The George Inn, Abbots Leigh

an old fashioned pub - but in a bad way. Waited half an hour for food which was very ordinary. The roasts featured bootleather beef, chicken which seemed formed, mass-produced frozen yorkshire puddings - the kind of food you might have expected in 1977. The soup with crusty bread came instead with pitta bread (we've just run out of crusty - sorry) but no attempt to do anything else except explain why we hadn't got what we ordered. No reduction, no drink on the house - nothing - and who wants pitta with soup?
The Landlady is friendly, the bitter is fine, the portions are large - but if you want decent food and modern standards of service this is not the place for you.

17 Jan 2010 16:46