The Fox Inn, Lower Bourne

Having recently been taken over, this pub has huge potential. In an area of discerning clientele a sophisticated styled public house would be descended upon day after day night after night. On my recent visit however, I was disheartened to find the interior looking like a carbon copy of the previous inhabitants efforts. The layout is unfortunate with only a small bar area. Seated in the upper decks one feels a little cut off from any atmosphere. The lighting is unforgiving and the ambience in general is low. Music was played at a later junction perhaps rather too late. The staff very pleasant if not a little young or uneducated in the publican sense. An impressive menu when not sold out of the most popular dishes accompanied by a sad and skeletal wine list. The food looks good but on closer inspection dry and terribly over cooked. Get the basics right and the rest will follow.

14 Jan 2008 21:22