The Coach House — Restaurant in England

Our first visit for a late lunch although my wife has been once before (ladies that lunch!) and she suggested we go back as it was good.

Nice atmosphere, lots of space in various different rooms and off-shoots of the main bar, friendly and obliging staff, large car park and outside seating area.

Catering wise, we had the "old fogies" lunch deal which has a limited but decently varied choice - we had Prawn Cocktail, Fish (Cod) & Chips plus Scampi & Chips, Apple Pie & Ice Cream (or Custard) all of which were well cooked, hot, where necessary, very enjoyable and served on hot plates. Obviously these were smaller portions than the main menu items but for us the 3 courses @ £10 were more than enough. The chips, although not very impressive to the eye, were fantastic - best we have had in a long while!

Beer seemed to be mainly Butcombe (not my favorite) but their "Stateside IPA" is very enjoyable and for an American style IPA is not too fruity and hoppy so has a good flavour balance. I thought the wine was a little expensive but as my wife loves Sauvignon Blanc, which does seem to carry a premium, then maybe not too bad. I just think paying 90% of the cost of a bottle of similar very nice wine I have in my rack at home for a 175ml medium glass is a little OTT! Perhaps I am just tight!

Overall, excellent and enjoyable. We do not live that close by but we will definitely be...

Had a large group of 17 friends pre booked in for our Christmas party yesterday, the food choices were placed and deposits taken well in advance. One person had a starter which came out over 3/4 and hour before any of the main meals arrived. The main meals were good on the whole , but the chicken tikka masala didn't taste right (and for this reason) it wasn't eaten, it should have had cream or yoghurt in the sauce, but neither of them appeared to be present. My Mediterranean salad was mostly lettuce and had no olives or feta which are commonly used in this dish, also my tequila tiger prawns were a small portion considering the price, another of our group had a Waldorf salad which was not very large considering it was a main meal on the menu. One of our party asked if we could have some music and was told they couldn't do that, but the TVs were on and showing football, even though we didn't want to watch them, and nobody other than our group, were sat...

Worst pub lunch I have ever had.

Came for lunch with my family yesterday (Jan 2014). My Mum and my brother had the 'flame grilled' Mahi Mahi fish - which was tiny, had the consistency of leather and tasted like cardboard, Also for flame grilled fish, it didn't look like it had so much as touched a grill. We were told when we complained that they don't actually have a flame grill, but a grill where the food is cooked from above (surely just a grill!).

I had butternut squash cannelloni, which had no squash in it, when I complained I was told that this was only brought in ready made and heated up by their 'chef', so not their fault. Dad had chicken and chorizo pasta which only had one piece of chorizo in it (also brought in ready made).

We ate very little of the food as it was so awful, and weren't offered a refund when we complained. Definitely wont be coming back here, the roadside burger van on the way to Weston would have given us a...