The Coach

My friend and I wanted to try this place after I watched a review on YouTube and told her about it. We were really looking forward to it and I was really pleased to book our table on the morning of our visit. When we arrived, our first thoughts were that the pub was small but cosy and we liked how we had been seated next to each other. A nice touch, easier to talk to each other. A lovely lady called Sarah served us. She explained how the menu worked and she took our orders. The starter came very quickly, a lovely soup. We ate that and we had ordered two sides for our mains. We had ordered chips and some stem broccoli. The pie arrived, along with the broccoli. I could tell that the broccoli was not particularly hot but that was not really an issue at this time. We sat waiting for our chips to arrive as we wanted to enjoy the whole meal together. We were surreptitiously looking around to see if other diners had their chips and they did. We did mention to one another that we hoped they had not forgotten them and it was then that Sarah came back and said that the chips would be a minute. This 'minute' passed and the waiting staff kept looking at us, then looking towards the kitchen and back at us again. Just then, a man, very red cheeks, who we guessed may be the manager or assistant manager came over to our table and said that the chips would be a minute. I joked 'had they forgotten them?' I then said that we did not want to start as we wanted to enjoy the whole meal and we hoped that the food would not go cold. He then leaned right into my face and said 'Well, why don't you eat it and then it won't will it!' in a very annoyed, rude way. To say that my friend and I were shocked was an understatement! The staff avoided us after this and people on the table next to us saw that something was amiss. Sarah eventually came back, and sheepishly asked us if we would like dessert. We declined. Obviously, by this point we just wanted to leave. I went to use the ladies and when I came back my friend was explaining to the man with the red cheeks how we were shocked at the way he had spoken to us. He then turned to me as I neared them and he said ' Well, she accused me of forgetting the chips. We then left and said that we would never go there again and we wouldn't.