The Lamb On The Strand - Wiltshire

Our first visit for several years and we were impressed. Friendly service and good food. I opted for fish and chips, which was lovely, and everyone else enjoyed their lamb and mint burgers. I did find the chairs in the dining room a little uncomfortable, and it was a tight fit around the table, but otherwise, a very positive experience and we will return. Price per person: £30–40

Met friends for lunch, we all had great meal, log fires were burning, cosy atmosphere, what a lovely place, will go again soon Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Fantastic family lunch out today. The lamb was very good and vegetarian baked celeriac was a fabulous non meat roast option. Service was first class Price per person: £30–40 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

First time visit since new owners took over, had Saturday lunch, very limited menu,quite expensive for such a limited selection.Starter of rillette nicely presented apart from small amounts of what looked like small thin pieces of toast on which to spread rillette, no additional bread offered. Fish and chips quite greasy, have never seen such small ramekins for mushy peas and tartare sauce.Apple cake for desert was really tasty. All in all really disappointed, as previous visits had been positive with good portions and choices, admittedly all under previous ownership. Need to review pricing strategy and possibly add to the lunch menu, having a veggie burger and venison burger on the same menu is not very enticing to come for a visit

This is a lovely venue in the beautiful countryside of Wiltshire. We were warmly greeted by the staff, as we came in, and the great service carried on throughout the evening. We were seated at a slightly odd table in a corner, perfectly adequate, I just felt a bit in the way. Menus were handed out, although I'd looked online and set my heart on delights already, and we had a couple of drinks to get started. We went for a sharing arrangement for our starters and had the crispy pickled root veg, the bread and pistachio butter alongside the trout rillettes. The bread and butter were lovely, different combination that worked well. The pickled veg were nice, but some you needed your good teeth for whilst others were very soft. I'm told, as I'm not a fishy person, that the trout rillette was divine. Main course arrived and as usual I went for haddock and chips. I know this contradicts my previous paragraph but everything is better deep fried in batter! The Mr went for the spicy bean burger, which looked fabulous. A couple of niggles would be that the burger was very squishy for a bean burger, it kept trying to escape from the bun. I usually order fish and chips as it's a great way to compare how different chefs manage with batter. The chips were thick, chunky and crispy as anything. The tartare sauce was really good, as were the crushed peas sounds daft but they tasted of peas, not making them like other places where they add god knows what to them! My niggle was that halfway through the fish which was beautifully cooked and moist the batter went a bit stodgy and lost its crispiness. It's a small thing, not really worth mentioning on the night as everything else was top notch. Dessert arrived, as it always seems too... I had the pumpkin spiced set custard which was a delight to look at, as well as eat. The custard was smooth and not over spiced, and it came with filo shards and the lightest meringue I've ever eaten. The Mr had the cheescake which was a concoction of blond chocolate and mascarpone. It also comes with Horlicks ice cream which I tried and can safely say it was yummy. It wasn't a cheap night out, but overall it was worth the money. Next time I'd like to sit by the fire in the little dining room, not in a hallway. Please take yourself there and enjoy.