White Tomato Foam!!!

We visited this beautiful country side pub a few years ago as my partner used to go there with her grandparents as she remembered a child friendly garden, sure enough we found the pub she remembered although the garden was in need of some TLC. At the time of that visit and several more frequent visits that summer. On those visits we had the best ploughman's you could hope for.

Several years have passed and we now have a 2 year old.....

Our 2 year old had his 1st sleep over with grandparents Saturday just gone, so we decided to give the Ring O Bells a visit. We called in advance to see if we needed to book a table and where informed there was no need to book if we sat in the garden. I also asked if they where still doing there amazing ploughman's. The answer was no but they doing a "charcuterie" which without my thesaurus I had to have explained to me , its nothing like a ploughman's!! We still went ahead and visited anyway.

On arrival we fell in love with the fantastic child friendly garden and it had definitely received the green fingered touch it needed. We grabbed a menu which once again requires access to Google to see what some of the dishes are or include (still no clue on the white tomato foam) as a side order / garnish. We played it safe and went for a couple of burgers. I had the chicken burger with added bacon and smoked cheese and my partner had the roasted veg and halloumi burger, real effort had been made to make a 1st class burger and we both very much enjoyed our meal very much.

Few reasons why I didn't go for 5 stars on this review where as follows.

1 - We ordered an orange juice and lemonade as well as a cider, the OJ and lemonade was flat and powder like and the cider was disappointing and slightly flat. I went back to the bar and told them about the OJ & lemonade, to which I was told the lemonade had ran out. I asked if I could swap it for another soft drink which I was promptly charged for and no refund was offered for the poor excuse of a OJ and lemonade. I didn't waste my breath on the cider issue.

2 - When my burger arrived I had a look inside and couldn't see anything that looked like smoked cheese but there was a dollop of something off white inside the bun which I could not identify. When the waitress returned with our condiments I questioned her about this "blob" she was unsure as to its origins but confirmed it was not mayonnaise as they don't put mayo in there burgers.

3 - No one came out to check if the food was ok.

4 - Garden diners could not open a tab even if they leave a card behind the bar.

5 - I re-address the issue with the "trying to hard" English literature on the menu, some of it may as well be in Latin!!

I will go back again but I'll be better prepared with some cash and I will try a sip of the drinks before I pay!!