The Foxhunters Inn, West Down

I recently had dinner at the Foxhunters (in the restaurant, not the carvery) and we were sorely disappointed. Although the starters arrived relatively quickly, we then had a long wait (around 45 minutes) for the main courses and noticed another party, who had arrived well after we had ordered, were getting their food before us. When our mains did arrive, the steaks were very overdone, as was the salmon. One of us had the wrong type of potatoes, another had no peas, and the serving of fried mushrooms with the steak consisted of 2 which were both rather small and rather cold.

We told the waiter about the steaks being done wrongly, and he did not understand so went to get another member of staff. She said she would speak to the chef but then we heard no more. I eventually spoke to the manager, who tried to dismiss the length of our wait, saying the other party must have had dishes that were quicker to cook than ours, and didn't seem to think it was a problem, though he later did apologise. He checked the written order which confirmed that the waitress had written it down correctly, so said 'harsh words will be spoken' with the chef. He gave us the steaks for free, and a half hearted apology for our disappointment.

Despite the discount given we felt we had very much over paid for what we got, as the portions were small, seemed cheap (Captain Bird's Eye cod, we suspected!) and not cooked to the standard you might expect - even if I had asked for the steak well done, which is what I got, I wouldn't have been happy paying �13 for the quality I got.

This is a pub we have driven past many times and thought how nice it looked, but needless to say we will continue to drive past in future as there are many cheaper and better quality places around the area.

16 Aug 2010 14:46