The White Horse, Southill

Pretty pub, friendly staff, good choice of beer but let down badly by mediocre food.

The two meals took 50 minutes to arrive despite there being only about a dozen customers on a quiet Monday lunchtime. Chips were absolutely saturated in oil and looked like they'd been cooked at far too low a temperature and for too long. This is pretty basic stuff, yes ? The home-made chicken, bacon and mushroom pie was quite stingy on these contents, the bulk of it consisting of what I can only describe as gloop. The pastry lid appeared to have been frozen and reheated - not so much flaky but more the consistency of damp cardboard. I love a good pie but this was such a disappointment. Not all bad though - the peas and broccoli were cooked well and not overdone.

The food used to be OK a few years ago - not great, but OK. But that was then. It seems to have gone downhill in recent years.

This is a nice pub to stop off for a pint on a country walk. But I doubt I'll eat there again.

24 May 2010 16:38