BITE user comments - timsmith
Comments by timsmith
Quite simply the best pub in Chippenham by a country mile. Real ale/ciders, very friendly staff, CAMRA discount, brilliant pork pies at the weekend (best Ive ever tasted), friendly locals. This is what pubs should be like. Love it.
1 Nov 2011 21:56
Pub is fine, but very very poor food, and not particarly cheap either. I will try and be concise and objective. (1) Pan fried duck (was ok) served on a cold salsa sauce that obviosuly came out of a jar. Acceptable for a dish that costs about �16? I think not (2) Vegetables - disgusting - cooked hours before and warmed up in microwave I suggest. Palid, insipid looking and colourless. (3) Chips simply undercooked - hard in the middle so inedible. Noticed a party at table next to us left large bowl of chips untouched. (4) New potatoes looked and tasted odd. Presumably warmed up again. (5) Item from the specials board avocardo/mozzarella tarte in filo pastry - sounded nice? - tasted very odd - never heard of this combination before? No! wonder why. Dish simply doesnt 'work'. Has the head chef actually been trained. Service friendly but pretty clueless (not unusual for Chippenham!) Not offerred a wine menu for example. Bill presented with 2 complimentary 'Foxes glacier mints' classy eh? Didn't complain as I simply couldn't be bothered for the sake of a few quid reduction at the cost of creating a 'scene' or having a confrontational conversation. Yes I know I should or they will never improve without bad feedback. Overall very very poor will even consider eating there again. Regards, Tim Smith.
7 May 2007 13:16
The Plough, Kington Langley
Mediocre food, nasty outside space, as just a pub its OK, but there is a much much nicer one about a mile away (the Jolly Huntsman in Kington St Langley)
14 May 2013 14:58