The Fox, Ellisfield

We went here for lunch on 20/10/09 and wow what a diffrence the new management have made!
Gone is the warm welcome, and friendly atmoshpere (it was like eating in a morgue). You can't pay by debit or credit card (when a business wants cash only, well?). Despite the wind rain and cold, the heating was off. The naff pictures of PAGE 3 models clash with the country decore some what.
There was a sign up tell us our chef today was Dan but unless Dan is a very dishevelled looking old woman....

The menu was limited.

The food was a disgrace, and being sold at half price, and still they only had 5 customers (including us) I had the fish cakes they were over cooked and had very little fish in them. My wife had the garlic bread The bread was toasted and the butter spread on top still part frozen?????

It is sad that this was the last good quality pub in the area! If people want to run a country pub then run it. This is like a weatherspoons in the middle of nowhere

21 Oct 2009 09:53

The Horse and Groom, Alresford

Poor service, we waited an age, and the the could not even remember to put a sausage on the all day breakfasts!

Everything was over cooked, and the waitress did not even know if she had brought us diet Pepsi or not!

We then had to wait 15 mins to settle the bill.

There are much better pubs in the town!

14 Apr 2009 00:25

The Crown, Axford

This pub may have had a coat of paint, But nothing can hide the cracks in the place! I find it amazing that new management can go in an still the place is empty, and unwelcoming (and this on Easter bank holiday weekend!)

But hey you can get fish and chips to take away now!
This should start alarm bells ringing, is it a pub or a chippie?

There are better pubs one just 1.8 miles away!

14 Apr 2009 00:19