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The Fighting Cocks Pub And Riverside

The Fighting Cocks Pub And Riverside

The Street, Horton Kirby, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom

Pub • Food • Steak • English


"This was my first visit to The Fighting Cocks, although my wife and local ladies eat there regularly, also my friends. To begin with the decor and ambeience was excellent and l looked forward to my meal. The waitress recommeded an ale to me which was very good and we selected our meals from the menue. The starter was superb and as good as most restaurants around us, but this is where my experience ended, as the duck l ordrered was teribble and so tough. l tried cutting it to small pieces, but this was very difficult with a blunt knife and tough meat and eventually put a piece in my mouth and tried to chew it. After masticating it for some time l swallowed, but it stuck in my throat and would not go down despite drinking some beer. Being in some discomfort l was eventually forced to go to the gents and try to regurgititate it in order to remove or swallow it, all of which was an unpleasant experience. Eventually after several attempts it finally went down and l was able to return to our table, but no longer wanted to consume any more and we paid the bill and left. l have had problems with tough meet before and should probably not have ordered duck, which is often very chewable. l have to accept part of the blame as l am not a big meat eater and your staff and restaurant is very nice. This has obviously coulored my judgement somewhat, however it would not put me off revisiting The Fighting Cocks or recommending it to other sand my wife will continue to enjoy meals there. My wife and l eat out a great deal, mostly top class restaurants (Rules in London, The Coach House at Ruxley, Dua Mici Chistelhurst, Giacomo 's Weald, Bartella 's Meopham, Harrods and others so appreciate good food, so am happy to put this down to an unfortunate experience with duck, which has to be cooked well to be tender. Please accept this as fair critcicsm with no wish to cause you trouble. Regards. Brian Edwards."

Newburgh Inn

Newburgh Inn

Main Street Newburgh, Aberdeenshire AB41 6BP, AB41 6DX, Ellon, United Kingdom

Cafés • British • Scottish • American


"First, after ordering our drinks, my husband 's drink took 5 10 minutes longer to come for some reason than mine and the kids '. When my mother arrived to complete our table and ordered a gin and tonic, she had waited for about 10 minutes when the waitress returned and then asked what mixer she wanted. Could have been an idea to ask if the order. My mother asked her to put ice in a separate glass and not with her gin. About another 10 minutes later she got her g t filled to burst point with ice! We waited another 5 10 minutes, but no one came to take our food order. The children were very hungry, so we thought we would ask them to take the order instead of waiting longer. We placed our order, I ordered a steak without sauce, hubby ordered a burger, and we had ordered a starter. The starter came together with the children's meal, which was good, just wait about 20 minutes. But when the main meal arrived, my steak was cold/hot and very thin (as a minute steak as a rag). She also gave me sauce. My mother got her meal, but my Nacktby's Burger didn't appear. About 10 15 minutes later, while my mother and I were halfway through our meals and the children were ready, he asked the waitress where his burger told them she would go and check. Came back 2 minutes later and said it was only 5 minutes, without further explanation why it'd come. 10 minutes later, I had decided to leave my steak and just eat the chips and veg, and my mother had finished her meal, my Hubby decided to go and tell them to wrap his meal to take home, like previous children's bedtime, so could not really sit another 20 30 minutes while he finished his dinner (assuming it was ever arriving). 10 minutes ago and the wounded 'to go' Burger 't arrived', so we decided to tell them to forget it, but then the manager gave it to us and apologized, pulled it out of the bill. That was fair enough, but not really for the experience."