The White Bear in Tandridge

My first experience of the white bear was a year ago and I was not impressed. I had the fish pie Which was not great - Very little fish, mainly mash and not much taste. This evening, I took my daughter there for a birthday dinner, wanting to give The restaurant another try. I had the spinach and mushroom pizza Which was awful. The spinach was definitely frozen, There were about four thin slithers of mushroom. The centre pizza base was soggy and the outer rim was hard. Pizza Express would’ve done far more superior job. I left half of it and didn’t bother with a pudding. My daughter had one of their burgers and a sticky toffee pudding Which she didn’t complain about. My conclusions are this is a rip-off restaurant, it is by no means a professional restaurant and I will never be going there again nor will I be recommending friends. It’s a Saturday night and it wasn’t full, but the service was so slow. One of the waitresses looked as if she’s been dragged out of a laundry bag - Her clothes were crumpled, She was running late for work and just threw something on. In my opinion, this was a shere waste of money which I resent having to pay for such inferior food. I left feeling cheated. I had to make myself something else to eat when I got home, cause I was hungry!

Service was a bit slow but the portions were very generous and the food good. Recently rejuvenated but retains the old English pub feel.

We ate the roast dinner at the white bear and our kids had the kids burger and pizza. Roast was excellent, I had the mixed meat and wife had beef, both were tasty and unlike other roasts the meat was the star. For dessert we have the pumpkin brulé and sticky toffee, both were good although the brulé was perhaps a little dense. The kids meals were substantial and also came with hummus and crudités which was a nice touch It gets busy on Sunday so make sure to book.

Just right for celebrating a birthday. A really lovely wholesome meal. All plates looked great, everyone made the right sounds about the flavours. The service was cheerful and attentive, they were experienced too, they knew how to look after the almost-80s and the under 10s. The kids activity packs were a smashing touch. Couldn’t fault any of it, except the time just disappeared! So the only improvement is if you could pause time next time we visit so we can enjoy your hospitality for longer.

Really comfortable pub that serves top notch food

Woq. Amazing food, lovely atmosphere & brilliant staff.

Lovely pub. Fantastic food. Staff friendly. Would highly recommend. Recently renovated with spacious new seating

amazing roast dinner, went for the trio and it was plenty big with 3 lovely meats. Gravy and Yorkshire both excellent. Service was great and toddler friendly.

We came for Sunday lunch yesterday and was served by Emma who was really friendly and attentive. We had the beef and chicken roast which were both superb. Beef and chicken cooked perfectly and potatoes fluffy and crunchy and veggies were delicious. The large Yorkshire pudding was best I’ve eaten. Great decor to, thank you we will definitely be back.

The food was absolutely gorgeous, aswell as the lovely kind and friendly stuff. Great homely feel to the pub. Definitely recommend!

Booked a Sunday birthday meal for 4 (a 1 year old and a vegan in the group). The staff were excellent, took our orders early and checked on us quite alot to make sure we were happy with the service. (I could only take pics of the mocktails as the baby took my phone). We had the childs roast (enough to satisfy a small adult), the beetroot Wellington (quoted - the best roast option ever), sirloin steak with chunky chips & the trio roast. Everything from the yorkies, meats and potatoes were cooked to perfection, portion size was perfect, clean plates all round. For dessert we had the brownie, crumble and the star dessert...vegan chocolate orange cake with honeycomb ice cream. Finished off with a lovely black coffee. The location is lovely, the pub is beautiful with plenty of parking.

Lovely pub with integral restaurant. Choice of eating in the bar (where we did with puppy) or restaurant. Good selection of drinks and good menu. We ordered the fish and chips and the steak pie. Both dishes were good. However at £9.95 the pudding was very small (too small - see photo).

They have done a really good job with the refurbishment here. Excellent Sunday lunch and very friendly and efficient service. Only point for improvement, only two light coloured cask ales: where was Gravity?

We had a group of 4 celebrating one of the group’s 80th. birthday. The staff were so helpful, going to great lengths to help the “birthday girl” have a wonderful celebration. The food was excellent and although the pub was very busy, we were not given the feeling of being rushed. We would certainly book again!

Great steak, lovely place can not fault it. Lovely to meet you Adam back soon hopefully .

Service very slow, no wine glasses available even though it wasn’t too busy, my steak and ale pie was barely edible due to the salt content being ridiculously high, l don’t intend to revisit unless the standards are raised.

