Merrie Gardens Farm

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I was really impressed! Good choice on the and the food we chose was amazing!! Ample seating for all. And lots of outside seating, in the sun or shade. The facilities were clean and impressive! Nothing worse than run down, dirty loos... Lovely decor and nice touches of hand soap and cream! Could do with a more powerful/energy efficient hand drier though 😊 The service was great and the girl who served us both food and drinks was lovely and friendly. Will definitely recommend and return in the future! Came here with my family for a meal whilst on holiday. I had the beer battered fish and chunky chips. Compliments to the chef, this was the most delicious battered fish that I have ever had. The family ordered various dishes from the and we were all delighted with our meals. There was plenty of room for us as there were 10 of us plus Dash our assistance dog (who had many treats too) so we were all taken care of. We also had a wheelchair user with us and they had no problem with accessibility. The staff were super and the prices were reasonable for the meals. I would definitely come here again. 🙂 Nice & clean. Took a few mins to get greeted. Given choice of table. Good menu. Lady behind the bar was not nearly as as she should be - in that setting. Took over an hour to get our food, which was good, but a portion of the my lamb & pie was missing an ingredient, the pie. The food was well prepared & tasty - We would have had coffee & dessert, but after the mains taking over an hour we decided against it, paid & left. I did tell the somewhat grumpy looking person behind the bar, she shrugged & said ‘well we’re a bit busy’ - which they weren’t - I worked in the restaurant business for 20 years, it wasn’t busy at all & that is also not an acceptable excuse for slow service. The 40% off coupon was what prompted us to visit, but mediocre service stops us from returning. Your staff can do better, train them properly in customer service & friendliness. I had a great visit to Merrie Gardens Farm. The has a nice variety, and the portions were generous for the price. The pub has a warm atmosphere, and the staff were and helpful. Food came out hot and well-presented — definitely recommend the burgers and roasts. A good spot for casual dining with family or friends. My husband and I visited last night specifically to try Tom Shepherd's 'best ever pub pie', plus we had a voucher for 30% off main meals (posh pie and a good discount - what's not to love?!). We thoroughly enjoyed the meal (jury's still out on whether or not it was the best pub pie we've ever had!), although we would both have liked more gravy with it. We would have asked for some more, however our waitress, whilst very and smiley, never came back to our table after serving our meals. She should have returned shortly after serving us to enquire if everything was okay (the pub wasn't busy, so not run off her feet). I did also have to keep my jacket on, as the pub was cold. We did enjoy the meal and our experience enough to recommend it to our friends. We will be back. We came today as a family of 4. We were greeted to two signs one of which said the kitchen was closed between 3.30 & 4.30 (our table was booked for 3, so what if we wanted desserts?) and another saying that they were having fryer issues so were unable to cook part of their menu. They had only been serving roast dinners for 3 hours but had already run out of two out of 3 meats? There was no stuffing, no crackling (on the pork roast) no red cabbage on any of the plates and 1 tiny bit of carrot when it states ‘carrots’ on the with the smallest amount of green veg. Overall it was £58 (on 2 adult roasts 1 child roast & 1 child fish goujons - which were actually cheap fish fingers) wasted in our opinion. The ‘roast’ potatoes that were meant to be garlic & herb were in fact bland with no flavour atall; they were pale like they’d been boiled & maybe deep fried for that extra texture. The Yorkshire puddings were homemade (I think) but they were very thick/batter-like It wasn’t busy there was maybe 2 other tables in the whole restaurant, okay it’s half term but they should be aware and cater for more. We had this booked so they should have made sure they have enough food to cover all bookings, or am I wrong here? The meat was nice & the gravy was really nice but apart from that it’s a no from us. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.