Rock & Fountain Inn

Decided at last moment for my birthday to try out this place ... passed it many times.
Easy to find for strangers as on main Rd, though new bypass means Rd is no longer the main Wales to Birmingham route.
Plenty of parking opposite, alongside their beer garden - which is very popular in the Summer.
Menus is reasonable size ... with a large board of specials ... a few items were 'off' ... but as it's still Winter and mid week - fair enough.

I had duck spring rolls to start, a little disappointing as oily and not much flavorful, I had thought (wrongly) that it would be like Peking Duck wraps, not deep fried.

SWMBO had Steak Rossini .. which is probably the most expensive item, but still going rate at £17 ... It was a very large piece of perfectly cooked fillet ...

I had the 16oz RibEye .... extremely tender and very little fat ..... I'm not a huge fan of steak, but it was certainly very good quality meat, cooked to perfection.

We opted for some Onion Rings & Mushrooms as sides ... and probably shouldn't have ... steaks come with mushroom & onion rings .. so we only managed to eat about 1/2 of the sides which were huge portions.
The Saute potatoes also an immense portion.
In addition there was peas, carrot & swede ................ way too much for us to finish ... you will not leave here hungry.
Not a chance to get to deserts - which from menu looked like frozen pre-portioned items, with some fresh cheesecake & chocolate cake.

The bill - a warning for you, they do not accept debit or credit cards ... which is VERY strange in the 21st century .... there is an ATM, at £1.75 handling charge.
They will accept cheques .. but as these are being phased out by banks ... they made need to re-think ..... at least accept Debit Cards ?

Cost was £52 ... incl 4 soft drinks ... not cheap, but value for money.

There were 2 girls running the place, very friendly & helpful .... genuinely made you feel wanted - you don't get this in a chain restaurant.

All-in-all good food, large portions .... I would go there again.

I can?t believe the comment about Christmas dinner! I was there and it was lovely! NO processed meat it just melted in my mouth yum yum nicest meal Ive had in a while, anyway I think the food is great, the staff are polite and friendly and it is a clean and nice environment to enjoy a meal with your family as I do regally, mix grill next for me it looks amazing :)

We'd had a meal at the Rock and Fountain before so we had no qualms about booking our Christmas dinner there. There were four of us. The place looked very festive and the staff had dressed up as Mother Christmas. The tables were nicely laid with quite good quality crackers. The gingerbread man at each place setting was a nice touch.
I had melon for starters and the rest of our party had pate. The pate was very strong and had an unpleasant texture. After one or two mouthfuls everyone left it. When the main course was put in front of us we could not believe our eyes....Both the turkey and the beef was PROCESSED. The "new" potatoes were hard and tasteless . The parsnips defied description. I am not being facetious when I say that I do not know whether they were boiled or roast as they were almost raw. They were tough and fibrous and had not even been peeled or scraped properly. I tried some of the turkey hoping that it might taste better than it looked....it didn't. My husband said his beef was awful too so we wrapped the meat up and took it home for our dogs. The gravy was tasteless. We were given plenty of swede, carrots and sprouts and we tried to make something of them but really everything was just bland and tasteless.
My husband had Christmas pudding which was okay. My son-in-law was given a huge portion of black forest gateau which he enjoyed. My daughter and I had ordered the raspberry roulade with white chocolate which sounded lovely. How wrong can you be? The concoction that was put in front of us was an undercooked meringue with a swirl of some pink stuff running through it. When I put a spoonful in my mouth the underdone egg white was just like slime. DISGUSTING.
We had instant coffee which was okay and there was a mince pie and an satsuma each, which we took home with us as we didn't want to stay any longer .This travesty of a meal had cost nearly £200 for the four of us. We were all still hungry and made sandwiches as soon as we got home.
In defense of the chef, I defy anyone to make a decent dinner with Processed meat.
PROCESSED MEAT FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.....UNBELIEVABLE.

Looking for somewhere local to try on a Monday evening, we decided to try the Rock & Fountain Inn. On our arrival we were told - not shown - where our table was.

The pub is warm and comfortable but the décor is in need of refreshing and a nice paint job will sort it out.

We were not offered menus and had to take them from other tables. The waitress was quick enough to ask if we were ready to order, though. We were not ready to order and asked for drinks and were told we needed to order at the bar.

The starters were acceptable. My brother and I had garlic mushrooms, which were okay but a bit watery inside and my sister-in-law had prawn cocktail. Both were decent sizes but clearly from frozen, which is fine for the price.

My brother was happy with his main course of a mixed grill but was disappointed with the steak sauce; my sister-in-law's steak was good . As a vegetarian I opted for the mushroom and red pepper stroganoff. This was okay but not presented very well: served in a dish would have been preferable. Three other vegetarian dishes were available offering plenty of choice.

We all chose chips with out meals, which came as a pile on a plate, something I dislike when eating out, especially as they gave us nothing to serve them with. The chips were home made and very nice.

The meals came with a side salad which consisted of iceberg lettuce, a few cuts of cucumber and a quartered tomato and looked very uninspired.

For dessert, we all chose the Turkish delight sundae which had some cream dolloped on top and there was plenty of choice. These were served before our main course plates had been removed and my spoon came with remnants of someone else's dessert.

The waitress was keen and attentive and did her best and checked that we were okay.

For a pub to charge the same prices as a restaurant, I would expect to be served drinks, have the table laid correctly and a bit more thought put into the salad and general food presentation.

Where do I start havnt been treated so badly in all my life ! Went there for my b'day with family and ordered a fillet steak when it came out I was served a rump steak when I complained to the waitress she argued that was what I ordered when I new full well I ordered a fillet steak she took it back and was quite rude but said I would have to wait for a fillet to be cooked which I was happy to do but when it came back it was another rump folded over with mushroom in the middle which I complained again to which I was told it was a fillet that I received ! We could hear the chef swearing in the kitchen saying what do I expect when I order a rump so called for the manager and said what had happened expecting them to sort it out but was left with rude waitresses so I was left with no food ! So we decided to just pay the bill and leave much against our wishes with being so badly treated has we did so the waitress chucked our change down on the table all in change and called my father a p**** ! To which we were disgusted and DONT RECOMMENED THIS PUB TO ANYONE !!!