Cock O’ Budworth — Restaurant in England

I've had a few meals here over the past year, but today's meal was poor on so many fronts that I left feeling angry and wishing I had sent my food back.

First, some positives; the welcome was friendly and the staff were nice, even if the service was really really slow - around an hour for the main to come.

My food really was appalling. The starter was Halloumi Popcorn and for around £7 I got six or seven 1cm cubes of Halloumi, deep fried, with a small amount of honey on the side. It was paltry and stingy, and frankly how anyone could think that serving such a pitiful, lazy dish for £7 is beyond me. The fact that mine was made up of several bits that were just hardened batter with no actual halloumi in it made it worse. I wish I had sent it back, but I didn't want to cause a scene at such a happy occasion.

My main was the £17.25 Cheese, Onion and Potato pie, which seemed like it had perhaps been left standing for some time before it had come out. The pie needed longer in the oven, the chips seemed like bog standard oven chips and the 'garlic buttered greens' amounted to about 4 stone-cold half-sized green beans covered in a wet piece of sautéed spinach. It was served with a lukewarm cheese sauce that had started to develop a skin. It was obvious that it had been sat for a while before serving.

Perhaps I would be more inclined to forgive some of this if the prices weren't so over-inflated, but alas, with a soft drink and the service charge, my share of the bill was £35, which for what I had was about as welcome as a punch in the face.

I would urge you not to eat here, or to have no hesitation in sending your food back if you are served anything similar to what I have described - I...

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