The Gamekeeper, Old Buckenham

The Gamekeeper's reputation locally has been reported as having gone down over recent months following a change of ownership. Nonetheless, my organisation (50 people) held its Christmas 2006 dinner there recently(menus prebooked). Service was extraordinarily slow (over a hour's wait between the starter and the main courses starting to be served, the food was indifferent (several colleagues were not amused by the shoe leather-like qualities of the roast venison). The range of beers on offer has also diminished. The local real ale on offer (from Wolf, a very fine brewery) was "off"; indeed the bar staff who tasted two of the returned pints commented that the beer tasted like vinegar.

17 Dec 2006 10:56