The Missing Sock — Restaurant in South Cambridgeshire

We had our wedding reception here in Sept this year. I've had to think hard about what to write as I want to be fair.

We chose the Missing sock as it is a bit alternative, it has a large outdoor space, on-site bedrooms and very fairly priced. We were happy with our initial interactions with the events organiser, but unfortunately the venue passed management/ownership multiple times. We went through 4 different event organisers. The communication was very poor, and there seemed to be little/No organisation. The day before the wedding the events organiser was out of the country and the person covering them knew nothing about our plan for the day. They tried to change us additional fees the day before the wedding, they had not kept a record of the payments we had made to them. They charged us a £200 fee for booking an external pizza van, despite the fact they had failed to book one themselves (we had been told months earlier that this had been taken care of). When we arrived to start setting up we had to get the tables out of the muddy field. The tables were in poor condition and they did not have table cloths as promised. The chairs had been in storage and were dirty and mismatched. The patio in the marquee was filthy and littered with cigarette butts. There were initials of a previous couple painted on the decking.

Despite the stress of the above issues, on the day the staff worked hard, the home made BBQ and sides were delicious, and we had a lovely time. The bedroom we stayed in was comfy and clean. Having the teepees for guests to sleep in is a big plus.

Its such a shame as they have a great space and so much potential but their lack of organisation, communication and care needs...

WOW! What a quirky venue! When I phoned to book the table, the gentleman asked if we wanted it “quirky” or “perky”, “quirky” has a few surprises installed, “perky” is if you preferred a more private dining experience. I risked “Quirky”...... On arrival each of us got pinned with a new name tag, taken from the many cultures represented by the staff. The penalty for forgetting to use the new name was to do something silly, either tell a joke, stand on the chair and sing etc. Great fun! Something special before supper were the bowls for the washing of hands with the person next to you. I loved all the different flavors Raclette cooking offered, and the element of sharing. The staff, from different parts of the world, were great fun. Sometimes they would speak in their home language, and taught us a response in their language, insisted that we respond in their language if wanted service. They had us drumming along on African djembe drums, singing African chants. When we asked if the venue could please turn down the airconditioning, a peculiar character who called himself the 'janitor' came out to our table, shirtless, and asked if there was a problem. We could only laugh! All and all a wonderful and different experience!!!! Apart from the Gentlemen's urinal being totally disfunctional ("a work in progress" said the janitor fella), I would highly recommended this...

We booked to attend a comedy night here and the comedy was brilliant. ||Over the last few months I have thought about going back and giving the Missing Sock another go but last night confirmed that I should stay away.|It felt that the staff were unprepared given they had published a start time, the bus bar didn't open until later - the two ladies were a little lost, the drinks were expensive and the food was shambolic.||They offered burgers, they weren't sure if they had vegetarian or how many, so we went back twice to find out - the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing. Once you got past the convoluted ordering system given they were only doing burgers and no sides such as fries, along comes the large box with the cheapest awful roll, cheapest thinnest patty and a square slice of cheese - the vegetarian one was burnt on one side and no cheese, I had asked for it. There were sauces behind us. They had the audacity to charge a £5 for these.||I'm pretty sure the guy next to me paid £6 for a can of Carlsberg - but don't hold me to that - they paid £18 for 2 burgers, a can of Carlsberg and a...