Yikes!
Around noon today, the three of us were looking forward to the new Irish pub and a new experience in Laconia dining. Sad to say, the environment and waitstaff were great, but the food was quite poor. The Irish beef stew specialty was all gravy (which tasted canned), in an undercooked bread bowl with (I kid you not) 4 carrots and that was it. Not a single piece of meat or potatoes. House salad for $10.00 was a big bowl of lettuce with grated carrots and onions. They forgot the asaigo cheese, which was brought to the table after a request--no problem, easy to get things a bit mixed up during opening week. But not even a roll or cracker, or an interesting vegetable or crouton in the salad for $10 bucks. A cup of fish chowder was of the thick, "canned soup base" variety, with a single piece of potato and a few slivers of fish. Another diner in our group ordered a Reuben sandwich which was OK, but the accompanying French fries were of room temperature, undercooked, and tasteless.
We love to see restaurants succeed. People were flooding in the doors to check this place out. I understand the Epping Holy Grail is a good restaurant with a good reputation. What gives here? Hope they can quickly make some changes so that the folks checking this out for the first time have a good experience and will return.
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