Rutland Arms, Baslow (Baslow (Derbyshire))

Member Name: Probably have food poisoning

Product:	Baslow (Derbyshire)
Date:	02/01/09 (495 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Didn't find any

Disadvantages: Food, Service, hygiene

I paid a visit to the Rutland Arms, Baslow today, and ordered lunchtime food as part of a family birthday celebration. I feel I have to email to express how awful the food and service were. It really was the worst food I have ever tasted. We were greeted with "shall I tell you what we haven't got?", and after a forty minute wait, what we did get was obviously pre-packed food which had been re-heated. The waitress visited our table once during the wait, to inform my husband that his choice from the menu was something else that they hadn't got.
The food was deposited on the table with a request of "who's this for?". Two children's portions of spaghetti arrived with a small mound of bolognese on top. Freshly turned out of its mould, the bolognese was still cold, and so a request was made for it to be heated further. The plates were removed from the table and returned quickly afterwards without a word from the waitress.
Further lukewarm and uninspiringly presented plates were delivered in a similar fashion, and we were left alone to attempt to digest the offerings. My husband expressed our disappointment to the bar staff upon paying the bill and was given no appropriate response, let alone any hint of an apology.
We left customers on a neighbouring table writing their names in the dust on a shelf. They had ordered a risotto; "it will take longer than the other things 'cause it's not on the ordinary menu", informed the waitress. There was plenty of dust to keep them amused, and they would have had time to visit the rather unsavoury toilets too.
A glitch on this website meant I had to give a minimum of one star as a rating. I really didn't want to award any stars at all.

Summary: Go somewhere else