The Walkford, Walkford

Having visited several times over the last couple of years; can be summarised as follows:-

Excellent value 'pub grub', good size portions, friendly staff, quick service. Can get very busy so best phone ahead on fridays and weekends.

15 Sep 2009 20:23

The Carpenters Arms, Bransgore

Well this has been my nearest pub for eight years so I thought it was about time to try it.

Arrived around 6:30 on a Tuesday, plenty of tables free. Menu pricing reasonable for adult meals,expensive for kids; roughly 9 quid for basic kids' meal plus drink plus ice cream. Order taken fairly promptly, however then waited 45minutes for food to turn up. The lack of anything vaguely resembling an apology suggested this was normal, subsequent conversations with friends have confirmed this. Wife's salmon was excellent, my chicken pie was so - so, complete with gravy with a skin on it and overcooked mushy vegetables. Ordered two coffees, only one turned up; overall standard of service indifferent.

Maybe I'll give it another eight years and try again. :-/

15 Sep 2009 20:20