Remote pub, reached via tiny country lanes. Lovely food and service. Loos spotless (always a good sign). However, I'd avoid in summer as it would b packed inside and outside.

I had the Kagu kagu burger; both awful and awful. Coudnt think of a worse place to bring my boyfriend, than his mother in laws.

Very expensive but well cooked food. Was a Tuesday evening but very quiet. Zero atmosphere.

Nice surroundings and food. Service was a little slow on this occasion .

Visited for the first time in probably over 40 years !!! Changed a bit, bigger etc, but still very very nice pub.Good selection of beers, friendly staff,lots of space.Did not eat, but looked good food and pretty busy for a Monday lunchtime .

Lovely place to take family and/or friends. Atmosphere wonderful, especially since the renovation.

Fantastic Sunday lunch in a great Historic setting use with confidence

Lovely Sunday lunch today. Friendly and prompt service and very accommodating manager, Adam. Will return.

Wonderful time at The White Bear for Sunday lunch, excellent roast dinner with a huge jug of extra gravy, perfect potatoes and delicious lamb shank. Desserts perfect and excellent service from Emma. We will be back!

Absolutely love this pub. The roast was perfect- stuffed chicken, crispy roasties, perfectly cooked veg. Highly recommend. Our server Emma was brilliant, thank you x

Beautiful atmosphere and a perfect country pub if you just fancy a drink. Let down by the food which was underwhelming. Potato Gratin looked like yesterday's leftovers (fully grey) and the ceaser salad for some reason arrives unmixed, salad leaves on sides have no dressing etc I want to give it 4* but with the food as is it gets out competed by similar pubs. Just want a drink? Come here

Great to see how good the Bear was returning after a few years. Best steak of the year!

The White Bear: Tasty Sunday roast beef and nice ambiance. Food and atmosphere are spot-on. However, their no-cash policy is a major drawback. As legal tender, cash should be accepted. Great place if you're fine with card-only payments, but disappointing for those who prefer cash.

I leave one star rewievs extremely rearly and only when completely disappointed. We were waiting for our food for 90 minutes. Food itself was mediocre, and all dishes were overseasoned.

Nice food and spacious facilities. Little bit pricey. Roasts looked good but we had other menu items and portions were small by comparison.

Great food, great service, good prices,well presented

Sad to be leaving this review as a regular visitor, pre and post renovation. It used to be our favourite local. Attended tonight for a birthday meal for my Partner and family. Our waitress very non attentive and grumpy. Had to ask to see the food menu 3 times before it was brought to the table. No drinks offered throughout the meal, had to chase to Order anything. Ended up being very sober affair due to the lengthily efforts and delays ordering drinks. Roasts had run out of Yorkshire puddings, due to the delivery driving dropping the eggs???seems like a massive fib. How can this be left to happen at 5pm on a Sunday. When a supermarket is a short drive away. This seems to be a common occurrence with ingredients running out reading previous reviews. So sadly doesn’t seem To be a one off. Hoping this review will be seen by senior management, as the on shift manager was very dismissive and unapologetic. A goodwill gesture or a simple recognition of our concerns would have been greatly appreciated. This used to be a fantastic pub with a great team of staff.but it fell incredibly short today and really tainted what could have been a lovely birthday meal out. We’ve been left feeling disappointed and £150 out of pocket.

Really lovely pub tucked somewhere calm and peaceful, perfect place to enjoy a pint on a sunny day. Food was really good, roast dinner was perfect. I was disappointed with the calamari as the portion was tiny; not worth paying that much for that little. Other than that; a perfect ‘country’ pub!

A family visit to the White Bear for lunch and we were not disappointed. Food and service is excellent and the refurbishment has made the restaurant very light and airy. Three generations of our family have visited the pub over many decades and the kids always sat on the white bear in front of the pub. It was lovely to be able to take my 89 year old father back to relive a few memories of when he was a boy.

Had lunch here last week. 5 adults £150. Service polite and quick food very nice. Good selection of beers and nice atmosphere. Will be going again. Update. We tried to eat here last night, terrible service. Over 1 and a half hours to get our mains, which we cancelled, starters took 45 minutes which were wrong... Complained to the manager and got a refund. We will be in contact with the manager via email today. Update 15/09/24 We came up again to try the food and service again. What a change from our last outing. Great service, knowing the menu and even knowing where the beers were brewed. Fantasy knowledge. The food was so so nice. I had the roast beef and so much of it. The wife had the fillet, all very good. Pudding was to die for. I can whole heartedly recommend this place. And it's dog friendly.

