Address: Horsham Rd, Forest Green, Dorking RH5 5RZ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441306775790
Rating: 4.6
based on 210 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was fantastic, chef has put together a really great menu which exceeded our expectations!"
"Delicious, well portioned, homecooked food and great coffee."
"Food was amazing, I had the Porchetta, fantastic huge home made yorkshire pudding and crispy crackling. Gravy to die for."
"The food was delicious, 2 of us had the steak and ale pie, beautiful buttery pastry, tender beef served with mash, seasonal veg and gravy."
"Delicious food 😋 went for a Sunday roast and wasn't disappointed."
"Food was absolutely excellent, delicious, well presented, good quality and portions."
"The food is excellent. My loin of cod was fresh as fresh and deliciously prepared with little fish cakes and broccoli."
Cons:
"Starters ok but main courses dreadful. Quiche appears to be frozen shop bought, salad had an inch of water in the bottom, chips hard and uncooked, potato salad ice cold and tasteless, cod watery, onion rings greasy, steak pie full of mince, sea bass bland and tasteless."
"Ordered starters, all of which where not well cooked and extremely small. Mains where also not well cooked at all, Lamb was overdone and grisly, vegetables were under cooked. Even the battered cod was greasy and extremely bland."
"Unfortunately food was very disappointing. My baked cod main course had a very dry topping on bland risotto."
"The pub itself was beautiful, however, I was very disappointed with the roast dinner."
"Quite a nice setting, we sat outside under the marquee on a sunny day which provided welcome shade. However I was pretty disappointed by the roast beef which was pretty bland and overpriced at £23!"
"Food was very over priced for what it was, battered cod was £14 with one roast potatoe and a teaspoon amount of pureed peas."
"The food was very over priced and VERY dirty, the salad was unwashed, still with soil!"
Service
Pros:
"Our waitress Molly was excellent. She was very friendly and approachable."
"The service was friendly but a bit slow."
"Service, food and range of drinks is simply outstanding."
"Very well run pub with great food and service."
"Very polite and professional staff attending your table frequently and efficiently."
"Staff are just fantastic - friendly and efficient."
"Staff were courteous and professional and the food arrived hot and within time."
Cons:
"We had specifically booked to eat from your OktoberFest menu and having checked that the menu would still be available yesterday we arrived having decided what we were eating to be told it was not available."
"Can no longer recommend to people very sad."
"Service was terrible and price was very high for what you got, especially as it was of a very poor quality."
"We ended up almost walking out as it took us so long to get anyone's attention to actually receive the bill."
"We didn't get drinks or a menu 45 minutes after being seated but think it was an honest mistake."
"Appalling! We waited over 45 minutes for our starter!"
"Service is disorganised and extremely slow."
Ambiance and Location
Pros:
"Absolutely adore this gorgeous country pub! Has the perfect mix of traditional and modern elements, is cozy and has amazing staff."
"Set in a nice location overlooking a green."
"Wonderful character pub, so well located, view over the green, and Surrey Hills, even a game of cricket to watch on occasion, very popular with classic car owners, walkers, and so atmospheric!"
"Beautiful old English countryside pub. Plenty of seating outside and in, with a view overlooking the village green."
"Overlooking the green in Forest Green in the Surrey Hills and recently refurbished to a high standard in sub country house style with Turkey rugs and an eclectic mix of old furniture and pictures."
"Cosy wooden interior with so many nooks and crannies, strange and wonderful objects litter the place (aircraft seats for example)."
"Newly refurbished and clean, but not in a modern white way, still has a lovely comfy, homely feel."
Cons:
"Small car park which might be full if the pub is very busy!"
"Due to its popularity, parking spaces can be scarce."
"Parking by the far side of pub limited but large car park just before pub shared with 2 retail outlets."
"Maybe the car park could be a bit larger, but that's a minor issue as parking is available along the lane if the car park is full."
"Inside it looks lovely after the refurb but it does lack any sort of atmosphere."
"When we last visited on a sunny Sunday afternoon, we were warned of the wasps and put off from sitting out the back. Unfortunately the wasps were still a pest out the front."
"Having booked two weeks in advance I was not happy to be seated in a bar area near the Gents toilet rather than the restaurant."