Lower Buck Inn, Waddingtonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
We ate at the Lower Buck 2 weeks ago for a joint birthday celebration. We had booked our table for 7pm and sat down shortly after. The pub was quite noisy at this time with a number of groups of quite drunk people which mildly irritated us. We ordered at about 7.10pm, ordering 2 pies and a mixed grill amongst other things. To our amazement the food was not presented to our table 45 minutes later so I enquired about its whereabouts at the bar and was told that the mixed grill took 30 minutes to cook and the food would be out shortly. At no time prior to this did anyone advise us of the long waiting time. Just after 8pm the food was served. The pies were both very dry, especially the meat on the outside, and the pastry was so dry that I could not eat the crust. We drew the staff's attention to our waiting time and the quality of the food but the man who i presumed was the landlord came with a full bill! We explained to him why we weren't happy and he was extremely obnoxious. He disagreed that it had taken an hour from us sitting down to getting the food and rather aggressively said that he wasn't going to argue with us with a pub full of customers and that "he would agree to disagree", and somewhat reluctantly agreed to let us pay what we thought appropriate. It is my firm belief that if someone charges you �9.95 for a pie it should be significantly better than anything you can produce yourself and that a simple apology is far more appropriate than vague attempts to defend what is clearly mediocre food. I will most certainly never be returning to this pub and would strongly recommended to anyone with any standards of taste not to frequent this establishment.
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Lovely place, nice beer, good atmosphere, relaxed and welcoming
wdrum - 23 Sep 2008 12:40 |
Just came accross this fabulous pub by chance
Lovely food
Lovely atmosphere
Lovely staff, happy and friendly
Dog friendly, with an bowl of water ready at the door to greet them
Also serves Moorhouse Beer !!!
Will certainly be back
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We used to go here a lot but since it has changed hands it's not what it used to be at all. Sad sad sad. It's clean and sterile and now mimics it's sister pub over the road. Good selection of ales still but I'm an old fart (50 ish)and like what I like! Better for young'uns.
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Love this old place warm wellcome real ale recent visit 11/2/06 (Black sheep) Black cat, Landlord and the best in my opinion Blonde witch. Had a fantastic meal, Mick's mixed grill not for the faint hearted, all four of us cleaned are plates fresh veg and thick tasty chips. The coal fire well banked up made a night to remember 10 out of 10 all round
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This is a lovely place. Winter, there's a couple of log fires, and the place never seems packed out yet always popular. The beers are always well presented, especially Moorhouse's Black Cat Mild which is a true delight. Timothy Taylor's is a regular bitter.
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a one of the last few truly tradtional village local, serving a great choice of real ales, great home cooking and a friendly atmostphere.
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