with some sort of «Cape» which is basically a strip of green cloth attached to their collars and hanging straight down their backs. Also wearing stupid animal head bands like a cheap christmas party was happening– but it was actually September. Staff are pleasant enough but too thin on the ground with only two working the bar. Long queues kept forming, even though there wasn’t that many in the pub.
We ordered An XXL burger for my other half, and three marinaded lamb rump steaks from the «Go Large» Sunday roast menu for me. This took a crazy 50 mins to arrive, by which time we were half way down our second round of drinks. The waitress did apologise for the wait without us mentioning it, so kudos for that I guess.
My other half enjoyed his burger. My meal wasn’t great. The lamb was fine and tasty enough, but not cooked to my specification (overdone). Gravy as thin as water, frozen rubbery Yorkshires and flavourless, rock hard veggies — cauliflower so hard it shot off my plate when I tried to cut it. The promised «pigs in blankets» were missing and the mash was like glue. Even the stuffing was so dry it almost choked me.
Not a patch on the Mill House at Broughton from the same chain.
Avoid!

Went there last night, we have been before and food is fantastic we had to wait a bit as it was very busy but it wasn’t that long food was great as usual and the staff were very very nice and the prices are excellent. Go there you won’t be disappointed.

This is a great pub, the main meals are 2 for 1 and the bar is reasonably priced. Well worth a family meal out, lunch or dinner.