The Minster Tavern is similar to a whetherspoons pub. It is part of a chain called Town Pubs. for information about the pub including menus visit http://www.greatvaluepubs.co.uk/theminstertavernely/
I visited this pub on Saturday evening and Sunday lunch time in Ely, primarily for food. they had Spit fire on while I was there but that was the only real ale. I would say that the food is of higher quality than whetherspoons and prices of food are in fact cheaper . Most meals cost less than £5.
I think the spit fire was just over £2 a pint so it was a few pence dearer than whetherspoons.
On the Saturday night I had Steak on Moroccan flat bread. I got about 5 ounces of reasonable quality rump steak cut into strips served with chips and salad garnish along with a bowl containing plenty of chilli sauce which was really quite hot. also for £1.25 I got 3 corn on the cobs cooked in butter with Asian spices which I thought was good value for a side dish. I really thought this was considerably better than most of the food I have had in whetherspoons pubs.
On Sunday we visited this same pub for a roast dinner. I have to say this was more disappointing. a roast dinner and a pint for £4.99 is excellent value but there were some problems with the food which could have been avoided. The mash was cold. the roast potatoes and parsnips were underdone. I chose roast beef and this turned out to be slow roasted top side. It was melt in the mouth tender and really nice. On the Sunday I had Belgium Chocolate Waffles and Ice Cream. they just met expectations though there was meant to be a chocolate sauce. while this was there I do not think it was thick enough. If you like chocolate as I do then the range of puddings at the Minster Tavern is great but every pudding is chocolate!
If the roast on Sunday had been well cooked I would have given the Minster 8 out of 10. My only criticism would have been disappointing real ales. I am concerned however about the unnecessarily poor quality of the roast on Sunday so regretfully I have to give this pub 6.5 out of ten.
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