The Gardeners Arms, Ardingly - pub details
Address: Selsfield Road, Ardingly, West Sussex, RH17 6TJ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 12152)
Balcombe (2.4 miles), Haywards Heath (4.1 miles)
Brewery: Hall and Woodhouse
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Credit cards accepted, Car park, Function room for hire
NB: Information may be incomplete or out of date as this pub is not currently registered.
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> Current user rating: 5.0/10 (rated by 12 users)
> Local guide: West Sussex pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Oak Inn, Ardingly (0.8 miles), Ardingly Inn, Ardingly (0.8 miles), Cat Inn, West Hoathly (1.7 miles), White Hart Inn, West Hoathly (1.7 miles)
user reviews of the Gardeners Arms, Ardingly
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
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| nice setting nice looking pub order food wait one hour get pissd off and go home hungry.cant comment on food as it never arrives.didnt see anyone eating all just waiting.do yourself a favor and dont go! pogle - 27 Sep 2009 16:23 |
| Given the pub's proximity to the South of England Showground and Wakehurst Place it's probably fair to say that it relies on ever changing passing trade rather than regulars. Perhaps that would explain their lack of interest in keeping customers happy. A couple of days before Christmas I visited the pub with my parents to have a drink and some lunch before going to Wakehurst Place. I can't fault the beer or the cosy ambiance. However, after completing our starters we must have been waiting an hour since originally ordering. We enquired at the bar and an undertaking was made to find out what was happening. Five minutess later we asked a passing, different member of staff and they said we would receive a discount (is that all?) and that the meals were been "plated up" (how long does it take to "plate up" three basic meals?). I think a certain amount of economy with the truth was being taken as five to ten minutes later we still didn't have our main courses. We asked for our money back for them at the bar and left. The kitchen staff had presumably lost or thrown the slip with our order on it away after the starters were served, and bar staff were hardly bending over backwards to apologise or offer appropriate recompense. What a shambles. We won't be visting again. We have written to complain and await a response. KeithR - 5 Jan 2009 14:28 |
| Had lunch here yesterday. The steak and Tanglefoot pie (with chips of course, not mash!) has always been an attraction here, but they seem to have lost the plot a little yesterday. Pies were not as good as they have been in the past. Long wait, too which didn't help. I hope this doesn't mean they are sliding downwards. Beer (Badger) was good though, and the building itself is always a pleasant enough place to be! JumboJim - 19 Oct 2008 12:14 |
| Beer ok but very dissappointed with the food. Had a Sunday lunch of roast beef which was poor, overcooked veg, soggy yorkshire and the roast potatoes were awful whites2088 - 4 Feb 2008 13:05 |
| i fail to understand how this pub managed to get 5 out of ten unless the people rating are trying to keep it there secret. The beef and tanglefoot pie with french fries instead of mash is perfection. didymus1000 - 10 Jan 2008 12:44 |
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