Miller & Carter Milton Keynes, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes

Official site of Miller & Carter - www.millerandcarter.co.uk

Official site of Miller & Carter - www.millerandcarter.co.uk

Yet another pub that has a modern, mass produced, characterless interior, which seems to be the norm around these parts. There’s nothing particularly wrong with it, but it’s certainly nothing to get excited about. It is in fact a Toby Carvery, and is attached to a Travel Lodge. It’s a good sized pub and also has a beer garden and outside patio area. Inside the decor is the usual mix of red patterned carpet, wood partitioning, cream and brown paintwork, gold flocked wallpaper and a couple of leather sofas. The only feature of any note was perhaps the vaulted ceiling at the entrance, although even this wasn’t an especially interesting vaulted ceiling. There was some exposed brickwork, and a fireplace contained a wood burning stove. Bizarrely there is also one of those machines like you get in amusement arcades filled with soft toys where you operate a remote grabber to try and get one out. What on earth is that doing in a pub? The food emphasis seems to be very much on the carvery, and the bar menu was extremely limited with just four main courses priced at around the £4 mark and a couple of salads. Drink choice was equally disappointing – despite three hand pumps on the bar, one appeared unused and two had their clips turned round, so no real ale at all. The solitary cider was Bulmers.