The Jolly Farmer, Worplesdon

We used to go to this pub a lot when we cycled across the common with the kids and back then it was really nice. Somewhere over the years it has tried to reinvent itself as an upmarket gastro pub & though the beer is still good the atmosphere is not and the food is pretty bad. They wouldn't allow dogs in for a while and kids were certainly not welcome.
My wife and I went there for lunch a few months ago and were very disappointed with the quality of the food which was barely acceptable. We should have complained but we didn't want to spoil our day any futher with an arguement.
They changed their attitude to dogs recently in an attempt to bring in the dog walking crowd for a coffee and a bacon or sausage sandwich so I decided to give them another try. The coffee was okay but the sausage sandwich came in a less than fresh brown bread when I had ordered white. There was no butter or any other spread which made for a very dry and literally hard to swallow bite. The sausage, having seen the inside of a grill at least once too often was also dry and what flavor there was wasn't good. When I complained I was told they didn't put butter in thier sandwiches and refunded the �3.00 I'd paid for it but kept the price of the coffee, which to be fair was okay.
There are any number of pubs which can serve at least as good a pint of Fullers not too far away but I can't think of any which will sell you worse food at a higher price anywhere. Having walked my dog there for the last few years and got to know many of the people who live nearby quite well I haven't found anyone with a good word to say about the place but feel free to try it for yourself. I'll give it a 2 because the beer is okay.

3 Nov 2009 11:44