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Good food lovely service very enjoyable 😊, booked for Christmas Dinner 🍽 😋 😀

My friend had booked myself and another friend in for dinner here for our birthdays. We asked for bread and olives for the table as a starter, this was served with just 2 pieces of bread and there were 3 of us so we asked for another and the waitress said she had asked already and we would need to pay for an extra bit of bread, they also didn’t have the oil to go with the bread. Two of us ordered steak for main, I’d asked for no mushrooms, when they were served the sauces were on the wrong plates and mine had mushrooms, the waitress took it back then came back and said that my friend and I had been given the wrong ones so to swap and then it would be right. The steaks were so insanely salty, it made my friend and I feel sick. The chips were meant to be triple cooked but it didn’t taste like it. My friend had a blue cheese sauce and said it was quite bland. Our table was booked for 7pm and we were informed a few days before that quiz night starts at 8pm. This was fine and it was good to be informed beforehand but we hadn’t considered how loud it would be, the music during the meal was loud and the microphone was the quiz was also super loud so we couldn’t hear each other speak. My friend asked for something to be taken off the bill due to the poor steaks, the lady who sorted this out was great and very apologetic, she was very helpful in sorting it out, the waitress we had was also lovely. It seemed to be an issue with the chef. We hardly ate our meals and got McDonalds on the way home because we were so hungry. I would go back there sadly.

I've had two very good lunchtime meals recently. Firstly in late September I had lobby and a bowl of chips. The lobby was a generous portion with good meat content and tasted very nice. It came with bread & butter. The chips were crsipy and tasted great and also a large portion in a bowl. This meal was very filling and I left with a full tum. Good value for money! Then, on the next occasion, I had steak & ale pie, chips and veg and asked for extra gravy. This meal was also a very generous portion size and delicious. The pie had lots of meat filling, the veg was plentiful and the chips were superb. Also the extra gravy (included in the price) tasted great and the meal was priced very reasonably. I was also very full afterwards! But I believe in leaving clean plates when the food is so Good!! What more could you ask for?

Stunning food and excellent service

I am hugely disappointed in the attitude and service at this pub. My wife and I have been customers at this establishment for many years, i lovely typical 'country' pub and always been happy with the service, on this occassion, visiting with 2 other couples we found our experience very disappointing. I have to say the two courses for £14.95 is a bargain with some decent meal choices, my gripe is that my wife is a ceoliac (gluten/wheat intolerant) and was given a seperate menu, when she asked if she could have two courses from that menu for £14.95 she was told, by the abrupt, rude older waitress that she would have to consult the manager and after consulting him as a one off it would be OK. There was vegan options on the normal menu offer, which is a lifestyle choice, but no GF so any ceoliacs would have to order from the GF menu, at extra expense. That was just the start, drinks to the table took an eternity to arrive, the chips looked liked they had been cooked, time and time again and when one of our party asked for a coffee was presented with half a cup, which was, when asked, topped up with hot water which made it very weak tasting. I have to say the young girl waitress was polite and courtious and did everything she could to oblige us, the older lady was, i thought rude and I would have said something to her but did not want to make a scene in front of friends. We will therefore be giving this establishment a break for a while

Miserable rude staff, not enough staff about when you need them, little things felt like we were putting them out and average food at best. This place used to be fantastic !! I feel to charge the prices they do they need to seriously up their game!. More engaging friendly helpful staff needed !!!

Sunday lunch - the food was really nice. However, mine had no roasted carrots or parsnips and my daughters was missing the stuffing. We never got asked if the meals were ok during our meal so could not raise this issue. When our plates were cleared we were not asked how our meals were. Sadly the service was very poor waited an hour for our main course and 40 mins for the dessert.

Took up the Wednesday offer of £20pp, for 2 courses, which includes a bottle of wine. Sat in the conservatory with our dog. Great value and service.