The Mundy Bois, Pluckley

We personally found this to be a shockingly poor experience. We went last week to try it out as we have been to most restaurants in the Tenterden area.
To start with, the head waitress had asked us what we were going to drink before we had even sat down or seen the drinks menu.
When the food arrived, my husband had ordered lamb, and after trying several pieces of the meat found that the dish featured a mix of both lamb and beef. It was covered in such thick bisto gravy though, it was hard to discern. The lasagne was a slab of dark burnt brown pasta, with cheap mince and no white sauce, the roast chicken was acceptable, but again covered in thick beef bisto gravy.
Then it was time for desert - sitting next to the kitchen we watched as a plastic penguin with ice cream in it, obviously bound for some unsuspecting child, fell of the plate it was being served on onto the floor, and was immediately put back on the plate and taken off to the diner's table. They didn't even bother to take it back to the kitchen to dust or wipe it off!
When we asked the waitress to describe the peach melba tart, the best should could offer was 'well it's a sort of spongey thing, with some cream stuff on it. i can't really explain it better than that.' When asked if there were peaches in it, he response was 'oh yeah. but they're not fresh, though.' we opted for the ice cream, in the hope that it was not homemade.
We felt that the waitresses could not have been more indifferent to our dining experience and that the food could not have been more poorly produced. It was quite a depressing experience, really.
We were so disappointed as we had really looked forward to going out for a lovely lunch. One thing to be said for it, though, is that the countryside around here is idyllic. Also, this pub would be the ideal contender for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares!

13 Sep 2008 21:12