Great location and venue. The food was lovely and I would highly recommend the nibbles. The service was good and staff very friendly. The only disappointment was when I went to the bar at 10pm I was told the bar was closed. However according to the website the bar is licensed till 11pm ? This is obviously at the discretion of the manager however it was my birthday 😕

Nice meal, blue icecream! Please don't let dogs into the main restaurant area in the evening.

Quality food friendly service highly recommended

Service poor - took them half an hour to produce a bottle of water.!! One of main courses arrived 10 minutes after the rest of us had been served. Accessibility for disabled is very poor. Accessible toilet doesn't appear to exist. I had to negotiate 3 steps and then could not get my knee scooter into toilet so had to have my daughter watch out. Just getting into the pub without steps requires a tour round the entire outside area and negotiating stones in the car park Very difficult.

The service was shocking when the starters came out after waiting a hour not all came out 2came out 10mins after the others had finished their starters. No apologies The mains we waited 45mins again no apologies food not great I had 1bite out of my vegan burger it was awful. For 16.00I expected more. Had to get something on my way home as was hungry It's a shame as this place has had a amazing redecoration If I ever go back it will be for drinks only

Recently extended and modernised this rural pub keeps so much of it Olde Worlde charm, but with modern sophisticated charm Greatly extended it retains the smaller nooks and rooms, making it ideal for family meals or secluded dates. Outside seats under cover and an external bar. Food is top notch, be aware the Sunday roasts require you to prepare, and maybe avoid the starter! Some of the best chips I've eaten locally. It's worth drive, cycle or walk out this far. So lucky it's got good parking, is on a cycle route and has many great local walks. Revision Has quiz on the second Thursday of the month

Fantastic food. Friendly staff. Lovely garden. Great beers & wine selection. Will definitely return.

15 minutes to get served a pint of lemonade at the bar with only 1 customer in front of me and 5 bar staff who all like to look busy instead of serving

An evening ruined by very slow, leading to non existent service 😞

Arrived for a late Thursday lunch with my partner and I'm glad I did. The food was excellent. I had three courses and had too much. I did not regret a single bite. 😃

A lovely revamp. Food was delicious and restaurant was beautiful

I’ve eaten here a number of times since it went under new management. The food and service is top notch.

If like me you like bitter "forget it" nothing, just Lager and expensive, £4 for a bottle of coke, the food I see looked good but again expensive. I'll not be returning, oh and card only. No cash. The 2 ales they had were off, my partner had madri and for the 2 drinks £9.05, do yourselves a favour, go to weatherspoons or Toby at least they have the Lagers and a selection of bitters, John Smiths, London pride, ipa, doom bar. The weatherspoons also do Abbot and a wider range, and you can pay in CASH

Expensive but you get what you pay for

Extremely disappointing experience. We called on Sunday to reserve a table specifically for the Sunday roast, and they confirmed availability. After driving 30 minutes to get there, we were informed upon arrival that they had no roasts left. It was a complete waste of time and effort, with no real apology or sympathy for the inconvenience they caused. A one-hour round trip for nothing. I would recommend avoiding this establishment if this is how they treat their customers

First time visit in 30 years when I took my kids to play in the garden zoo - you could see the large amounts of money had been well spent- looking beautiful a party of 10 of us had a great time - would recommend looking forward to another visit will try the restaurant next time. Michael

Really great food, peri chicken was brilliant. Service was awful though, disorganised and not all but some quite rude. We were told there was no table service on the patio but if we sat on the tables with the grass, we could order from outside. Having moved to the table on the grass we go to order from the outside bar but it had an entirely different menu with none of the items we had planned to order. By this time our table on the patio was taken and none left, we explained what had happened to the young lady waitress. Who did absolutely nothing to help despite being misled by the staff. All she could say was it's against policy to sit anywhere else and order from the menu. Eventually not a long wait for another table, which was covered in food and didn't even bother wiping down until we asked after our starter. Definitely go for the food and not the service and be aware of the seating arrangements and different menus on either.

This is more like a restaurant than a pub

Such a good refurb. Outdoor area is calm, spacious and clean. Love the new menu!! Really yummy dishes and good comprehensive wine list. Love that there’s also a cute hut for coffee and cake! Plenty of parking spaces and a nice vibe from all the staff.

