The Farmhouse at Fincham

Lovely location, looks great when you drive in. The positives first,the reception and restaurant are very nice and staff are friendly. However, that’s where it ends. The room I was in was in a “lodge”, they appear to be units fitted into a wooden lodge,they call them “stable” rooms. There were 3 single rooms in the lodge I was in. Now I feel I was very lucky because the one night I was there the other rooms were not booked but I can only imagine how noisy it would be if all rooms were occupied. That said, the unit inside was very clean, outside was awful, spiders webs all over the doors, window. I understand it’s out in the country but a brush down now and again would be beneficial. No wifi at all out of the main building, apparently a “recent” issue. Dogs everywhere, barking so again, nothing against dogs but irresponsible owners just letting them bark with no thought for other guests. Not somewhere I would return to.

This lovely setting, which is a joy to behold, has a dark secret or two. First, and it's still a secret, that after waiting 40 minutes for our food, the 'chef' came and apologised for the delay and warned of a further 20 minutes delay. That turned into 35 minutes. The secret is, why, when there were only 6 other people in the entire restaurant??? Worse still, the food was simply awful. There is no other way to describe it, or try to be kind to it. It was simply dreadful. We had dry, overcooked burgers that probably had never seen salt nor pepper, let alone any other herb, spice or flavouring to help it onto a plate. Bland, would be kind. The unfortunate roll in which it came, was a cheap supermarket version that stuck to the roof of your mouth. The 'hand cut' chips were not in the least crispy, but dry and tasted like cardboard. To accompany this disaster, was another! Red cabbage (only!) 'coleslaw' that had more vinegar than mayo. In 50 years of eating out, I can honestly state this was probably the worse meal I've ever had. I didn't pay for my meal and should not have paid for anything else either, but we were with friends and it was bad enough without making further, albeit well deserved fuss! Back in the 70's, Britain had a terrible reputation around the world for the quality of food available when eating out. It was like going back in time! NEVER again shall I visit this place!

First class

Review So basic it was uncomfortable

Clean, good service, would stay again.

Lovely setting with great service