The Bay Horse

We enjoyed the food very much indeed. The starters (crispy squid and butternut arancini) were excellent. The sea bream main was also delicious. My beef was very rare so I be asked for it to be cooked a bit more, which was done with no problem. The amount of vegetables and roast potatoes was a bit outfacing and a bit unnecessary although very well cooked: for example there was a large slice of carrot with the beef but a big side of carrots in the mixed veg. I loved my lemon panacotta with rhubarb and the chocolate ganache was also much enjoyed. My only slight criticism was the service was a bit slow: it took too long for our drinks to arrive as the staff looked unsuccessfully for some Worcester sauce to with my tomato juice, and then although there were only three other tables occupied the otherwise very helpful staff took quite a long time to take our order. The main courses also took a rather long time to come I thought. Overall we really liked the restaurant and will definitely come back.

We had the pleasure of visiting this pub a few years ago and being in the area recently we thought we would visit again. How disappointed we were. It used to be a lovely little pub, warm, cosy, charming and full of character. It felt like a proper old English pub. Now however under new management it has changed and not for the better. It now feels just like any other modern, generic gastro pub. All of the charm and character has either been ripped out or covered over, it may as well be a Weatherspoons. We feel as though it has lowered the tone of the village. The food was OK but it feels as though the chef has got ideas above his station and forgotten that this is a small country pub, and not a Michelin star restaurant. Overpriced, small portions of somewhat pretentious food. The staff seemed nice enough, but overall we were hugely disappointed with our visit. The soul of the place has died, it's such a shame.