The Old Thatch Inn, Cheriton Bishop

A pleasant pub with reasonable food but a seiously unpleasant landlord. We visited en route to Cornwall, following a sign from the main road. We ordered sandwiches for three people. Having taken our order the landlord asked us to "bear with him" because the kitchen was busy but he did not indicate exactly how long we would have to wait. An hour and ten minutes later the food finally arrived. This was after chasing at the 45 minute stage (when we were told by a waitress that the food would be out in 2 minutes) and at the hour stage, when we were bluntly told that we had to wait in line with everyone ordering main meals.

The delay we could have accepted had the staff had the courtesy to tell us what was happening. But when we complained for the second time, after an hour, the landlord had the nerve to tell us that we had only been waiting for 30 minutes. A blatant lie.

He was agressive and unpleasant. When leaving my wife went into the toliets where a waitress was in floods of tears, having been shouted at by the landlord.

We visit Cornwall regularly but would never consider visiting this pub again. The landlord is just unpleasant. And it was not just us, several tables were commenting on his bad attitude. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

17 Sep 2010 22:11