The Ramblers Rest - Coulsdon

The food was okay. Nothing to write home about. We all had Sunday roasts at around 5 PM and some of the potatoes and vegetables were very dry and bland. The service was absolutely awful. It took 35mins to get asked what we would like for desert and then another 30mins to get served the desert. A huge disappointment to what once was a nice pub

Disappointing. Ignored when we first walked in as two staff members by reception intent on sorting admin rather than attend to paying customers. Decor in need of redecoration. Wall lights with bulbs not working. Restaurant only appeared to be 25% full on a Saturday night, but still seated next to table of 8 , family gathering with small children. Food fairly average; eg deep fried Brie just one lump of Brie with poor garnish. On receiving the bill, waiter pushing too hard for a tip: writes on invoice that not included, tells me and then reminds me as he hands me the card reader. Unsurprisingly, not rushing to return...

Fairly local and reliable with good ambience. Menu needs refreshing. Service good

Booked via Open table but the restaurant knew nothing about the booking. I showed them on my phone and they found me a table. Not a great start. They were clearly very busy and waiting staff were nice but struggling to cope. We were told after the starter and waiting 10 mins for the mains that they would be late due to a private party of 25 needing their food. Mains turned up an hour after the starter. We asked for a bottle of wine and had to remind them to bring it after 10 mins. My wife received her dessert but I only got mine when the waitress remembered to collect it from the kitchen after my wife had finished hers. Food was OK but chips rushed and covered in grease. Waitress took them back but not much improvement. Overall we've had better there before so hopefully this was a one off.

Great for Sunday roasts, but otherwise food is poor. Waitress was also clueless and food took ages despite it being empty.