The Silk Trader — Restaurant in England

My daughter had her 30th birthday party, in the function room upstairs. A buffet was paid for £100 pounds. What she received was absolutely deplorable. 🤬 3 pizzas, 1garlic pizza, all cold. 12 cut baps with nothings on or in them, a chip basket with a few rank, cold sausage rolls and another with cold cocktail sausages, a small bowl of salad and a few pickles. The one star is for the bar staff that kept going down to the main bar for drinks that they didn't have on offer upstairs. No lock on the toilet door, no toilet paper in both toilets, asked on many occasions, to no avail. We did have a good night, only because we made it a good night Good job we all had a...

Hadn't been for a while so thought we'd go back. Definitely won't be going again. It used to be a lovely pub. Regulars always sat at the bar. Always had a friendly atmosphere. NOT any more . Tables were dirty empty glasses everywhere. Ashtrays dirty and all over tables, the whole place just had a dirty unclean feeling to it . Made you feel uncomfortable. We quickly finished our drink & left. Went to the other pub bit further up. Got to say the whole thing upset me as I used to work there. It was such a lovely place. So come on the new landlord...

I rang the pub to check if was dog friendly, as I had been turned away by a garden centre quite close to the pub. The staff confirmed that they welcome customers with dogs.

The reception myself, wife and our Jack Russell Max received from staff and customers was very welcoming, the service and quality of the food was very good, we have recommended the venue to friends, and will be returning with family, and of course we will be taking our dogs along...