My initial review was 3 years ago when I have 5 stats and would have given more of they were available.

Sadly this was not the case when I visited on Saturday.  I had been telling my cousin about how fantastic its always been,  tempting her with tales of the milkshakes, cheesecake etc and the great service.

There were 3 of us.  Our order was for a breakfast,  burger and cheesecake along with 2 milkshakes and a coffee.

Sadly, although the menu said to select what salad to have with the burger we were told 'oh we don't have that stuff here' !!!

First to get bought to the table was the cheesecake with the comment 'do you want this now or shall I bring it back after the meals?' seeing as there was ice cream on it, bringing it back was questionable plus 3 food items and 3 people seems to point to all eating together! I was surprised to see that the portion was ½ what I have had previously, even though the cost was about the same.

1 milkshake then arrived followed a few minutes later by the other one.  When the coffee arrived the waiter spilled a lot into the saucer, he commented but didn't offer to bring a clean saucer, he had also forgotten the sugar.  After we asked for sugar, he did bring some and proceeded to put them into the saucer which was still full of coffee!

We waited and finally the breakfast was bought to us.  Sadly there was no sign of the burger.  When it did finally arrive the breakfast and cheesecake had almost been eaten.  The burger looked unappetising and the cheese had been folded over so didn't cover the burger.  it was just placed on the plate with no garnish obviously seeing as they 'don't do that stuff!'

All the portions seemed vastly smaller than all our previous visits with friends and grandkids although the prices were still roughly the same!

Before leaving I went to ask about the ½ portion for the cheesecake.  I was told that it was because some people don't eat it all and so it's now served with a small pot of ice cream.  I pointed out it had always been served with ice cream to which the lady shrugged her shoulders and just said 'I don't know about that' . She then tried to tell me that the price was far less,  again not true!

Until this last visit I have always taken photos of what we ordered so I can compare what we used to get and what we were served yesterday.  Looking round the other customers I also noticed that other items seem far reduced in size.

To be honest, whenever we have visitors we always recommend going here and in the past it has been a traditional treat when the grandkids come to stay.  However,  based on the service,  food and lack of value for money we will not be doing so in the future. There are lots of places to eat in Stone and so it seems sad that the standards here have gone down so badly.  Maybe yesterday was a one off with the lack of service.  My cousin, while waiting so long for her burger,  did comment that all the staff behind the counter seemed to just be drinking milkshakes and being on their phones.

We shall now find somewhere else to go as a couple, with visitors and with grandkids.