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International
Italian
Mediterranean
Beer/Wine
Asian
Gluten-free
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Waterfront bar with exposed brickwork, a balcony and a beer garden. Offers labelled vegan dishes including a massman tempeh curry and a no-beef stroganoff as well as sides such as cykn' bites, mixed falafel and corn bread. Reported closed October 2023.
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- Outdoor seating
- Reservations required
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 04 Oct 2023 by VeggiKitty
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Added by Mark-R on 25 Apr 2022
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1 Review
First Review by Mark-R
Mark-R
Points +1959
The staff, choice, food and experience were all poor! - Edit
Couldn’t get in anywhere on a bank holiday so thought we’d call the Stew & Oyster as the menu looked really promising. When we arrived we should have known it wouldn’t measure up as it was the only place which was empty! Throughout our stay only a few people arrived and departed.
Read moreMenu - They explained they had no ‘wild rice’ and the ‘tagine’ wasn’t available either. With plenty of other options we agreed to stay, bought drinks and pondered the menu. All of the meals come with either steamed rice or corn bread. When we went to order we were told there was no rice at all. We reviewed what we wanted as Curry (and many others dishes) don’t pair with bread. On our second attempt we were told they had no vegan cream so the no-beef stroganoff was also off the menu. When we enquired about the ingredients they were clueless and handed us an ingredients book for each meal. With such a poor and limited choice remaining we would have departed but we couldn’t get in anywhere. With no choice we placed our order and with only 2 vegan options available we plumbed for curry with bread and Chyk’n bites for the vegans.
Food - The meals arrived so quickly we were baffled at how it was possible to cook them that quick. Looking at all the bread it appeared that the vegan butter looked identical to the normal butter on other tables. When we enquired if it was vegan butter they said “no”! They also never had any vegan butter so it was a curry and dry bread. I can’t believe they made such a fundamental mistake.
the meals looked pretty unimpressive (see images) and with meagre portion sizes I’d have expected them be polished off in minutes. Sadly we didn't finish as it was bland and soggy.
Vegan Massaman Tempeh Curry had no sweet potato in it! Normal potatoes and carrots which was watery and bland.
Vegan Chyk’n bites were tiny and dry.
We can’t help but deduce that the food being ‘one pots’ we’re just microwave meals. The bread was good though and that went down well, but it wasn’t enough to lift our overall disappointment.
To add insult to injury, they still asked us to pay the full price! Shocking.
We will not be returning and would not recommend as the staff were poor, the choices poor, the food was poor and the experience poor.
Sorry
Updated from previous review on 2022-05-04
Pros: Corn bread
Cons: Most vegan options unavailable, Staff served real butter to vegans, Food was bland and watery
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