We recently held a pre-wedding evening dinner here on a Saturday evening (We we’re married at The De Vere Horsley the following day).
My wife and I had visited for dinner about a month prior to check out the food/facilities and to book this.
In all we had about 20 family & friends join us, originally we were given a special set menu to chose from but no one liked it, so the pub kindly let us all chose from the main menu and we had sent in our preorders a few days prior.
Overall the evening went well, most people were happy with their food, we both had steak and it enjoyed it, a few said they were disappointed and one Rump Steak was very over cooked so I returned it on behalf of my uncle where the manager agreed to remove it from the bill, which was both welcomed and fair.
We ate inside but being a warm evening it was too hot, I really think some AC would be beneficial in that area. Later we moved out onto the grass where everyone enjoyed the rest of the evening with drinks.
As a side note, if anyone reading this is thinking of doing similar, as a top-tip I would advise you try to ensure everyone pays up at the end of the evening, as we’ve since been presented with a bill from some who didn’t pay!! It’s very hard to work out who!
What a lovely pub to spend a couple of hours. It's an attractive pub with lots of different areas to sit inside and loads of outdoor seating on the terraces and bear garden. Menu had some interesting options and we tried the choux buns with truffle cheese dip and the cheese sourdough sandwich with marmite onions, both great. Staff really efficient and the app ordering worked well. Large car park but got full during our visit.
Had a recent meal on a £100 voucher, we had the Tempura Prawns & Salmon with Crab, then the Seabream and Steak Diane, one glitch, the sauce was cold, but not a problem, they immediately took the cold sauce and replaced with hot sauce. Each had a glass of wine. When we asked for the bill, with the voucher we only had £5 to pay, Jaz was fantastic and said that due to sauce being cold that we had nothing to pay. Fantastic customer service and the whole team were very helpful and pleasant. Will definitely go again.
Will say that parking can be an issue, so go early if you have a dinner reservation.
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