Just amazing in all aspects. Perfect for a summers day out and 15 mins from Croydon worth a visit

When we visited London after an eight-year hiatus, the first place on our must-visit list was White Bear, a pub we used to frequent regularly when we lived here. Returning after so many years, I was delighted to find that the charm of the place has only grown with time. White Bear still captivates with its inviting atmosphere, and I must say, it didn't disappoint in the least. The pub food remains some of the best we've had, full of hearty flavors and classic dishes that are done just right. Since our last visit, the place has been expanded to accommodate more guests, making it even more comfortable without losing any of its cozy, traditional pub feel. The service was as excellent as ever, with a friendly and attentive staff that made sure we had everything we needed. It was the perfect spot for a relaxed weekend lunch, bringing back fond memories while also creating new ones. If you're looking for a great pub experience in London, White Bear is still at the top of the list.

Great location and excellent bar staff with a great selection of drinks. Food was tasty enough, but what knocked a star off was the slightly moody young brunette serving us.

It's a lovely pub in a great setting. We sat outside and quite liked to see the changes made since last visit. Our experience is as follows.. Waiter was new but really helpful and attentive so no issues there. Time it took for food to arrive and in-between courses and to get final bill was too long to be honest. Food...I've had a lot better at the White Bear. Although the cauliflower vegan starter was very tasty, my Roast was very salty and by the time the cutlery was given (asked twice ..New waiter eventually got it, did not realise we could, maybe should have gone over and got our own) it had gone cold. Meat was good, everything else bit sloppy. Took most of it home in doggy bag for animals. Other guests disappointed in the vegan burgers. I personally didn't have dessert but tasted son's sticky toffee pudding and again not the best I've had. Waited a while for bill then my son went inside to pay. Waiter did ask if everything was OK, we said dinner was a bit cold and he apologised for that. Would love for these little issues to be addressed and improved upon as would love to return. Didn't feel it was £150 well spent:-(

Great food. Excellent ales and great service. Very friendly welcome

Lovely pub, in the middle of the sticks! Convenient for me on the way home after work down the lanes. Amazing food and friendly staff!

Went here for Sunday lunch with mum, used to go over 20 years ago for a quiet drink, and it was a proper country pub, small low ceilings, and local farmer types. Now it's had an extremely good extension and has opened up to the garden with loads of seating, big car park. Family dog friendly. Staff are accommodating as didn't book. Food was divine and reasonably priced for the quality we got.

Nice place to have a meal with friends or family. Visit on Sunday afternoon, and the foods were run out. Perhaps more chance next time.

Newly refurbished, bright and airy inside with a spacious outside area. Food lovely, not your typical pub food but very delicious. Staff helpful and friendly. The pub is now cashless.

Went for lunch in the week. The food was nice with generous portions. Service was extremely slow and trying to attract the attention of the serving staff was frustrating. There was no explanation or apology for the slowness. I felt like being a customer was a bit of an inconvenience.

Very plesent pub to have a beer after long walk

Renovated with large dining room with beautiful glass view outside. The oldest part of the pub in comparison appears unloved despite it having lots of character. Beer on tap was Brakespear. Lots of large outdoor seating. Food nice but above average pricing. Plenty of parking but bright light as exiting can make it difficult to check no cars are on the road.

Stopped off for a cheeky half on route to Hastings and found this quaint little pub. Great grounds, very nice staff. We didnt eat but it looked amazing and smelt good to boot.

Firstly have been coming to this pub for 20 years. Sadly the heart has been ripped out when it had its refurbishment, I have been to the bar to order food and drinks, which was a mammoth task as the bar staff were more interested in their personal conversation! Everything ordered and sitting here some 30 mins and no sight of food, on food arrival, seems that it has been sat on side as the chips were cold and burger warm, sorry to say not the best , won’t be back

First visit was on 27th June as a family of four. Service was incredibly slow & two of the main meals were awful, dry chicken & tough flat bread in one meal & a fish pie that didn’t contain the fish as listed in the menu, in fact it contained hardly any fish. We complained & were offered the chance to re-visit (on them) on 24th July which I thought was a generous offer. However I wish we hadn’t have bothered. Again the service was painfully slow, we were there for 2 and a half hours in total before we gave up waiting for our final course. Two of the starters arrived, the other two came along ten minutes later. Same happened with the main, three meals arrived, 15 minutes later the fourth was bought out. I ordered medium rare fillet steak, when it arrived it was well done. This went back uneaten, the Manager apologised saying that the way it was cooked was embarrassing. The other meals were ok, hence the two star rating, rather than one. We then ordered our desserts, simple stuff like key lime pie which presumably just needed to have a portion cut & put on a plate. After waiting 45 minutes without our desserts we gave up & walked out. We were not the only table complaining about the service, all of the other guests around us also complained at some point during the evening. Needless to say we won’t be going back!

