"What can I say? New Inn, which web-describes itself as a beautiful 17th ? c. former coaching inn in an iconic building in the heart of Cerne Abbas, one of the prettiest villages in England , is genteely decorated in those muted colours currently loved by a plethora of Inns and gastro-pubs dotted around the country, and is now so blandly well-groomed as to have lost whatever character and magic it may once have possessed. Hoping for one of its own webpage-described fabulous food in a charming setting experiences for our special Birthday lunch, the sample web-menu, when we booked, promised much. On the day, the weather behavd itself and we were seated in outside on the patio ....my husband ordered and received! a very nicely-cooked 30 steak. I, finding that the delicious-sounding celeriac soup I 'd noticed on the web-sample menu was no longer on the menu, looked for another starter. Asking how many king scallops £14 came in the portion was told there were 3, and, thinking the price a tad steep for only 3, I opted, instead for a starter, also £14 which sounded great, of asparagus and pecorino cheese in a chili salsa.... Well, my delicious-sounding £14 starter of asparagus/pecorino/chili turned out to be, when it materialized ........a biggish white plate on which were grandly sat a teaspoon-size dollop of green/white stuff presumably the pecorino ?, but tasting of absolutely nothing and..... wait for it!..... THREE bright green spears of asparagus set on top of a minute smear of chili-ish oil. In short, here, at New Inn, it seems that sometimes you get what you pay for and sometimes you don 't!"
