The best restaurants serving French food in The Wilbrahams South Cambridgeshire East of England

Having had an extremely poor stay and meal at another of the Chestnut Group pubs I was dismayed to find that my son had booked The Carpenter’s Arms for our family reunion. Sadly it lived down to my poor expectations. The dining area was really appealing but any praise ends there. The service was slow and patchy. Despite being asked to pre-order our meals the wait for food was inordinately long. The white wine was not properly chilled and having to add ice to a good glass of wine is not ideal. No apology. My main of “Pan roasted cod fillet, fondant potato, sweetcorn, fennel, lobster bisque” was barely lukewarm. The cod clearly wasn’t pan fried and the skin was soggy. The fondant potato wasn’t cooked through and the “lobster bisque” was a tasteless, unseasoned, liquid. The affogato for dessert should be vanilla ice cream topped with hot espresso. I was served a minute scoop of ice cream with a jug of stone cold, extremely bitter coffee. Just vile! Sadly this expensive, mediocre experience matched our previous experience at a Chestnut Group pub.