The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Please rethink. We are here during half term. Busy? No. One other table only yet service took too long. The higher prices don’t match the quality of the bland food. Everything we had was dry and chewy.. we did complain and got one meal refunded as it was pork belly with no pork! The kids meals were ok to be fair but the main menu was awful, pizza was bought in and dry, ham crumbled upon touch. The greens with the mains were undercooked and spikey. The menus were laminated plastic like a cafe which doesn’t match the £29 price tag for some meals. No music, weird atmosphere. Breakfast was ok, basic and warm but left a lot to be desired sadly

Customer service was great, perhaps kids serving you can smile a bit more but who would ask them for that all the time. However food was just something hard to describe if you are used to Uk pub food you will be wondering why here it is much worst then anywhere else and if you ever tried European food you will feel like in bad dream. No jokes but food they serving is poison. Please start caring about what you serving.

Three elderly gents arrived on Saturday at 1:40pm looking for a pint and a meal during the lunch break at a cricket match at Amersham CC. Only after ordering our drinks were we informed by the barman that food could not be served as they stopped serving at 2:00pm. Despite the pub being virtually empty, apparently food orders would take about an hour so he was not going to take any new orders despite the fact that technically they were still serving for another 20 minutes.We were very disappointed but we sat in an empty bar to drink our now irrelevant pints. I took a seat that gave me a view through the bar to where I could hear washing up being done in the kitchen at the rear. During the 15 minutes that we wasted in this pub, I am fairly sure that no food emerged from the kitchen for anyone in the garden at the rear. Just as we were about to leave, a gent (presumably a local) ordered a pint and one other drink together with a food order. Do not waste your time with a pub that simply can't be bothered to serve its customers. Judging by the recent comments on here about the poor quality food and its inflated prices, our party didn't miss anything by instead buying prepacked sandwiches from the local Tesco instead! A pub that can't be bothered to serve its guests is not fit for purpose. Now I understand why the bar was empty. AVOID

Did not seem to be enough staff, although just opened. Was told coffee would be a while because of a problem with the "machine". Found out that this was not proper Barista made coffee, although the prices did not reflect that. Staff friendly enough, but was not impressed.

Was looking forward to having lunch at AH but was turned away with the excuse the hotel was hired out for a conference which may be the case. However when arriving on the grounds and at Reception we were not turned away by various other members of staff or asked if we were part of the conference. It wasn't until we sat outside in the bar area that we were asked to leave. It was obvious that booked spa days and afternoon tea was allowed in. Also no reply to the online chat before arrival asking about availability. We won't return.

Llegamos a un establecimiento vacío, pero las mesas estaban sucias. La persona que servía limpiaba las mesas, pero el servicio en sí era muy lento. Cuando pedimos la factura, no nos la enseñaron, ella puso los números en la máquina de tarjetas y fue solo después de pagar que descubrimos que nos habían cobrado un cargo por servicio. No había mención de esto en el menú. No tengo ningún problema en dar propinas por un buen servicio pero un cargo automático en una mesa para cuatro cuando el servicio era deficiente es ridículo. Definitivamente no volvería.

A nice traditional pub with reasonably priced and decent pub food. The bar and table service was both friendly and efficient.

Venimos aquí a menudo y siempre tenemos servicio de comida. El personal es amable, genial con las alergias y está encantado de ayudar. Este es un lugar donde siempre sabemos lo que vamos a conseguir, y lo conseguimos.

Breakfast at the restaurant, great service and very nice selection of food. Friendly staff too. A relaxing start to the day including a bit of garden centre shopping!!

Reservamos una mesa para 5 adultos. Nos dieron una mesa junto al fuego que era perfecto. Desde el momento de nuestra llegada todo el personal era amable. Todos elegimos diferentes comidas y pudimos adaptar nuestras comidas a nuestro gusto. Nada era demasiado problema. La comida era excelente (5 platos vacíos). Lo recomiendo encarecidamente.

Went here for a meal on Friday. Ordered our drinks and our food to be told it would be about 20 minutes. 45 minutes later another drink ordered, still waiting and finally one of the staff apologises for the delay and assures it will be no more than 20 minutes. Half an hour later, staff informed us that ‘chef’ is STILL stuck on M25 and there will be a further wait for food as there are a lot of takeaways going out of the kitchen! Why take our order if there’s no Thai chef? Why not inform customers BEFORE they hand over their money and buy 4 drinks in a below average social club? Nice bowling Green, not nice enough to make a return visit!

Returned to this lovely garden centre and was warmly welcomed into the restaurant,it was early lunchtime but there was a good buzz of others enjoying their food.There is a seasonal menu and wanting a fairly light lunch we opted for the mezze platter to share.The service is first class our waitress very friendly,we ordered a beer and glass of red wine to accompany the dish.The drinks and food arrived speedily and it was delicious,colourful,and beautifully presented.Our waitress returned to check everything was ok which of course it was.We had coffee afterwards then left.We were acknowledged by all the staff working there who cheerfully said Goodbye.This is a venue not to be missed,I noticed the lunch menu,they also do breakfast and whilst there at the weekend they were serving a beautiful afternoon tea to a group of ladies…I look forward to a return visit soon…Yours Stuart…

This restaurant really needs to determine its demographic. While the food was sublime the restaurant was packed and I mean packed with children. We asked to be moved three times before finding a semi-quiet table. It was like attending a creche. This is fine if you are paying for a chain restaurant but not for a restaurant that purports fine dining. It's not only the food but the ambience that counts. This could all be rectified by having a family restaurant and one for adults. Service was slow initially too. Had to wait 30 minutes for a cocktail although we were offerred some "bubbles" as the staff recognised the delay. We were told by staff that the hotel aims for kids at the weekend so sadly we will now avoid but as I said earlier the food was wonderful but sadly overshadowed by the kids.

Lovely spot especially if you can get an outside table. Shame the windows have the bars across but can still see the sea and beach. Food and drink is of the cheap and cheerful price point. We had cheese burger and chips, the burger was a very good size and tasty. They have cakes, cookies and other snacks, all far cheaper than other venues locally. The staff are lovely, so polite, chatty, and efficient. It makes a change to have such good service these days. We have been back a few times recently because we enjoyed the food and service. It's not for everyone, but the prices more than reflect that. My only negative would be the opening hours don't necessarily match that advertised online.

Whats the point they do not answer the phone nor acknowledge a booking their Face Book site is pathetic no wonder their lakeside venue died as well.