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Lovely traditional pub with a great customer service, comfortable and clean rooms and excellent value

So the farmers is recently reopened with new management and this was my first visit since. There was a chalk board in the window declaring food served throughout the day. We'd just got back from our hols and were wanting a late lunch - about 2pm I asked at the bar whether we were able to get food. It was as if I'd asked the weirdest question in the world as the young gentleman squirmed and went to ask. He confirmed we could, so we sat down and looked through the menu. This was when we discovered it was only serving Italian food. No problem, just odd for an old village pub. I went to order at the bar and the young woman looked at me nervously and said she wasn't sure if they were serving food! Why put a sign up then?! She went to check, again. We ordered burgers for the kids and we had the lamb rack and the veal. The food was very tasty. The downside was that the rack of lamb was actually just 3 small lollipops with little meat, but what was there was very nice, however is cost £27. The veal was better value as there was more of it. There were cheaper pasta dishes available; the burgers were £17 each. The kids enjoyed their burgers but the chips had been overly salted and it needed scraping off before they could be enjoyed. All this I would have shared with the staff had I been asked. I wasn't asked how my meal was, I wasn't asked about more drinks and after the plates were taken away the young lady approached the table and I was simply asked if I wanted the bill. What about desserts?! I'd overheard another customer bring offered lemon meringue pie when we arrived so I was most disappointed. The owner did come to our table at the end and offered a free limencello but didn't ask about our experience. We paid just under £100 for our lunch of lamb, veal, 2 burgers, 2 cakes and 2 pints of beer. Definitely not a quick, cheap pub lunch that you'd expect from the outside of the building. The hot water in the toilets has been turned off and I was cold throughout as the back door to the courtyard and gents toilets was kept open. The wood burner has been taken out which is a shame as the room was cold and lacked atmosphere despite some token gesture Halloween cobwebs. So my feedback to the owner would be: change your sign offering food all day if you can't fulfill it, train your staff in customer service as they were awkward and unsure, communicate with them so they know what is going on and turn the hot water on in the toilets My feedback for other potential customers is don't try and eat outside normal lunch hours as you seemingly get a different experience. Ask them not to add salt to your chips and add it yourself at the table. If you go expecting a pricey, but tasty, Italian restaurant then you will not be disappointed. Hopefully the staff will get better as they find their feet, receive training and gain confidence.