"After booking a table for persons at we arrived to find no table prepared for us.In fact a single gentleman was asked to move whilst eating so that a table could be made ready. When presented with menus we were told that the...Turkey was not available.....ok. Drinks ordered( although the Argentine Malbec at a bottle was given a miss) we awaited our Roast lamb, beef and I x nut roast. After a reasonable wait, dinners were served. To say that the portions were meagre would be an understatement, but the quality of the food was, at best, poor. The lamb had probably been put aside earlier in the day, as too fatty and tough. The roast potatoes on my the size of a marble) were rock hard with no middle to them. small stem of broccoli and small batons of carrot and (I think a slice of parsnip, plus a mountain of frozen garden peas consisted of the vegetable. A hard, tasteless Yorkshire Pudding completed the plate. We requested extra gravy, but this never arrived. All lamb dinners and the beef were described as underwhelming.....the nut roast....ok, but spoilt by the Yorkshire pudding.. We were asked mid meal how it was, to which the unanimous answer was....could be better. Upon completion of food we again spoke with the unfortunate waiter and vented our disappointment. In fairness he went to the kitchen and passed on our comments. When asked if we required a desert, the consensus was that we did not want to risk being further disappointed and declined. The waiter was overheard by of our party speaking with the Manager on the telephone, and was quite forcibly sharing our complaint with him/her. He did come back to the table and advised that we would not be charged for the round of drinks as compensation. This was welcomed, but we all would have preferred a much improved meal. Perhaps being towards the end of the day was responsible for our poor food. Although, of course....early or late should not affect quality."
