The Railway - Kew

My local Am Dram group rehearses on Wednesdays in Kew and so of late I've taken to meeting my friends early in the Railway next to Kew Gardens station - they do an amazingly cheap 2 for £10 deal on meals so it's cheap and cheerful and they usually have some nice beers or red wines to accompany it. I've tried the lasagne, the texan pork chop, the scampi and the bean burger and they all seem to be simple, tasty pub grub. I asked Him to join me for dinner there the other day and he couldn't resist expressing his disgust at the meal he was served....which was the lasagne and the texan pork chop (half each of course). The problem is, I didn't warn him that it was really cheap and cheerful pub grub and so because i go there regularly he'd thought it must be some sort of epic gastro pub...he also turned up half an hour late so his meal had been on the table for 10-15 minutes so was a little on the chilly side. At £5 a head you can't expect the food to be quality and if you just want basic pub grub it does what it says on the tin.

I like The Railway because the staff there are fantastic, however they have recently had some serious issues with the kitchen so one day our meals took over an hour to arrive - they were hugely apologetic and tried their best. That said, some friends of ours waited nearly 2 hours and in the end had to ask for their money back - the bar staff spoke to me about it the following week and said they had a REALLY bad day and had been working their hardest to ensure that sort of thing didn't happen again

My favourite meal is the texan pork, which is surprising since I'm not a pork fan usually, but tbh it's just a breaded pork chop with BBQ sauce and melted cheese (probably straight out of a brake brothers box and shoved in the oven) and it tastes great. The lasagne is probably a microwave meal from brakes too, but that doesn't necessarily make it bad food so I'm usually happy.

So, in conclusion, if you want cheap and cheerful pub food in a nice atmosphere head to the The Railway, if you want quality, tasty food then don't. Also, don't be surprised if you have a bit of a wait.