Went there for lunch to celebrate a family birthday, 9 of us and a baby. As it was a Sunday, there were several different roast dinners. 3 picked the beef roast, 1 the chicken, and 1 the pork. 3 others picked from the standard menu. When the order was placed it took for ever to be served, almost to point of us leaving as we had another event to go to after lunch. The beef was dry, the chicken was dry, and the pork which should have has a crackling crisp top was soggy and the normal knife couldn't cut through it. The roast potatoes were all soft, soggy, not crisp and looked like frozen roasts. Those that had standard menu, the beef burgers were just about o.k., the big steak was overdone, but...
Sadly quality of food is falling way below the initial standard set just after the Punch refurb. Roast beef used to be pink, crispy spuds, beef croquettes lovely red cabbage came as standard. The croquettes dropped off the dishes a while ago now red cabbage seems to have gone missing. Spuds seem like oven baked auntie bessies. Broccoli very firm. Beef was good, albeit no pinkess. Cauli cheese extra) was very good. 18 a pop now for beef, soggy Yorkshire pud, supermarket spuds, broccoli carrots. The sunday roasts were a class apart when it re-opened, not sure whether they are cutting back cost or what, but shame it's not maintained that level. Kids meals were decent enough the chicken/ham terr...
Just had a terrible evening at The Chelsfield. Went for a family dinner but ended up leaving after 1 hour 20 minutes because our mains hadn’t arrived and didn’t seem to be coming. There were only 3 tables occupied so we couldn’t understand why we were waiting so long. No explanations given. We paid £50 for some drinks and 2 starters no complimentary drinks offered for delay! and went to M S for microwave meals for dinner! Definitely one to avoid!
Empty restaurant (3 tables including us) and yet it took 35 minutes for our starters, and the main courses were a no show! 1 chef working on a Friday night, and after asking where our food was, we were told it’s ’plating up’… only to wait another 15 minutes and it still not arriving. Don’t go if you expect any dinner!
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Update: staff morale still seems low and, some friends and I came for the quiz (that is supposed to be on every other Wednesday) which didn’t end up happening. Very disappointing.
Went for a quite diner time drink and found a very comfortable pub with very friendly staff plus some god real ale. Will make this one of my favorites.
Simply fantastic roast.. Great staff, great food and a good choice of drinks at the bar. I would highly recommend for couples and families.
Lovely atmosphere for dinner with friends. Fabulous food and drink. Our host Toby was very helpful and friendly. Will be returning!
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Great service from our waiter, Toby, the food was served quickly and was delicious! Would definitely return, thanks
This local pub is fantastic, and the food is delicious.
