20 - Swindon

Booked a table for two, for a meal in the evening. Only one vegetarian option for main meal, a couple of options for veg starters. Salmon starter was fresh, tasty and well presented. Soup tasted homemade and bread accompaniment was soft and delicious. Big burger, one side full of the salady stuff tomato, lettuce, onions, gherkins, and the other side stuffed with cheese and meat. Homecooked chips. Only veg option was a chilli and butternut squash risotto, I'm not one for spicy but it was delicious, a huge portion with potentially two or three more servings on the one plate! i'd honestly like to give 4 stars but the lack of veg options is a downside. I would counter with it seems with so many people choosing to go meat free or vegan it is all part of keeping up with demand. Atmosphere was quiet, we were the only ones in, but nice candlelit lighting and background music. there is a set menu for 3/4 courses, but still is a little expensive.

The restaurant is located pass the pub area upfront. Ordered the pork belly as part of the 3-course meal. Must say it is indeed value for money for sure. If you are hungry, the portions are indeed generous. Service was a bit slow unfortunately.

We ate in the magnificently decorated bar and my choice of food, the venison steak was pretty good. The service staff were very pleasant and the bar had a choice of excellent cask ale. It is probably not the cheapest place around, but we were pleased to have found it and had a very nice meal.

I ate here with some friends last week. We arrived at 12 noon and we ordered our food straight away. Our drinks arrived promptly. After 45 minutes, our food had not arrived and our very embarrassed waiter came to explain that our order had fallen off the desk and he had just found it and passed it to the kitchen. No problem, we thought, nice to get an explanation and apology. After another 40 minutes there was still no sign of any food despite many apologies. It finally arrived at 1.30pm, an hour and a half after our arrival. Staff were very apologetic about the delay but nothing was offered as recompense. We were all driving so drinking soft drinks so an offer of a complimentary drink each would not have been very costly! The menu looked great and two of our party chose from the special fish menu priced at £10. I chose the Brixham dressed crab. What a huge disappointment, In my opinion, dressed crab is the white and brown meat of the crab that has been removed and then replaced back into the shell. The meal I received was a small quantity of crab meat in a huge amount of mayonnaise served in a crab shell. A sort of sandwich spread. It was served with a summer salad chopped iceberg lettuce, red pepper and a huge amount of overpowering dressing and a slice of granary bread so £10 for a fish flavoured sandwich! Another person had the John Dory with vegetables. This looked very unappetising as it was served on a bed of what looked like tinned peas. The final meal, when it arrived, baffled me. I had forgotten what my friend had ordered. It looked like a round grey pancake. I was told that it was a mushroom omelette. It was promptly returned to the kitchen and replaced with something that actually looked like an omelette and I am told, was quite tasty. I suspect that the mushrooms had been left in the mixture of the original omelette whilst the other meals were prepared. The whole experience was very embarrassing for the friend who lives locally who had suggested eating here. I know that we were very unlucky that our order was lost but really, it could have been so much better. In the light of this experience, I would not recommend eating here and I certainly would not return.

Visited this place for the Golden Years menu £5.50 for a meal from a special menu). Both good food and good value, although the portions were not generous. Prompt service.