This was a visit due to a recommendation who was championing the food they serve here at The Hare & Hounds! Having been out recently for a wonderful meal in Winster I was expecting something unique here due to the quite high prices of their food. Comparable to The Brown Horse Inn but without the classic dishes. So simple meals such as burgers, pies and sausages for example should be easy for a well trained chef/Cook. We put our order in plus drinks but the starter came before the drinks. It is much quicker to go to the bar yourself as the table service on drinks was very slow! The starters looked fine although I didn't order one myself. Then came the mains. The sausage meal didn't come with the ordered veg although no complaint was made. We just got on with it. The pie could have done with an additional pot of gravy! The burger was very tough, needed a lot of chewing and lacked any flavour other than salt!. Like it had either been frozen before hand or squashed during the cooking which starved it of any juices. It was very salty which was over whelming. It was not possible to eat more than a third. Was it due to the salty bacon placed on top of the burger while cooking or just over seasoned? Hard to say. Either way it was like having a salt mouth wash. The fries were about 30 to 45 seconds under cooked. They were just done, they were still white and lacked that browness you get when they are fried crispy and Hot! They also came in a little pot which resulted in a very small portion. Why they don't put them on the plate is beyond me! Just be more generous! It's not like frozen fries cost much! It didn't make the presentation of the dish any better. Just adds to more unnecessary washing up. The coleslaw was okay but this did need to be in the pot as it was a little runny which would have resulted in a soggy bap and fries. I wanted to be impressed but it was very mediocre indeed. I'm sure there are some dishes the chefs/cooks aspire to and create well. But at least get the basics right! Maybe this was one off! Maybe people just don't know what a good burger and fries is and don't make constructive criticism when things are not very good! Either way, I hope this review is taken on board and they rethink how they make and cook burgers and reacess the way they fry and present fries! Just turn the salt down please!
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