"This was our second visit to the pub, which is beautifully decorated. We booked in to enjoy an early evening Sunday roast and a few drinks. The young lady who greeted us was warm and welcoming and she thoughtfully put us in a quiet little corner so our large dog wouldn’t be a nuisance to any of the other diners. She also brought our drinks quickly before taking our food order. Unfortunately a few more tables arrived and the dining room was getting full and that’s when it seemed the staff couldn’t cope. We’d ordered another drink as our starters arrived but we got through our first and second courses without the drink arriving. There were also two booths to the side of us and each of these parties were waiting well over half an hour to receive their drinks and there was no sign of any food, so something was wrong either with the bar staff, or not having enough waiting staff on duty to look after the number of diners. After we’d finished, I went to the bar to ask for the bill and the waitress was just pulling my husband’s beer as I approached. Unfortunately it was too late by then as we’d finished eating. To be fair to her, she’d already realised people weren’t getting their drinks and had gone behind the bar to pull them herself. She was extremely apologetic. I told her I wasn’t blaming her, as I could see she was running around busy the whole time we were there and she could only do so much, so this review is absolutely not aimed at her. When she had time, she was brilliant at her job. I’m writing it in the hope that whoever manages the dining room either gets some more resource in place during busy periods or they organise their team better. The food was good on the whole. My ceaser salad starter was lovely and the roast beef dinner was good, although the gravy didn’t seem to be made homemade, which was a shame. My husband had slow roasted belly pork tasty but this hadn’t been roasted for long enough, so the fat hadn’t rendered down like it should have done."
