The Stepping Stones, Westhumble - pub details
Address: Westhumble Street, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6BS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2368) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Boxhill & Westhumble (0.2 miles), Dorking (0.9 miles), Dorking Deepdene (1.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by Matthew on 20 Apr 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 40 users)
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user reviews of the Stepping Stones, Westhumble
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| Under new management and, as previous posters have noted, the main menu now seems to be written in hieroglyphics on a backboard. The is also a bar/snack type menu on a laminated sheet if you look around which is a bit more user friendly. Having said that, the food was good and served quickly, the only complaint was that the ploughmans came with just a couple of pieces of sliced bread rather than something nice & crusty. Beer was Doombar, London Pride or Youngs, all seemed fine. Seems to be much more walker/cyclist friendly than before with a notice at the entrance offering to refill your water bottles rather than throw you out if you walked in with boots on! Quite an improvement but do something about that menu! alan_From_SAWW - 25 May 2012 10:35 |
| I Visited The Stepping Stones on Sunday, and was quite surprised by the nonexistent customers service I received from the rude Eastern European(?) lady who owns the pub. She was visibly annoyed that I walked in before 11.00am, stating that I was too early and she had plenty to do. I asked for a coffee which she made and took payment for it without another word or even eye contact (I felt that was very rude). I didn't feel welcome at all, but still asked if it was alright to book a table for lunch and she said that they were fully booked. I walked in later on anyway at about 1pm and it wasn't that busy. When I confronted her, she said " this is my business and I do whatever I want". No further conversation, I just walked away never to come back again. dorreen - 24 May 2012 15:07 |
| This pub is under new management since April. They still have some great beers with plenty of guest beers to try as well as regulars like London pride. The new management have seen fit to do away with a written evening menu, you now have to read the blackboard style menu on the wall, of which there is only one and so much is written on it that its hard to read. Hopefully you won't get to sit at the table below the menu, otherwise your privacy will be nil. If the management read this, please bring back written menus, its pants having to read from the wall before sitting down. The food is lovely, although no fish n chips with mushy peas on the menu :( The beer is well kept, the service is good and I enjoy a weekday evening in this pub, just need the menu back :/ sc0ttie - 23 May 2012 20:46 |
| Food fine but starters was being cleared away the same time as main course was being served. We had no cutlery and this was being placed as main course was being served. We felt we were being watched throughout main course and should leave as soon as possible as we were the only table left in there and they appeared in a rush to get rid of us and go home....this was around 9.15pm.......most uncomfortable, will not return. Most embarrassing for us all when our friends had travelled from Devon to meet us at what was, there favourite pub/restaurant. We will not be returning. An expensive meal with an awkward atmosphere. JDLPAL - 7 May 2012 22:29 |
| We called in at the Stepping Stones with 22 cyclists from our club on a very wintry Wednesday. On the plus side, a roaring fire in the dinning room area was most welcoming, the service was excellent and lunch was over in less than an hour. However when we had lunch on the preceeding Sunday, my husband's TEA beer was cloudy and as mentioned on other reports below, there seemed to be a problem with beer quality sometimes. Regarding the request not to enter with muddy boots, since the area is frequented by so many walkers/cyclists, it does not make sense to have a carpeted floor. Nonetheless, we were made welcome and we will use this pub again when cycling in the Dorking area. Francoise - 2 Feb 2012 08:33 |
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