“It started uncomfortably and got worse: Kept waiting at reception as booking had not been transferred to table plan. Offered bread, never arrived for 15 mins until we asked, not "home-baked", 2 slices of pre-sliced granary. Waited 75 minutes for 2 pies, mash & green beans and a venison on noodles. Largely ignored during first 50 minutes, staff eventually apologised, 5 minutes was 20, 2 minutes was 10, offered more drinks, bread or olives, possibly 'complimentary' was there as well, but not very clearly, we demurred. Some staff tried,"problems with the printer"??? some were unnecessarily peremptory. Other diners, possibly known to the establishment, who arrived 30 minutes after us got served 3 courses and coffee before we were even asked about coffee. Blackboards empty, Menu basic and not much above pub-chain offerings, nothing like our previous visit in February; if the sauce on the venison had seen any sherry, it must have been on the shelf across the other side of the kitchen. Desserts-by which time we weren't in the best of moods-were the last straw - Dull. a plate of 5 or 6 chopped strawberries with a squirt of commercial coulis and a small knob of nondescript ice cream.”