The Ball and Wicket, Heath End

The weather in Farnham was superb on Saturday, so we decided to enjoy a pleasant walk through Farnham Park culminating in a nice lunch @ the Ball & Wicket in Heath End. How wrong or disappointed could we have been been, "it was without doubt the worst pub food we have eaten in Farnham or the surrounding area for the last 20 years". The lack of a written menu should have given us a clue to the total disorangisation of this pub. We ordered soup (to be safe) and what was presented did not need a spoon, but a knife and fork to eat it - we have never had soup which had no liqued in it whatsoever!. Our guests played the safe card and decided on a toasted sandwich, which, to put it mildly was not only extemely dry, but bland and it does not take "a Masterchief" to produce a toasted sandwich which looks good and is edible, however, this pub fulfilled that criteria for the worst sandwich any of us had either seen or tasted. All-in-all a totally disappointing experience which we will not repeat. I am not sure what is going on in this pub/restaurant but if this is the standard they deem acceptable, they are in for a shock. Totally unacceptable food, service and ambiance. At one stage the bar-man actually appeared to fall asleep over where the beer was being poured out - we should have known at that stage that this really was the "pub from hell". On a scale of 1-10 we would give the "Ball and Wicket" 1 out of 10 - and we are being very generous. A lovely looking new dining room, but the food if this is the standand on an evening is "appalling" - sadly this trip was to see how good the food was for an impending "party venue of vistors" - needless to say we have definely ruled this pub out.

13 Mar 2010 19:38