The Alma

Alma Lane
Upham
Southampton
SO32 1HE

Tel: 01489 860227

 

 

www.crowncarveries.co.uk/find-us/alma.html

 

 

Vegetarian: Yes

Parking: Own car parks

Wheelchairs: OK

Loos: Average

Visited January 2009

Normally when you see £3.50 for a Carvery shown on a large sign outside a Pub I would probably drive on past!  However, on a wet Thursday in January and all feeling the pinch money wise The Alma was where we decided to meet.  Once you have selected a table you go to the bar and order drinks and food etc.  For the Carvery you are given a ticket which you hand to the chef before making your choice.  We took one look at the queue and thought perhaps we'd made a mistake, but fortunately we seemed to move along quite quickly.
 
For £3.50 - All Day Mon - Sat  and £6.50 on Sunday All Day, the carvery is very good value.  The choice of roasts were gammon, turkey and beef.  A choice of 5 vegetables, roast or new potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing and all the trimmings.   Alternatives to the Carvery are a cold meat salad, a tuna/prawn salad both £4.50, or fish pie at £4.99 and the vegetarian choice was £5.99.  We were 6 and all had the Carvery and apart from the beef being a little tough we all felt it was really good value and therefore couldn't complain.   As the place was very busy and the staff friendly am sure these sort of Pubs will do very well in these credit crunching times!!
 
Puddings range from £1.80 - £2.95 and coffee from £1.19 - £2.45.   The Wines were also reasonable from £7 - £9.95, not a large choice but adequate.  It's not often we go out and pay £7.19 for a roast, glass of red, and a coffee!! 

Cost £ £

Quality of food  2/5    
Variety of menu  2/5
Staff & Service  2/5    
Ambience, setting and decor  2/5
Value for money  3/5  

Total Yummy Factor 12/25

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5/5 = Cannot be improved upon, 4/5 = Very good, 3/5 = Good, 2/5 = Satisfactory, 1/5 = Poor, 0/5 = Terrible

The higher the "Yummy" factor, the better the food & service.  The higher the number of £ signs the more expensive.  ( Roughly one £ sign = £5 per head )
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