Roman’s Place

We weren’t expecting a haute cuisine 2 course lunch for just £4.95 each but we were expecting an edible meal served fairly quickly. We ordered a pot of tea for two but were disappointed to find it contained only 1 tea bag! We chose soup to start with and it did arrive fairly quickly. My onion soup was very tasty but my partner said her tomato soup was bland. Then we had to wait for half an hour for the main course. My roast beef was tougher than old boots and took so long to saw through that the veg. went cold before I could eat them. My partners portion of lasagne accompanied by 10 thin chips, ¼ of a small tomato and 4 very small bits of lettuce was almost tasteless. To cap it all the tea cost £3.40 and I later found I’d overcharged by 40p. I wouldn’t recommend Roman’s Place at any price!

Decided to go Italian this time, it was our friend Jackie’s birthday, she had eaten at Romans Place one lunch time and said she had enjoyed her experience so a table was booked. On entering the restaurant we were warmly welcomed, the place was very full for a Sunday night, but this was as we found out was because of two large Christmas dinner party’s (More Later). The menu had a varied choice, what you would expect from a typical Italian restaurant, and also there was a good selection on the specials board. Food arrived promptly and was good, the restaurant décor was very nice although pretty plain. Prices were about right, also the two for one meal offer was a good deal. But the only downside to the evening was the very loud noise from the Christmas diners who were shouting and screaming a lot of the time. Now I am not against anyone enjoying themselves but it was very excessive and spoilt what would have been a nice evening, but to be fair to the owners they did apologise when we left although it was not their fault, but we would defiantly try it again hopefully next time it will be quieter.