The Woodman, Fernham

Upon arrival (7:15pm) and on first looks the pub looked nice, cosy with a good selection of beers. We had booked a family meal for six. Unfortunately we were not greated by a member of staff and it took all of fifteen minutes and several enquires to find our table.

The menu's came very quickly but we were then left for 40 minutes to ponder over the main menu, specials list and wine menu. By this time we were all very thirsty and extremely hungry. I politely asked a waitress if someone could take our order and she snapped back stating we would have to wait. I took upon myself to go to the bar and order drinks for everyone. On my return the waitress arrived and took our orders.

The starters took another 20-25 minutes to come out. The standard was good but the Camembert could have had it's own bread instead of having to share the main table bread. It then took 20 minutes for the waitress to take our plates from the table and another 25-30 minutes plus several enquires for us to recieve our main meal. At this point I made note of the time and it was 9:20pm. It took the staff two hours to deliver our main meal. The food was enjoyed by five of the six people eating but it did not excuse the fact that service was terrible.

To summarise, you will need a lot of time on your hands if you visit The Woodman, the service was slow, the waitress & bar manager was rude and the food was over priced but was enjoyed when it arrived at our table.

7 Mar 2010 11:33