Verve Grill Village Maidstone

Well how disappointing to be charged more money for less choice. Before you had a lovely table laid out with fresh prawns, roll mops, selection of pate's, Egg Mayonnaise to name but a few things...... Now prawn cocktail ha ha is in plastic pots what...

The staff received us and took us directly to the table. The waitress we had was very attentive.

Have been coming here for our Xmas lunch for 5 years, we won't be back. No Christmas decorations, a bare tree. Poor range of starters watery tomatoes in the salad, there was no flavour in the prawn cocktail. The meats were ok but the choice of vegetables was limp carrots, overcooked and hard brussels, overcooked broccoli, wet cabbage the cauliflower cheese was ok. The hot sweet was luke warm apple pie, cold sweets served in small square plastic pots were friut salad 2 types of melon a bit of pineapple if lucky and blue berries, lemon cheesecake which was a sprinkle of biscuit lemon mouse and cream or chocolate mouse and cream, little pots of ice cream or waffles and sauces. There use to be such a huge choice of starters, vegetables and sweets.

This has always been one of my favourite places for a sunday roast, but will not be returning again. We have not managed to go since the beginning of the year, and were shocked to see there had been so many changes to the carvery. The selection for the starters and desserts were halved, with not much choice at all and even the roast was missing parsnips, mash and a few other bits we had had on previous occasions. We were offered 'hot ' apple pie for dessert, (I say this lightly, as my pie was practically cold!! but no mention even of Christmas pudding! Its your Christmas carvery, surely you should have that! There was no atmosphere, no decs, and to finish it off, we were asked to leave our table once we had eaten,and take our drinks out to the bar, ready for the next lot in! We have had so many lovely Christmas get togethers here, but no more. Shame, lovely place, lovely hotel, but they have gone wrong somewhere. definitely not worth the money now.

Amazing food and service . The waitress amirah sorry if got your name wrong or spelt it wrong was amazing then service was great from her . Thanks from room 151 tonight and also good looking