Eating Allow time to eat the tasty, big portions!

DESPITE being grownups, my eldest son and I decided that Toy Story 4 would be worth a trip to the flicks.

En route we decided to stop for tea at the Boars Rock, which I remembered as being very good.

Our film was advertised as starting at 5.45pm and we had a little concern when arriving at the pub we were told food didn’t start until 5pm.

But, being only minutes away from the cinema, we decided to take our chances.

We ordered a drink at the bar (the two businesses are separate) and took a seat.

We were directed up to the eating area only minutes later and given a menu.

There is a great section at the back where there is a set menu – two courses for £8.50 or three for £11 from Sunday-Thursday. The choices are good and this seems like a great deal.

However, we decided as we were on a time limit, we’d just go for a main dish instead.

That decision lasted until my “very hungry” son saw there were salt and pepper chicken strips served with salad and sweet chilli dip (£4.95). Ach well, if he was having that, then I decided I’d have the prawn cocktail (£4.95).

Other options included soup, nachos and avocado.

For mains we were torn between several dishes – hunter’s chicken (£9.50), scampi (£9.45), rump steak (£12.50), breaded haddock (£9.45) and chilli and coriander chicken with rice, nan and chips (£9.95), though we eventually settled on steak pie (£9.45) and smoked haddock fishcakes (£8.50).

The service here is fabulous – warm, friendly and down to earth.

It’s a busy lounge area and there were many regulars in as was made plain by the friendly banter between customers and staff. Not that we felt out of place at all, it’s a very welcoming environment.

A wee bonus is the basket of sliced French bread and butter that is given to each table as they wait for their order.

It was delicious and just what the hungry boy needed.

Our starters arrived promptly. My prawn cocktail was on a flat plate, a