The Wheelwrights Arms — Restaurant in St. Nicholas, Hurst

Sat at lovely 4 person table, initially rest of area was empty. Table then adjacent to us was occupied by a large group that obviously had more people than expected. The tables were not rearranged by staff to accommodate the extras, instead the diners squashed into area adding more chairs themselves. They were constantly up and down to the bar and kept brushing our table as they slid out of the bench seating. The rest of the area and tables remained empty for the duration of our stay.

Service was slow and the young girl serving us didn’t know the menu and kept asking us to point to want we wanted on the menu as she couldn’t find it on her iPad.

We ordered two mushroom risottos with grilled chicken and were very disappointed. Rice was solid and not steaming hot. Felt it was not fresh, had been reheated and dried out. Rest of food was good.

We were not asked if we wanted to order more drinks until after we ordered our desserts. Felt staff were inattentive, distracted and slow.

When we arrived staff were putting up Christmas decorations and had to stop as we occupied the area being decorated. As soon as we paid our bill but were still finishing our drinks and chatting, staff walked through with garlands to continue decorating. Had the feeling they were keen for us to leave so they could continue.

We had high hopes of a good evening with good food as had heard good reviews. Unfortunately on this occasion this was...

This review is for any vegan out there/anyone seeking out vegan options.

This is a very welcoming and warm pub and we had a very comfortable visit, thank you.

Two of us ordered the vegan main dish of miso infused aubergine steak with chips. The chips were good and the salad was very tasty. The aubergine was okay, it was half a baked aubergine marinated in miso. We had a starter (soup of the day) but had to order more chips after finishing our plates because it simply wasn't filling enough for us. Our friend ordered the burger which she said was good.

The current menu on Google is out of date, we were really looking forward to the vegan moussaka and vegan pizza options which are no longer/not currently on offer.

We love visiting pubs, but unfortunately as vegans it seems very difficult to be catered for in a way that is satisfying and enjoyable these days. This said, we appreciate the time that vegan food takes to be prepared and the challenge involved in turning over a decent profit.

Thank you to those running the pub as it was overall a lovely experience, lovely...

The service was very good, the food all came out at the same time as expected, despite the whole bar being busy. There was a great range of food to choose from and most of it was good to outstanding. The starters were of excellent quality.

The nut roast was very good, and there was a lot of meat for all of the roast meals ordered. The roast potatoes were very poor - cooked too long, dry and not crisp at all. There was not enough veg for the number of roast dinners we ordered. A gammon meal was ordered and ham was served rather than gammon - my partner did not complain as he wanted to eat with the rest of us.

Having enjoyed the starters so much it was a shame about the desserts, I ordered a peach melba eton mess which was hugely disappointing. It tasted and looked like tinned sliced peaches, with one raspberry, meringue pieces and a portion of lovely ice cream that was surrounded by whipped cream squirted from a can. The scoop of ice cream my relative ordered was a bit miserly as well.

Overall, It was good but desserts...