The Dukes Head, Tadworth

The food was one of the worst I've ever had, although staff was nice and beer was ok. We ordered a beef burger and a steak pie for lunch on 19 Nov 2011. The burger bun had strange burns, stone-hard surface and was very dry inside, all typical of badly defrosted food by microwave. The beef pate was again hard and dry, and broken inside the mouth like a biscuit. The pie pastry was as bad as the bun, and the blocks of steak inside tasted worse than canned corned beef. Steamed veg and chips also appeared frozen, so the only fresh ingredients were new potatos and salad, which were good. All others must have been low-quality ready-made supplies, frozen possibly for months before being defrosted quite unskillfully. I would not complain if I visited a pub randomly and was just served frozen food there. However, if it was of appalling quality even by the standard of pub food, I need to mention. At least they should remove their big sign outside boasting 'fresh food served all day'.

5 Dec 2011 00:02