The Vine Inn — Restaurant in England

Went here after a long journey and saw how highly rated it was thought it would be a safe bet. Unfortunately my experience was nowhere near the rating it has. The beer was flat, my son's pizza was burnt almost to a crisp (luckily he's not fussy and doesn't eat the crusts anyway). I ordered a steak which, with no exaggeration, was not edible due to how gristly it was. Cutting through it with a steak knife was hard work, and after attempting to eat 2 pieces I had to send it back. The replacement I got was a little better and I struggled through it because I was hungry.

I do however want to give praise to the staff who apologised and replaced my steak with no fuss, but also took a picture of it as proof to their butcher that the meat was awful. The steak was also cooked as I would have expected it so this definitely isn't a criticism of the chef who cooked the steak.

If the second steak was better I would have rated higher, but as 2 out of the 3 meals we ordered shouldn't have left the kitchen I can't rate it any higher I'm afraid. Hopefully it was just our experience, but it has stopped us coming here for the rest of...

Service was what I would expect from a pub like restaurant. The atmosphere was also okay however the food was abysmal. I am writing this review months after going because I am still gobsmacked at the appaling meal I was served. I ordered a cheese and tomato pizza with garlic bread and yet they took something so beautifully simple and turned it into a weapon against my senses. The cheese and tomato pizza was quite literally that. It was a pre frozen base with slices of tomato and THEN a layer of rubbery cheese. I mean that is just wrong. Let alone the garlic bread. They would benefit highly from just cooking a frozen garlic bread from aldi as they've decided to use SLICED BREAD with garlic on. They are trying to be different to which they have succeeded but in all the wrong ways. PLEASE don't waste your money here as mine was wasted. I will forever deter anyone from this place if asked by friends or family. I think if a family member suggested this please I would have to never speak to them again. If I could give 0 stars. I would. The worst place I have ever had the displeasure...

My girlfriend and I visited this pub for food one day when we were staying in a cottage down the road.

The place wasn't very busy, and they weren't quite ready to start serving food when we got there, but the staff were very polite and let us know that it would only be a few minutes.

We ordered drinks and sat down to look at the menus. The drink selection is pretty good. The menu has a good selection of tasty-sounding foods too.

I ordered the Vine Burger. When it arrived it turned out to be pretty huge. The salad that came with it was so tasty that I actually ate all of that before touching the burger.

The meat was delicious, and quite crumbly compared to most burgers.

We stayed for a couple of drinks after we'd finished eating but left quite quickly when they turned on the karaoke. :)

Definitely worth a visit if you're...