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Dinner was a treat for a special birthday and didn’t quite live up to the hype. We were asked if we had been before (we hadn’t) and we were told there was no choice, the menu ‘was it’, although we could add nibbles and pay extra. No mention of why the dishes had been selected for the evening or where the ingredients had come from. We ordered ‘a nibble’, turnip, pickled carrots and seed butter - delicious. Starter, also lovely, served with chunks of tasty sourdough bread. It then went downhill. I wasn’t expecting frills, which was good as there weren’t any, but the pottery water mugs were so rough hewn on the edges I thought they were finger bowls. The main course was chicken pie and buttermilk potatoes with greens and some salad leaves. I was delighted with this option, but the pie came in a laughably small dish (between 2) with barely any chicken, a salty, watery stock and soggy pastry; the mashed potatoes with a spoonful of greens were unpleasantly oily, although the salad leaves, which seemed a strange addition, did at least add some welcome freshness. The panna cotta dessert was not to our taste, but that’s personal preference and the chance you take when there is no choice. All in all for nearly £150 (with a drink each and service charge) a very underwhelming meal and I really wished I had spent my birthday elsewhere.