"On a glorious afternoon, we decided to take a long walk to the village as we knew this place had an outdoor beer garden and we could sit in the sun and enjoy a pint. The service was friendly and the beer garden quiet, so...we got exactly what we were looking for. After a couple of drinks and too much sun, we opted to give the restaurant another go (see previous review in Dec Again, service friendly and efficient (albeit we were the only ones in there) and the deal was good value: for dishes from the Tapas menu and a bottle of house wine. We were even allowed to swap the Chardonnay offered for a Pinot, so far, so good. That was where the positives ended I'm afraid. Tapas it was not. We have friends who own a Tapas place and eat there all the time, we've also had the Tapas at Abby's on several occassions, so we know what we were expecting. Meatballs were tiny and cooked to within an inch of their lives, sauce was too salty. Lamb had been cremated and in the same over-seasoned sauce ontop of what was clearly salad' left over from the previous day as I expect, were all the dishes. Potatoes were okay' but the worst two dishes by far were the beef in white wine and garlic and the mixed seafood Paella. The beef was chewy and whatever it had been cokoked in rendered it inedible. Horrible, vinegary taste. The Paella was not Paella. It was Uncle Ben's WHITE? rice, with a few tiny, tiny prawns, three rings of rubbery squid and two mussels. I suspect, straight from the freezer fish pie mix from Morrisons. No seasoning, nothing. A hugely disappointing meal yet again. We heard some guys talking in the garden about how poor the restaurant is and how badly it is losing customers now we know why. This was second chance saloon for this place and unfortunately, it failed again. Can't fault the friendliness of the staff/owners and we will probably visit for another drink, but no way will we part with cash for food here in the future. Such a shame, this place could be so good."
