Name: Shoulder Of Mutton
Address: Calverton, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK19 6ED, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

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Shoulder Of Mutton

First impression was poor due to the very tatty state of the rear garden next to the car park.. should have been warning enough. Service was slow and essential questions missing like 'how would you like your steak?' while others like, how many glasses would you like (there were 3 of us) were asked twice.
The food was terrible, broccoli was raw, yorkshires were like cardboard and rock hard despite their impressive size initally even gravy could not soften them. My steak was about 2mm thin, the peppercorn sauce had no peppercorns in it and was like grey water.
Finally, when we were not asked at the end how our meal was, we volunteered some feedback to the chef which the waitress just looked annoyed about, another one returned from the kitchen and bluntly said we would get 20% off the total cost as if it was a favour, which in fact turned out to be 10% off as the 40GBP deposit had already been subtracted before the discount, so even basic mathematics fail.
When we left, the young staff turned their backs towards us.

Awful food, terrible service, bad attitude - do not recommend

Went to the Shoulder for an evening meal with friends last night - the food was outstanding. My cod dish could easily be described as fine dining. The staff were friendly and helpful. We will definitely be frequenting the pub on a regular basis. A bit of a wait for the food but to be expected when meals are freshly prepared.

Excellent food!

I don’t normally write reviews but after reading a few not so positive recent ones for the Shoulder of Mutton, I decided I need to write about our amazing experience 

First and foremost the staff were incredible. They couldn’t have done more to ensure my friends 60th birthday celebration, was special & memorable 

First class chef, the food was delicious. I really loved some of his creative food ideas and so well presented. My particular favourite was my Scallop & Pork starter (photo included)

A perfect evening, thank you

Simply the Best!

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE!

From start to finish, the entire experience was an utter mess. I booked for Mother's Day lunch and I arrived to greet my elderly mother looking rather stressed at the bar, the staff had "greeted" her with the time they expected the table back, the table that wasn't even ready for us even though I was running a little late (with 2 young children in tow). 

The service was appalling, the staff were extremely rude, particularly one lady who kept coming to our table to rush us along, I asked for a portion of chips, to which she said she had to ask the kitchen and I was told they would "make an acception" for us! Eternally grateful. 
We had 6 different members of staff at different points attempt to serve us- took 4 people to get us a very small ketchup... no one had any idea what they were doing. 
The cutlery and glassware was filthy, we had to ask for clean ones. 
The menu was not explained prior to the booking or during our visit (I would've preferred to have known it was going to be a fixed price set menu as it was so limited), instead we were thrown a crumpled bit of dirty A4 paper with the "choices" on. We did not want to stay for course 2 but were rudely told they would not adjust the price if we didn't. 

I'll hazard a guess to say that they had booked too many covers over the day, and I appreciate Mother's Day can get busy (and we expected less choices on the menu) but I am unsure why it was so painful as the restaurant was not full. The food was also average, which is a shame as we'd heard good things.

I thought as we were ushered out of the door (couldn't wait to leave) that they had partly redeemed themselves as we were handed a very small bunch of daffodils each, but quickly realised they were dead... just like the atmosphere. 

I can confidently say that we will never be going back.

SHAMBOLIC

I so wanted to love it here but instead I found everything just okay. Late Sunday dinner as my daughter was back from university. Service was good, seated with drinks quickly but the food was just not up to expectations. We all ordered Sunday roasts, which we all described as luke warm. The belly of pork had a fatty layer around it that hadn’t been crisped up, no crackling. The beef was very thin and a bit stringy and the cauliflower cheese was runny with the cauliflower being hard.
The word I would use to sum up my experience is unfortunately disappointing.

Disappointing Sunday Roast

Currently closed - awaiting new tenants.
Sadly the pub has closed as the landlord would not renew the lease to the previous tenant. Fingers crossed the new tenants will serve decent food and beers.  Maybe the brewery will also spend some money on those promised refurbishments! 

Currently closed - awaiting new tenants 

We had a wonderful Sunday lunch today with our family. The portion sizes were fantastic, the roasts were delicious and the children's roast was equally as lovely as the adults... not to mention wonderful customer service. Thank you so much indeed.

Delicious Sunday roast

Last Saturday, on a long weekend back home, we had lunch with my family at the Shoulder Of Mutton.

There were 6 of us plus my dog which was made very welcome.

The landlord and his staff were extremely friendly, the service was good and the food was delicious.  We all had main course, 2 had deserts and we  all had drinks.  Total price £111.

If I could give them 10 stars I would.

We will definitely go there again on our next trip home.

Fabulous Pre-Christmas Get Together

To say I was shocked that the landlord told my two year old to be quiet was unreal. We had paid for our party of 8 and wore collecting ourselves to leave when my two year son started to shout after me telling him to put his shoes on. The landlord came storming out of the kitchen said can you keep him quote and maybe you should take him for a walk.

Told my two year old to be quite

8 of us had a Sunday lunch meal and all food was lovely, large portions, crispy roast potatoes and great crackling with the pork. We had a selection of the roasts and everyone enjoyed their meals. Would recoemnd a visit to anyone looking for a reasonable priced tasty roast dinner 

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