The Farrars Arms

Great food as always. Love the take out nights.

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Went on a Tuesday Lunch. It was cold inside. The tables and chairs are like old school tables and it doesnt look very welcoming. Maybe just some little vases on the tables with a flower to give a bit of colour might make it feel a bit more inviting? We were given menus including a lunch menu with various dishes at 6. We ordered a tea and a coffee. The tea came and I was constantly stirring the tea to realise it was a herbal teabag! I asked if we could change it and the boy behind the bar said he didnt even know that they served herbal tea! At which point the chef came out to get some beer (for the fish batter I presume?) and said \oh yes they are all mixed in with the normal teabags apparently)!\ We ordered off the lunch menu as we werent starving (which was a good job really)! My hubby had the fish and chips which was a very small portion and I had sausage n mash which was also small... 2 sausages with very thin gravy and mushy peas running into the gravy, served on a plate which looked like I used to get my school dinners on. A bit disappointing to be honest. Maybe I was expecting something a bit like the other picture which has 3 large cumberland sausages, rich onion gravy and fresh veg... presented in a nice bowl (which is only 5.95 in another pub) Maybe serve the mushy peas in a ramekin? Or serve the gravy in a jug? Just my opinion... I think I was expecting more given the history of the pub and the area it is in. Maybe it just needs a few tweaks to make it feel welcoming and present the food a bit better? A few flowers, colourful cushions? Also it would be good to make sure the staff are doing check backs. Had he come back I would have asked for some mustard for my sausages but he was in the kitchen chatting to the chef because there was no-one else in the pub.

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