1st time visit for me today and wow what an amazing establishment. Beautiful characterful pub. My partner enjoyed the Fisherman pie, absolutely chock full of fish & scallops and I had the Wagyu burger with skin on fries, so good 😊 Our waitress Hannah was lovely and very attentive. I highly recommend you visit.

Eye wateringly expensive £31 for 2 sandwiches and 2 cokes !

Beautiful pub surrounded by nature.

We have been coming to the White Bear for years. Today was our 1st time back after the renovations. Unfortunately, the old English Country pub atmosphere has been replaced by a generic gastro pub vibe. There are far, far too many tables for the kitchen to cope. It took 30 min to even be asked for our drink orders, nearly an hour to get our mains which were cold and then 45 minutes for our deserts. There seemed to be a lot of waitresses around but it was very slow going. My Muscles were fantastic but those who ordered the roasts were disappointed in the size of the plate. We won’t be returning unfortunately.

Lovely staff and great outdoor space. We both had roast dinners which were ok but not great.

Updated from the previous version. More modern look.

Had a great lunch, the food was lovely and the table service was brilliant, in a very comfortable dining room.

This crispy duck salad was pretty spectacular. The watermelon & cucumber salad made it so fresh and complimented the duck really well. It got very busy because a funeral party descended on the pub so I didn't really want to hang around. Also because it was so busy I felt a bit neglected as a party of one outside! I was desperate to get water but I couldn't get to the bar. It's no one's fault and I'll definitely return with my kids as it's my new local!

Amazing food and service! Overall great place to eat :)

Just had a lovely lunch at the White Bear whilst visiting my daughter and granddaughter. Fabulous food (fish and chips and the flatbread) and fantastic service - Karen, the waitress, was so lovely to Ayda. We first brought Ayda to visit the White Bear when she was 6 weeks old and we're still visiting regularly and will continue to do so! Thank you for another great meal 😋

The service was very slow, the food was below average and very expensive

A family favourite for a few generations. Always great service and exceptional food. I recommend the fish pie.

Excellent service great atmosphere and smashing food

Service was very slow. 40min wait for a Pizza, it was nice once it came.

Lovely local pub with great vegetarian options. The staff were very helpful bringing our drinks to the table on the terrace as I was holding my 6 month old baby nephew!

A quiet Tuesday lunchtime visit, lovely in the garden, looking great, if still a little sparse - time will improvethis, I have no doubt. Beer lacking CO2 and awaiting a visit from the engineers, but the selection looked reasonable. Food very good and fairly priced - very fine steak according to my side-kick, who likes such things. Really pleasant (smart, clean and understatedly chic) on a sunny day and appreciated by the whole party. Will go again as a short drive from our Bromley abode.

Firstly, ignore the reviews that say you need to drive here - it is relatively easy to reach by public transport if you don't have mobility issues. The 464 bus will drop you at the corner of Skid Hill Lane and Sheepbarn Lane, which is less than a mile from the pub. A slightly longer walk through the woods and across Hutchinson's Bank will take you to New Addington tram stop. Arriving this way really enhances the feeling of being at a country pub and is recommended. There is also extensive cycle parking, which is very welcome. The pub has lost a lot of it's esoteric charm in the refurb - the old fish-tank is gone, ditto the many steps and uneven floors. The inside is now flooded with natural light and no longer feels like a hobbit-hole. I do miss some of that quirkiness, but overall it is much improved. The food may be more expensive now (but no more so than any other pub around London) but the quality is better. It used to be a gammon and scampi sort of place, veg fresh from the microwave, no longer. 'Improved' though, not 'excellent' - good enough. One thing of note was the children's pizza, which had a good base made with high quality dough. The children's menu is always the first casualty of a place that doesn't care; this was very reassuring. The service was excellent - the staff were engaging and seemed happy to be there, which is increasingly rare. Whatever you're doing to make this a place people want to work, keep going.

