The George on the Green — Restaurant in England

Extremely disappointed so much so I would never go again, I had just came out of Hospital after surgery and my son decided to book us into the George on the Green for Fathers Day, and I was soo looking forward to it, we arrived on the Sunday and I struggled through the bar on my Crutches to announce ourselves, as it was a lovely Day we asked for a table outside and sat down, we chose our starters and ordered our drinks, When they arrived at the table we were asked for a credit card, my son replied we are paying cash so the waiter left, this is when it all went wrong, he came back and asked us for some money to secure our table, so we gave him £40, he then came back and asked for more money, so I asked why, he then replied to my astonishment, “just in case you do a runner” because we have people who have done that, (on crutches by the way) I then complained and said that was extremely rude, he then said before he brings out our main meal he wanted us to pay for the whole lot, so we handed over £140 cash, I could not believe this was happening and we all felt really uncomfortable as other people were outside listening, I asked to see the manager, a very polite young lady came to our table very apologetic, she then said the same as the waiter, people have run off without paying, she then noticed my foot heavily strapped and my crutches beside the table and apologised again, we then changed our minds and asked to cancel our main meal and just pay for the starters and drinks, then the owner came out to see us and apologised, but too late the damage was done, we left and had a beautiful meal in the Belgian opposite beside a lovely pond (Highly recommend superb food), So to conclude The George on the green May as well of Called us Thieves, so instead of intimidating, upsetting and not being able to trust any customers, maybe you should look at your own staff and ask them to be more vigilant instead of flirting with each other inside the bar, maybe one of them could pop in and out of the garden to keep an eye, Rank over but we’ll never eat...

Came for Friday lunch and sadly was very disappointing. So 3 of us came for food. My mother-in-law arrived early and despite being shown to the table, no one offered her a drink or brought the menus, until me and my wife got there about 15 minutes later. Ordered the prawn linguine after flagging down service, and straight away there was a ridiculously long hair in the dish. The staff were very apologetic and they made me a fresh one, and that tasted fine. However it meant my food arrived later than everyone else and spoiled what was meant to be a celebratory meal. Also put me off the food generally. Then nothing was acknowledged when the bill came. Would have expected at least my drink to be complimentary as I had to wait for a 2nd attempt with my food while everyone ate. Shouldn't have to ask in my view. And to top it off, when we politely said that the decaf coffee wasn't very nice (a server confirmed it was instant coffee) we were told we wouldn't be charged as we didn't want it. Only realised after paying that we had been charged for the £3 instant coffee, but by that point we just wanted to leave and had enough. Don't intend to...

Visited today on a recommendation from a friend …. What a lovely looking pub. We were greeted by smiley and courteous staff and everything felt right about this pub and restaurant. I had the fish cake stater, best I’ve ever had and my wife had the prawns …. best she’s ever had apparently, nice. The main course was the surf and turf, the steak which you cannot see in the photo as it’s hidden under the scampi, was succulent and very well cooked. What really impressed me was the salad served with the S&T and my fish cake as this was a pleasant change to the limp, unimaginative salads so often served in less attentive establishments. We will be back with family and friends and I suggest you pay The George on the Green a visit, soon ….Mick & Georgina from...