By the time hunger set in we were fairly well lubricated and the menu of sturdy looking pub grub looked appetising. What arrived ranged from the tasty and homemade to the bland and fresh from the freezer. My cumberland sausage, yorkshire pudding, chips, peas and gravy (about £8) was average at best. The sausage was a good meaty specimen but everything else seemed to be from the freezer camp. And the gravy was too runny.
Sausage, yorkshire, chips, peas, gravy
Chicken curry (yes with half rice half chips)
Sticky toffee pudding (half eaten, couldn't wait)
No other tables were occupied in the dining room for the duration of our meal. There were 6 of us, enough to create our own atmosphere but it would otherwise have been rather peculiar as we were regaled throughout by compulsory classical hits from Radio 3. The stereo next to our table was accompanied by this sign:
In summary, I didn't quite know what to make of the Fox & Hounds. There were some good things (some of the food and beer, the puddings, the setting) but plenty of bad (some of the food and beer, surly staff, weird signs). Maybe it would be better in summer...
5/10
Fox and Hounds Inn
West Burton
North Yorkshire
DL8 4JY
http://www.fhinn.co.uk/
4 comments:
Sounds grim. If you're in the area again I'd recommend either The Wensleydale Heiffer or The Streethead Inn, both of which are about 5mins drive from West Burton.
Thanks Lester. Heard good things about the Heifer, will have to check out The Streethead too...
Glad to have found somewhere to post some comments. My sister and I booked a twin room - they confirmed in writing. Got there to be given a double - the owner's answer to this was to squeeze in a Zed-bed, which provided a rough night's sleep. Notices everywhere - one in the "new" shower told you to be careful with the door because regular "mis-use" by customers resulted in it falling off a lot! (It was a simple sliding door - God knows what people found to do with it.) Another notice told us not to open or shut the window because of house-martins nesting! I think they were more welcome than us! On paying in the morning the owner made no attempt to reduce the bill until I suggested it was a bit steep to expect me to pay full whack to sleep on a put-u-up bed and that youth hostels had provided me with more comfort in the past. He finally grudgingly agreed to reduce by £15 after haggling. Then he reminded me that I'd had the use of a £3000 shower!!! Well, he was robbed and should have got his builders back. One to be avoided in future.
Thanks for commenting chriscross. Weird place. Putting notices all over the place telling you not to do things is not how to run a pub with rooms.
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