The Anchor, Barcombe

I was taken here as a birthday treat.
Service was appalling.
Staffed with youngsters who just didn't seem to know what they were doing.
No starters available.
Had run out of pork.
Had run out of horseradish sauce.
Had run out of some puddings (there's only 3 or 4 options to start with).
Other than taking initial order we were never asked if we wanted more drinks, puddings, etc.
Thoroughly disappointing - left as soon as we could.
Roast beef lunch was reasonable quality though (hence the 1 star rating).
Will never go back.

2 Nov 2015 12:22

The Kings Head, Upper Beeding

Without doubt the most revolting burger & chips I've ever been served. Advertised as a Homemade Burger. Nothing homemade about it and nothing burgerish about it. Cheap processed nastiness. Enough said !

28 May 2012 09:37

White Horse, Ditchling

Two years ago this was the perfect local boozer - great staff, great service, great atmosphere, telly to watch sport, so on and so forth. Whoever is now running this place is obviously determined to run it into the ground. Following a minor refit about a year ago the pub remains in a half finished state and is totally bereft of any of the above. It is minimally staffed and the service we experienced last night has to rate as the worst I've seen in any pub in the country (and I've been to an awful lot of them). At 22:40 the barmaid's boyfriend turned up at which point she locked all the doors (including the route to the toilets). My request for more drinks was greeted by the response 'are you joking, we're closed', she then returned to her boyfriend to discuss her important day of Christmas shopping. No more open until 11pm, no more 10 minutes drink up time, no more ringing of the last orders bell. And all this at Christmas. We took our custom over the road to The Bull which I suggest everyone do in future ! Avoid, seriously !!!

24 Dec 2009 09:49