Guest User
January 4, 2025
We came here for Christmas Day Lunch a couple of years ago and it was fine - not haute cuisine but the food was very good, the staff lovely and the setting beautiful. This year.... I understand Haselbury Mill has just been sold, but that doesn't excuse the quality of the food. My starter was fine, but I object to paying for rolled turkey: the slices fell into little bits and the 'skin' was certainly not turkey skin, but some sort of coloured fat (had a number stamped on it!). The veggies were okay and a good selection; however, the stuffing was inedible, and the roast potatoes and parsnips needed a steak knife to cut them. Not fancying the other puds on offer, we decided on gingerbread creme brulee - a big mistake! It was horrid. Finally, one of us experienced a 'mud flow' of sludge at the bottom of her coffee cup, but thankfully she didn't have a mouthful of it. The waitress whisked the cup away in disgust. The staff were so hard-working and friendly, the Tithe Barn is a glory and it was beautifully decorated. The food was not dire, as the review below, but left a lot to be desired.