Punchbowl Inn — Restaurant in England

We like to visit the punchbowl every few months. It is a lovely pub in a beautiful village. However, each time I have visited in the last 18-24 months I feel the that it has been on a gradual decline.||The choice on the menu is very limited at times. The standard and quality of the cooking is declining, and the quality of ingredients used and quantity of them is becoming disappointing. At the same time as the prices rising. I understand that prices are bound to rise in the current climate. But not to rise and also be served sub standard food.||Tonight I ordered a sirloin steak. To be quite honest I’m not even sure if it was a sirloin but a cheaper cut (if I’m wrong with this then I apologise) it was a pathetic piece of meat , none the less! ||It was so thin, and irregular that my medium rare steak was half well done, a quarter medium well & a quarter correct🤔. Should I really have to order every steak I ever order from an establishment as rare to even have any description of the word rare in the way it’s been cooked? I don’t think so!||I really don’t want to pay £24 to sit down and eat an over cooked steak by a useless chef who’s getting paid for it when I cook a damn steak ten times better at home myself, ffs! And also, the mushrooms which we’re supposed to come with the meal was actually one mushroom the size of a fifty pence piece!||I did not complain at the time I ate it, as one I might not have got a replacement anyways, and secondly if they had replaced it I would have to of waited another half hour by which time my family would have finished their meal.||The only time we were asked if everything was okay was when I asked for the bill. I said my meal was poor but they did not particularly seem to be overly bothered.||£136 bill for two adults & two children. Not very happy, very,...

This is a really nice pub and restaurant. The only let down is the cost, I dont mind paying for quality food and drink but £8.50 for a large wine seems steep to me. £13 a round for a shiraz and a Stella4. The food is excellent but again a little pricey, also the portions aren't huge. But saying that I've eaten here a few times as it is delicious, I just prefer a good size portion on my plate. It's very dog friendly, staff are great and very friendly, there is parking out the back and it's in a great location for the sunshine. Also the large willow tree out front makes a great climbing tree for the kids, with a lot of outside seating. The location is on a road but it's very quiet for traffic. Only 4 stars rated due to food size and pricey drinks but should be a 5 star for quality of establishment and...

Not good catering for vegans or non-dairy.

I ordered a side salad and asked that it didn't come dressed with animal products. My husband's main dish came with a side salad which was dressed in balsamic glaze. To my surprise, my salad came out dressed in mayonnaise. I just put it down to them being busy and asked whether the mayonnaise could be removed and that it is dressed with something vegan, such as balsamic (like my husbands salad) or olive oil. They brought me a new salad out with no dressing at all. The waitress relayed that the chef had said there was 'no balsamic to spare for that salad'. So I was left with a dry salad which I had to leave. I got the impression that I had annoyed the kitchen (as they had already brought us out the wrong main which we had to send back) and that I was being...