The Bull's Head Inn

Unfortunately we had a very disappointing Christmas dinner that wasn’t worth the price of £62.50, I was realty upset as we love to support local businesses. The starter of Pâté was not homemade and looked shop bought and the toast looked like bog standard wholemeal bread not fresh crusty loaf toasted and the French onion soup was cold. The main was awful, the roast potatoes were not cooked fresh and were soft, chewy and cold, the Yorkshire pudding was cold and burnt. The minature pigs in blankets were burnt and the veg was plain bog standard veg that came as more of a portion not for 3 people. The pudding for me was the best part of it all and that wasn’t the best. What we got was a Wetherspoons type of meal not a local country pub! Really not good enough. We never go out as a family as it’s far too expensive but thought we would treat ourselves this year for Christmas Day and had high expectations for the price but we were extremely disappointed and felt robbed. The waitress was lovely and apologised and offered me something else but I just wanted to go home. I was refunded £20 off the bill. We won’t be going again.

We were, as a large family group, staying at The Dinney, a superb self-catering property nearby, and decided to book The Bull's Head for Sunday lunch. Reviews we read were good, and on the phone the booking was taken without hesitation (we worried at the size (19) of our party. Oh dear. As Sunday lunch is traditionally roast beef etc., several of our party ordered this. One expects to get succulent pink beef, from a large joint. Not in our case. The beef was more suitable for shoe repairing! This was bad enough - but the reaction to our complaints were something else. It was said, in no uncertain terms, that the proprietors father was a butcher - and they knew how to cook beef! If that is the case, we are glad it wasn't our butcher. No apologies, and a very reluctant offer to replace the beef dish with an alternative (after some discussion). In fairness, the pork and the vegetables were fine. But the customer service was greatly lacking. We may try to use The Dinney again another year - but certainly not The Bull's head!

We stayed here recently whilst attending a family wedding at a nearby venue. Very pleased with the room, good full English breakfast was filling - set us up for the return journey home! Hosts were very friendly, going out of their way to assist us.