The Herd Restaurant

Booked a table here 2 months ago over the phone Came for my table tonight but the restaurant is shut, no reservation anywhere in site!
Apr 17th, 2023

Disappointing afternoon tea; all of the sandwiches were rather lacklustre, none of the desserts/petit fours were bad, but none of them were memorable either, and the scones were poorly formed, overcooked, and not that fresh. I wouldn't recommend it, nor would we return for this. That being said, the table next to us ordered a Sunday roast and that looked pretty good!
Mar 14th, 2023

An utter disaster. I have been going to the Herd for some years. I had recently thought it was going downhill, but I was not prepared for this evening. Had our starters and asked for the bill cancelling our mains. Two other guests had similar complaints. I offered to settle the bill and was asked to pay for drinks only (which were still over 50% full as we left). Short sighted of the FandB manager but I paid without complaint, guaranteeing I will not be back. Every dish was a disaster. Dried scotch egg. Dry, verging on stale bread. A salad that was missing ingredients and was still short after being returned to the kitchen twice. The final was the watery and tasteless humous and thin, aged tzatziki that was genuinely a disgrace. Im not sure I can stress this enough when I say that the dips would have tasted better from a tin. All in, with sincerity I have had much better meals on a budget airline. I dont say that to be mean, but to stress quite how poor the food was. We left feeling sorry for the poor young teenager theyd left to service the restaurant on her own. She tried her best, but wow the kitchen was a disaster. I wish them well and as a local hope they improve. I will not be trying it again for years after tonights terrible experience.
Mar 13th, 2023

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