I really want to give this place 4 stars, but I can't. There were 12 of us attended for a pearl wedding anniversary. There's sufficient parking, a nice interior and a large outside patio. Food The food in general was good - but one of the scotch eggs came up with the pork surround uncooked. The rest of the food was good. So, 3* instead of 4*. Service Service was friendly. However the uncooked starter was replaced, but no further mention which I think there should have been. And trying to get the bill and pay at the end took 20+ minutes. So, I would have said it was average - 3* - but lowered to 2*. Atmosphere A nice atmosphere. 4 stars. Average 3*. As I said, I would have liked to give it 4* but it was let down by a couple of points, that said it wouldn't take much to elevate it to 4* in my opinion. I would return, and it's worth going to if you haven't been before. If you have been before but it was a long time ago, it's very much more modernised now, different but nice.

Beautiful terrace that was completed as part of the recent refurbishment. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal al fresco!

Poor food, extremely slow service, and they overcharged for an item we didn’t order. Wouldn’t recommend

Lovely pub, lovely food, amazing pub garden would recommend.

June 2024 Went back as promised in review below on Saturday lunchtime. Food was lovely as before but service was poor both at table and from the kitchen. Whilst we had to wait sometime at each stage I noticed table around us having even longer wait before food arrived. We had several different people serve at the table and were asked if we had ordered drinks and dessert by two different waiting staff with long waits in between before orders taken and food arrived. Our spoons for dessert were just plonked on table together. Restaurant operates timed sittings and if they do this they should improve service to allow customers time at the table. White Bear is cashless which I believe is a shame as we should have a choice. Re-visited following really lovely refurbishment. Excellent meal with great quality food and great, friendly service. Small observations only ordered a mozarella cheese, tomato and basil pizza and there were only three small basil leaves would have been better to have had a few more to taste. On arrival we were seated at a table right next to people already seated and as the restaurant was not that busy it would have been nice to have been spaced out a little rather than sitting on top of others although I appreciate that this would not be possible if the restaurant was busy. However would still definitely recommend and we will be back. Previous visit Lovely meal and great service. Would recommend.

Nice meal, good service, chairs can be comfortable just depends which one you get, I personally prefer a plate rather than a chopping board for my meal to be served on. All in all a good value reasonably priced pub meal.

A very pleasant evening and food.

Food and service good but very big now.

Tremendous wait to be served at the bar. We gave up the idea of food. Huge car park and garden, but hardly any staff to cater for the customers. Shame, but we would avoid the place in the future based on our recent experience

Excellent staff, Food was amazing 👌🤌

Haven’t been for a couple of years but it is still in a lovely location if you drive . The charm is still there but it’s new modern look around the bar looks like they haven’t tried to keep in anyway with the character of the rest of the pub . Pub doesn’t take cash which is always an annoyance , we went on a Sunday afternoon around 5pm pub half empty but everyone seem to be eating a roast dinner . Orders the trio of meats £27.95 per plate , it was probably served in about 6-7 minutes. Looked great , meat was good which there wasn’t a great deal of and the roast potatoes were on their last legs but lots of gravy , pigs in blankets were dry which was around £8 and cauliflower cheese was good . 2 drinks came to £80 for average dinner in a lovely pub . It did feel like pub chain food but maybe go between 12-2 . The pub is dog friendly and Lee the manager came over and said hello to the dog and us which was nice .

Firstly a gorgeous looking establishment , everything you want to see from a Country pub and was pleasantly surprised at the standard of refurbishment. We booked for Sunday lunch for 4 and was really looking forward to it. Our server was young and frankly miserable. I'm not sure if she is new, inexperienced or just not a people person but we never once experienced a smile. Drinks took forever to arrive but we're all in a good mood and looking forward to lunch. Lunch came, the wrong plates given to 2 of our guests, who had to swap after they realised they both had each other's lunch. The food was served and the waiters disappeared, no offer of any condiments, so had to seek service and wait around 5 minutes for a blob of English mustard and was told they had run out of apple sauce....it was 1.30pm. The extra order of roast potatoes never arrived which were very much needed as only 3 potatoes per plate and at £22.95 was disappointing. When we pointed out that we had not received the potatoes, the server was quick to defend herself by saying she had requested them. No apology, no would you still like them, nothing! We had to again ask where our second drinks order was, which we could see was sitting at the bar awaiting collection. Truly disappointing, not what we were expecting or have experienced before, if this is what refurbished looks like, then bring back the old staff who always greeted you with a smile, made polite conversation and made you feel very welcome, none of which we experienced today. As we were leaving there is a hand written sign tempting you to try a steak... Look at the spelling mistakes, at least we left laughing. Not sure we'll be back....

Lovely food again. Excellent staff.