Cricketers, Southwick

We had the misfortune to eat at this Pub today..... big adverts about good food & special Mothers day menu etc etc.... it was by far the worst pub meal I have ever had...it ruined Mothers day for both myself & my Mother in law.

We waited over 45 minutes,...yet there was only 3 tables eating....God help them if the had the response the bill boards boasted of.

The Menu was poorly explained...our stuffed trout arrived wrapped in bacon...we don't eat meat.... never mentioned on the boards....pretty foolish as bacon is a meat often not eaten for religious reasons...

Mum in laws meal arrived 10 minutes before ours 1st arrived....with the veg cold, & obviously poor quality frozen....meat looked like a bit of old boot...

but by the time it had arrived....& they had re done ours...... we were so hungry we would of eaten a scabby donkey..... & with small hungry child ,,,we didn't really have the option of telling them to stick it.....

Mmmm...is that the business plan....serve crap food so late...punters are too hungry not to eat it??

so we ate the miniscule amount we were given.....
3 small sprouts.....
4 tiny frozen roast potatoes (thats what I think they were pretending to be)
about 8 x 6mm sticks of vaguely warm raw carrot
& a couple of pieces of dried out trout fillet stuffed with what seemed to be Roule cheese......... thats not a special Mothers day menu...its a bloody massacre
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puddings finally arrive....yet another ridiculous wait..... I had been asked if it was to be custard or ice cream...I choose ice cream..... not so hard to remember really as we were only one of 2 tables left by this time.....it arrived with custard...I would of just eaten it, as i was too hungry to wait longer....but the bowl was filthy.... so it was returned....& if I'm honest, the apple pie actually wasn't that bad......
though I don't think you want to hear my Husbands verdict on his ruffled chocolate....what the F' was that.....saving foam hiding last night left overs???.

if this wasn't bad enough..... the next Mothers day party got so fed up...they walked out...... the Mum waited 40 minutes after her kids & husband had been served....to be faced with the same bit of old boot, my Mum in Law had....they had the sense not to pay in advance as we stupidly had.

Then there was the table of very rough characters...mostly women who LOUDLY f' & blinded all the way through our meal....talking in detail of there latest fight, injuries & arrest....in ear shot of our 5 year old....NICE.

BEWARE OF THIS PUB...IT HAS THE WORST FOOD, SERVICE & CUSTOMERSI"VE EVER COME ACROSS......shame as it looks okay......appearances can be very wrong....HIDEOUS!!!!

2 Mar 2008 20:30