The Feathers Inn, Wadesmill

I live very close to this pub, and have seen it change over many years from an excellent privately owned pub to what can only be described as a very average chain style pub.

The food is very mediocre, I ate there recently not out of choice I hasten to add, and chose a 'Wasabi Caesar Salad' I was thoroughly dissapointed. I got a few limp cos leaves, a scattering of rather dry chicken breast and a flavourless dressing. I complained that I could not taste the wasabi, and was told it was in the dressing (the flavourless one remember? Since when could you NOT taste wasabi??) I also complained that a Caesar salad should have anchovies, Parmesan, croutons etc and was told by the manager that 'we don't add those things to our Caesar Salad' I pushed the point that it shouldn't be sold as a Caesar without these classic ingredients, and got nowhere. Am I too fussy? I don't think so...not at nearly �10 for a starter sized salad I'm not.

The carvery used to be legendary, and I used to go as a kid for a treat on a Sunday. It's no longer good, and I would only recommend trying it, if you walk round and have a look at it first, usually, it's been dried out to death under heat lamps and is only good for the bin.

One last thing..the pub is a bit grubby, cobwebs in the toilets, flaking paint on the windows and just generally smacks of poor management and upkeep. Someone needs to get hold of it and give it a shake, hopefully restoring it to what it used to be, a well visited and all round good inn.

27 May 2008 19:43