The Harrow Inn - Tandridge

Fantastic organisation from Rachel and her team. We were a party of 24 with a wide range of food choices which were all delicious and somehow managed to appear simultaneously. There was great attention to detail and lovely food and staff. Thank you it was brilliant

Very disappointed with meal. Fish and chips was 90% batter and 10% fish which was really overcooked and the cod was extremely chewy. Fish and chips used to be so nice here, never again. Staff asked about meal and when I said we were disappointed she said “sorry about that” and walked away

Food isn’t that great. The manager seems to think it’s great but it isn’t try drinking less and then taste your food took Ages to Arrive Luke warm and not very tasty. Pub is in need of refurbishment carpets very dirty toilets smelly

Excellent food. Quick friendly service. 5*. Was busyish for Monday lunch but was served fast and the food was hot and tasty.

The menu seemed fair enough, but perhaps it's a case of form over function. Here's my story, but first let me tell you the best bit of the whole experience was a drink before sitting at the table. I arrived slightly earlier than the rest of my friends and had a pint of Amstel. It was very pleasant and I thought set the tone for the evening. Wrong. The starter was smoked mackerel pate, or rather was supposed to be. Apparently it was quite good for those who got it, but they messed up my order. I graciously accepted the food they had brought to the table and soon after realised that wasn't the best idea. Several people had the mezze plate which I received. It was definitely quantity over quality. All the people who had it said it was hotter than they expected and left most of it. Not liking the idea of wasting food I ate it all but the only bit the other four people ate was the feta cheese. Next was the main course. Rare steak, my favourite. £24.50. What’s not to like? This should be great! Wrong. Again... The steak was really small. The cut of meat was very poor quality. Half of it was ok, not great. Quarter of it was fat and other quarter was like solid gristle. You can’t do that with rare steak and expect to get away with it! Then another round of drinks. Surely this would go right. Guess what… wrong again! They messed up the order and missed my drink. I had to remind them. That’s not the way it should work. Meanwhile some of my friends weren’t expecting their meal to be hot there was no indication it would be. They couldn’t eat any of it and as it was past 9pm, apparently food could no longer be cooked. They were offered dessert as compensation, so they had no main meal. I got the impression that the staff were desperate to shut up shop for the night. The desert was half decent but my stomach wasn’t so I couldn’t finish it. I walked out feeling sick. To sum up it was a bad experience for me personally and a number of my friends. The staff were modest enough but not competent enough; there were only nine of us and they couldn’t get the order right for food or drinks. And either the chef wasn’t up to it or they buy lousy quality products, or both. I will not go there again.