The Fighting Cocks Pub And Riverside

Beautiful, beautiful place. good old fashion pub at the front then opens to a beautiful winter garden with views of beautiful gardens. eating was a wonderful surprise high end quality, but not high end prices. I've never seen yorkshire puddings in my life like that! the personal was warm and friendly and efficient, not something you always get nowadays! I'll be back very soon.

Food and service were excellent. Nice attitude. Thank you.

Despite having a large menu, the restaurant only offered 1 or 2 gluten-free options. I opted for the fish and chips, which was tasty, but I would have preferred healthier choices. The only gluten-free dessert available was sorbet. Unfortunately, the restaurant was empty when we visited, which created a lack of atmosphere. Although the pub has a good reputation, our experience last night did not live up to our expectations.

This restaurant is a nice and relaxing place to dine, suitable for children and offers vegan options.

This was my first visit to The Fighting Cocks, although my wife and local ladies eat there regularly, also my friends. To begin with the decor and ambeience was excellent and l looked forward to my meal. The waitress recommeded an ale to me which was very good and we selected our meals from the menue. The starter was superb and as good as most restaurants around us, but this is where my experience ended, as the duck l ordrered was teribble and so tough. l tried cutting it to small pieces, but this was very difficult with a blunt knife and tough meat and eventually put a piece in my mouth and tried to chew it. After masticating it for some time l swallowed, but it stuck in my throat and would not go down despite drinking some beer. Being in some discomfort l was eventually forced to go to the gents and try to regurgititate it in order to remove or swallow it, all of which was an unpleasant experience. Eventually after several attempts it finally went down and l was able to return to our table, but no longer wanted to consume any more and we paid the bill and left. l have had problems with tough meet before and should probably not have ordered duck, which is often very chewable. l have to accept part of the blame as l am not a big meat eater and your staff and restaurant is very nice. This has obviously coulored my judgement somewhat, however it would not put me off revisiting The Fighting Cocks or recommending it to other sand my wife will continue to enjoy meals there. My wife and l eat out a great deal, mostly top class restaurants (Rules in London, The Coach House at Ruxley, Dua Mici Chistelhurst, Giacomo 's Weald, Bartella 's Meopham, Harrods and others so appreciate good food, so am happy to put this down to an unfortunate experience with duck, which has to be cooked well to be tender. Please accept this as fair critcicsm with no wish to cause you trouble. Regards. Brian Edwards.