The Park Lodge Hotel, Teddington

Went along to The Park for what was intended to be a civilised and relaxed Sunday lunch with friends. However, lurking behind the overly-ambitious menu was a truely mediocre selection of poorly conceived and even more poorly executed dishes. Over cooked, bland and apparently thrown together by someone with very little understanding of cooking, the food was a sorry mess - and we felt sorry for ourselves as we tried to eat it. Having given up on the offerings, the waitress walked past our table a number of times without thinking to clear the remains - forcing us to move tables instead.

Despite having run up a sizble tab at the bar (at c. �10 each, these "meals" weren't cheap), the barman still managed to take 15mins to bring two beers out, despite the place was deserted (and for good reason).

Add to this regretable performace the instantly forgettable decor of any pseudo-trendy pub/bar in the country and the result is somewhere I certainly won't be rushing back to of my own free will.

29 Apr 2007 17:16