The Kings Arms

Went for Sunday lunch to celebrate my wife's birthday. 3 others in the party had roast pork, whilst I went for roast beef. At keast 50% of the beef I received was fatty or grissle, and was totally inedible. I couldn't even cut one of the slices as my knife would not cut it! I toldtge waitress who apologised profusely. I then ordered a rice pudding as I was still hungry, and got a small ramekin which cost the princely sum of £8.50! Got the bill, and sure enough was charged full price for my inedible roast beef dinner! Needless to say I will never go back there!

Called in for Sunday lunch - we had had a decent meal at the Kings Arms about 18 months ago, and enjoyed it, but on this occasion the food was extremely poor ! The roast beef came up floating in a sea of tasteless, watery gravy - the parsnip and carrots were al-dente to the extent of being barely cooked at all - the roast potatoes were more like boiled, no colour or crunch. Overall, very disappointing and we won't be back for a third time !

Went in for a meal, Saturday evening about 19.30. The menu is very limited and unappealing. Ordered a chicken dish and were told there was a 45 minute wait for food, as we didn't have a lot of time to spend there, we ordered chips and onion rings, which were served quickly. We had about 10 chips for 4.50 and 6 onion rings, also 4.50. Very overpriced. Only about 6 tables eating in the restaurant and because the menu is so limited, cannot understand the long wait.

Have visited in the past and loved it. However this visit was not so good. We decided on the conservatory as it was windy. We waited a very long time for both drinks and food. Food was ok but choice limited (we had a fantastic ploughman’s here in the past but nothing like it was on offer today), and seemed expensive for what it was. I chose pork schnitzel which was ok, but the sauce was split so didn’t look very appetising. Part way through the meal the gardener started cutting down a hedge near the door with a mechanical cutter. To say the noise was horrendous would not be overplaying it. The noise reverberated in the conservatory like we were in a tin can. We were about to complain about the noise when another diner beat us to it. The server closed the door but it only reduced the noise a bit. I very rarely get headaches but was left with a real banger and ringing in my ears for some time. We would have liked to try a dessert and coffee but couldn’t get out quickly enough. To top it off when walking down the path the gardener had left one of his hedge trimmers sticking out of his wheelbarrow and I narrowly avoided walking into it. This had been one of our favourite pubs on the Jurassic coast, but sadly feel like we shall have to find a new one.

The room was cold, unaired and stank of mould, the heating was off and despite several requests stayed off. Black mould all over the bathroom. No response from the manager, but an offer of a room miles away and 25% refund The ceiling was washed, and then painted, black mould in the shower remained. Now the room stank of paint aswell as mould and window was left open, with heating off. Patchy wifi turned off when the staff left. A promised 25% refund was a. insufficient and b. not refunded

We had a lovely evening meal in this cosy pub. The food was delicious but what made the evening stand out was the warm welcome and enthusiasm of the landlord, absolutely nothing was too much trouble. Friendly local pubs like these are getting harder and harder to find so if you’re in the area please pop along and support them. You won’t be disappointed.