The Miller Of Mansfield Goring

The room was nice.

The service and food was a let down. We arrived at 1:40pm on Sunday in time to watch the wimbledon mens final and struggled to find someone to check in. We asked a waiter who fetched another waiter. Having said that "we would like to check in please" the first response was "sorry check in is not until 2pm". (Cant believe all rooms miraculously are ready simultaneously at 2pm!) To which we replied "that's ok we'll get some lunch then". Shaking his head the waiter said "I'm not sure if that's possible, we are very busy, do you have a reservation?". Bearing in mind that we were residents and the the restaurant was only two thirds full, after about 10 minutes he returned and said that he could accommodate us but there would be a 20min delay until we could order. Finally some 40 minutes later our order was taken and the food was ok but very limited for a vegetarian. It then took another 30 mins for the food to arrive. Very very frustrating and we missed the first hour of the final :( Asked if we wanted to reserve for dinner I checked the menu which was largely the same as lunchtime (sunday roast) so we declined. Good job as we discovered the restaurant doesn't serve after 7pm on Sunday so went down he road for a pizza!! Nice that they focus on fresh food but it really is more a meat lovers place. The butter and bread is homemade but the butter at breakfast tasted off so we had it changed as did another table but it was just the same. It was also covered in salt which did not go well with the marmalade. We did not feel welcome, more of a hindrance really. I would not recommend the restaurant if you are in a hurry (have less that 2 hours!) or do not want meat.