The Old Forge, Otterbourne

We went for lunch today. Firstly the service was not good - waitresses stretching across you to serve, no offer of water and we had to ask for serving spoons, forks with desert etc. Waited 40 mins for our starters.
My starter, prawns with salad, was lousy. The prawns seemed 'old', zero seasoning and the marie rose sauce was thick and stodgy.
My mains, roast turkey, was disappointing. Turkey tasteless. Roast potatoes which I am sure had been cooked previously and reheated, soggy. Vegetables were served in a large dish and were floating in milk - which we were told was the cheese sauce for the cauliflower. Stuffing was inedible. Anemic chipolata. My fellow diners had beef which was thickly sliced, masses of fat and rare. Not impressed. Would NEVER go back.

10 May 2009 23:50