"We visit Doddington as the shops always offer things seldom found elsewhere, expensive but exclusive and worth the visit. We just had a late lunch for 2 in the main restaurant. My wife had the Winter Salad, with grilled of roasted carrots, I forget which. Basically a bowl of mixed leaves with some cold sliced carrots barely charred and virtually raw. The promised marmalade dressing was virtually non-existent. My wife ate about 50% and left the rest. I had bubble squeak with gammon. The bubble squeak was a burnt block of mashed veg and potato, barely warm and truly rock solid. The gammon turned out to be ice cold sliced ham straight from the fridge. Both meals terrible and a big disappointment. The waitresses were polite and seemed obviously over-worked, no-one asked if we enjoyed our meals, even when removing the only half eaten plates. Over priced poor quality food that doesn't live up to the Menu's expectation. A shame really as we are local and have fond memories of eating here in the past."
