A DINER has told of her disgust after rancid beef was served during a birthday meal at a Swindon pub.

Charlotte Wyatt, was part of an 11-strong group that went to the newly-opened Robin’s Farm last week when she and two other guests were given a roast lunch with meat she said was so rotten it smelled like vomit.

“I had the most awful experience,” she told the Advertiser.

“When we were in the queue for the carvery I thought I could smell sick.”

At first she believed it was from her sister’s young baby, but when she sat down and began to eat she realised the unpleasant aroma was coming from the meat on her plate.

“I got the beef and I looked at it. It had a film of what I thought was pate,” she said.

“The texture that hit my mouth was a mixture of pate and Play Doh and the taste was between sick and a fermented egg. It was absolutely rotten.”

Charlotte, whose husband Ben is a chef, asked to see the manager immediately and advised them to remove the meat from the carvery because it was very off.

“I have never made a complaint in my life,” she said. “But I don’t understand how a chef could have stood over that beef and not smelt it.”

When she detailed her experience in a review on Facebook the pub sent a personal message that said: “We admit we had a bad batch of beef that was but (sic) on sale yesterday which was still in date.”

It said the beef had been taken off sale and sent back to the supplier. Full refunds and replacement meals had also been offered to guests who were affected.

“This is the first time this as happen and we will continue to follow are checks and now have introduce a taste test ourselfs before we put any meat out for sale (sic).”

Charlotte was given a refund and invited to return on another occasion, but said she has no plans to go back.

The pub at Blunsdon, opened on February 15 and is part of the Farmhouse Inns chain owned by brewery Greene King. It was recently given a five star environmental health rating.

A spokesman for Greene King said: “We have every confidence in our supply chain and go to great lengths to ensure the provenance of the products that we serve. On this highly unusual occasion the quality of a single joint of beef served to a very small number of guests was not of our usual high standards. When we were made aware of this by guests we removed it from sale immediately and offered full refunds.”