The Windmill By Richard Phillips

Visited here on Tuesday for some lunch, booked online but didn’t need to as was empty. Was seated at a table for two but one of the chairs wasn’t a chair was more like a sofa which is fine but then you have to sit on your coat which can be uncomfortable when eating. I have visited here on many occasions so know the menu and know the food is going to be good which it was. The pub was all christmassy in decorations but no music until we nearly left? Needs music for a bit of atmosphere. All round good pub lunch

Excellent food and service. Quality of the food was outstanding we had duck breast and plaice). Service was attentive but not pushy and the waitress was knowledgable about both the wines and food. Not cheap but reasonable for the quality and service £130 tip for two people two courses, a beer, glass of wine, excellent coffees and 2x tawny ports). Nice log fire, fairly crowded but not excessively noisy. Highly recommended.

We decided to try the windmill, we arrived and was put in the corner as there was two of us, it was by a closed window and all i could see was the fly's and cobwebs, i do feel that if anyone is sitting there then this could be cleaned, the Meal we both had was a roast and this was small portions, and was warm and a lot of gravy, i would have had a gravy Jug, we had to ask for another drink as we were waiting for over half hour for our Dinner and the they charged me for a pint and i only requested Half.

I agree with the reviewer who thinks the brunette is in the wrong job; I think her name is Katherine she is miserable, disinterested and she doesn’t hide it. Food ok, overpriced but not bad. It’s the staff who ruin it; the brunette either needs substantial training in customer service or to leave the industry altogether. It’s blatant that she hates customers; she made us feel most unwelcome.

The cosy atmosphere with smell of the real fire is what captures you straight away. The food was amazing and the staff were all friendly and very attentive.