The Old Mill - Father's Day

Good evening,

So, last Sunday we decided to go somewhere different for Father's Day, somewhere which doesn't necessarilly fall under the cheap and cheerful bracket, so we went off down to the Old Mill with the in-laws for Father's Day.

The thinking behind the Old Mill was that they seem to think that they are a bit better than your standard home cooked food-type place, so we imagined it would be ace.

It started well enough, the place was quiet, we got served easy enough and we found a table for 5. Then things started to go slowly downhill...

The menu, to start with, was fixed - 2 courses for £11, 3 for a bit more. Unfortunately, the choice on the menu wasn't that great. Pretty much restricted to Sunday dinner, burger, chicken, veggie option or some form of fish. I went for the burger, Tra and her dad went for the roast and Jackie opted for the chicken.

After 20 minutes or so, the meal came. The burger came with chips and a wimp of a salad. A little bbq sauce in a rammikin at the side, but nothing on the burger... no sauce, no salad, no keen onion... nothing. To say it was bland was an understatement.

The chips were okay, just, but that was about it. There's not a lot more to say about the main course. The roast was apparently nice enough and the chicken seemed to go down quite well. But the burger was largely disappointing in my eyes.

Then, the service took over.... we were left with our finished meals in front of us for a good 25 minutes while a poncy/rather posh table next to us came in, ordered, ate their mains, ordered their deserts and waited for them. Finally, our dessert order was taken, and it seemed that I had the last of the fruit crumble... much to the disgust of the posh table next to us who had already ordered the portion, but who were also now experiencing slow service, and as a result, missed the option to snaffle it! Very grumpy.

The crumble came and went, it was okay but nothing special. The custard was nice, but I reckon it had to be cos the crumble was so dry.

So all in all, not impressed. Having deliberatley gone somewhere to get a nice meal only to receive shoddy service, a poorly constructed menu and a standard meal was a little disappointing. And expensive too.

I'm not sure we'll be going there again in the near future - there's no point when there are much cheaper, equally as good places around and about. So the Old Mill is a ''Boo'' from me.

Sorry to sound so grumpy.
Matty xx