pyramid of salad a remarkable feat in its own right.The dressing was superb and cheese soft and warmed to just the right temperature.

We ordered scampi and chips and a haddock and poached egg gratin with leeks and dauphins potatoes for main courses. There is only so much one can do with scampi but the fact that there was only a fifty pence price difference between it and the ornate haddock dish we were also had made it feel over-priced. By contrast, the haddock dish was great and well-worth the money. The potatoes it was served with were lovely and soft and the gratin sauce with leeks were great.

Service was okay, we bought drinks and ordered food from the bar and this arrived in good time. When we stopped the waitress to order another drink were left unsure if we were expected to go and get drinks from the bar rather than order more via a waitress. The pubs décor is olde worldy featuring lots of copper nik-naks attached to walls and broomsticks hanging from the ceiling above the bar. The reddish lighting felt very artificial in contrast to the sunny day outside, though this may come across better at night. And the green opposite is the perfect place to go for a walk afterwards to shed some of those calories you've just put on.