The Starry Plough Pub

I normally love this place however with that being said, I would suggest if you go here that you bring cash... this is the 3 or 4 time that my card has been charged more than once for dinner.. it seems like they need more training on how to use there POS system. It is quite upsetting to have money clear your bank that wasn't spent $73 is a good amount of money to have charged someone twice "by accident".. so now I got through the process again on disputing charges with my bank.... la-sigh. I really do like this place though just will never use a bank or credit card here again..

Friendly but very slow staff. Food is serviceable. Music performances are lovely. 2019/09 update: - the staff is still very friendly and I like them quite a bit. +1 more star for their world class vegetarian burger. The chef that created it, Alura, is a local. The aioli is stellar, and the patty definitely craveworthy.

I hate to have to leave this safe space a terrible review, especially if it’s the only one star review. Not saying that the behavior of an employee defines the business, but my experience there was terrible when I went there with my older sister and some friends back in June 2015. I have been having trouble finding the bar, but I remember how it looks like and I just found it, so here it goes: I am a vegan, and employees in this restaurant won’t give a single hoot accidentally fooling a vegan. Hecks, they didn’t even apologize! I asked for a vegan burger, and then I either asked if the cheese or if everything is vegan, and the lady said yes. Then I noticed mayonnaise. I asked the male employee if the mayonnaise in the vegan burger is vegan and if the cheese and bun is vegan, he said no. Then they were taking a while to remake it, and then the guy just jumped to saying that they don’t swap it for another order and that they give no refund, and that they’re not like McDonald’s giving the refund and it seems like they reserve the right to refuse checking for the ingredient. Safe space? When they fool someone with food allergens, they will be shown to not be that much of a food allergen friendly area on the news. Maybe they already did, which is maybe the reason why they are temporarily closed! Vegans, do yourself a favor and do not come to this restaurant when they reopen. They will most likely not give a single hoot about your diet and will fool/fraud you. Just because this place is a safe space for LGBTQ, it doesn’t give them any more right than others (not the special exemption) to fool vegans. Just a note, veganism is not the same exact same thing as vegetarianism, and chances are if someone is trying to order something vegan, they are vegan, so don’t play any bets with feeding them non-vegan stuff. Is Berkeley not supposed to be a progressive city? This business has shown that it doesn’t belong in Berkeley, nor in California, nor in the United States, nor in any republic or democratic nation.