I had been very ill with pneumonia and was really beginning to recover mid December 2011, so my wonderful partner wanted to take me out for a meal to a pub near where we had just recently moved. Imagine my horror when the good I had ordered, Beer Battered Cod with Chips was served. The Chips were awful. They looked like they had been cooked in oil that had been used over and over, they were not golden but blackish grey in colour, they tasted even worse, greasy. This is usually caused by oil that has not been sufficiently heated prior to cooking, but I felt these chips had been in the oil prior to my ordering them. I had the bubble & squeak cake topped with a slice of bacon and egg prior to my main meal. But there was no sign of bacon, only pieces of it amongst the copious mustard sauce the whole thing had been drowned in.

But the worst experience of all was by the owner herself. She actually wanted a full on argument with me. I was very polite with her from the start, I was not rude nor arrogant at all. I asked that they replace my meal, but I am told that is how they cook their chips and if I did not like it then I had to order something else. I knew that whatever I wanted from their menu that night would include chips and I tried to explain this to her. She told me I had an attitude problem and she had met people like me before, she told me she had never received any complaints about her food before. Eventually, brow beaten, and as I could not believe behaviour she was exhibiting toward me, as she was quite threatening, I said to forget it, and I was not going to eat anything else. She refused to leave out table, I looked at my partner saying "what is happening here?" He shook his head in disbelief. In the end I had to ask her to leave our table 4 times!, as she was refusing and kept on telling me i had a problem.

We left and unfortunately we paid too, as we were eager not to get involved in a showdown due to my ill health. It was horrible, and while we were paying £32 for food we didn't or couldn't eat, the bar staff, a tall dark haired young man, was laughing his head off!

have many times met friends at the Inn and always the food and service has been excellent. The standard of cooking is superb and the ony complaint is that the portions were a bit too large. Have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone for lunch or dinner

The carpeted entrance area into the pub itself is black. With dirt, not by design. The accommodation block has a substantial stair and landing carpet that is probably domestic grade. It has a worn dirty track down the middle. My room carpet was also stained and dirty. There were other issues but for the sake of brevity lets just say the place needs investment and some experienced hotel keeping input. On the good side the heating worked very well and the sheets and towels and bathroom were clean. The restaurant seemed busy, probably owing to three courses for £9.99 [I think.] However if the landlords couldn’t keep the carpets clean I wasn’t going to trust their kitchen. I paid about £55 a night for three nights b&b. Good accommodation and good food in this area seems generally more expensive than other rural areas of the UK. Maybe because of the lack of budget hotels.

Popped in en route to Somerset for a bite to eat, had the club sandwich and thought Pasta with Pesto was a great option for the kids menu, if anything the portions were overly large (shouldn't complain really), really enjoyed it. The young chaps behind the bar and serving were very attentive and polite.