The Powder Mills - Carta

The restaurant has a small but select menu with something delicious for everyone. Food is freshly cooked for each person.

Food was ok. Deep fried Camembert was delicious but to only get 5 pieces of calamari for £12 was deeply disappointing. Will take me a long time to get over that.

We attended a wedding and the meal was in the orangery, the food was very good, as was the service. The room is very nice with a large floral center-piece, the room is a good size for 70-80 wedding guests. Very nice atmosphere. Ver carta

Ate here whilst staying at the hotel. Reasonably priced for beautifully prepared presented food. They are quite happy to serve just a starter dessert. Reasonably priced for the quality of the dishes. Only quibble is the menu remains unchanged each day. Waiting staff are efficient but also very friendly.

We really enjoyed our dinner with 6 friends on Saturday night. Our waitress Patricia was excellent, friendly and professional. There was a good selection of dishes and vegetarian in our group could also choose what they wanted. Wine list had good options from less expensive wines for £26 going up. My burger was very tasty with good quality meat!

The food was very average and expensive. I can cook better myself! Staff were attentive, but a bit scruffy. For that price I would expect coffee after the meal to come out on a tray with a coffee jug or similar. Instead 2 cups were brought out already poured, with coffee all over the saucers. The place (restaurant and hotel) seems to be posh , but REALLY isn 't. I have had far better tasting food at a fraction of the price from a local garden centre on the A22!! And it ISN 'T an old orangery, no matter what they say. It 's a large room with a big skylight. Nice peacock outside, though. Ver carta

This has to be the worst service and portion size I’ve ever experienced. To start with we were told they only had one Chef so they couldn’t do any food till 8:30pm as he was working at a wedding they had at the hotel, not great but fair enough, then at 9pm they final took our order, we couldn’t have the starter we wanted as they were out, so straight to mains, my wife ordered the lamb and when it came out it was 4cm square and was hidden behind a potato for £32) when we complained we were told the chef has turned off the ovens !! He’s only been in the kitchen for 30mins, then comes my steak and chips, the plate came out with no garnish no presentation and was warm at best. It’s spoilt our we...

My dad and I went during the Bank Holiday weekend. Firstly, being on the site of a hotel the whole area is rather beautiful. The outside area has some really nice lakes and there was even a resident peacock and a heron which was nice to walk around and view. We had our meal and the food was very well cooked. I had the scallops followed by the lamb shoulder and the cheese board. The Scallops we very sweet and not at all tough, the parma ham gave a really nice texture difference and the extra salt worked really well. The lamb melted in the mouth and had a nice char on the outside. The stuffing was delicate and lightly spiced, it was very tasty and my only issue is that I wanted more of it, tha...

Here is an example of a dining room punching well above its weight and with charges to match £55 for 3 course meal . The basic food choice on the menu is good and varied 3 meats, 2 fish and a couple of vegetarian dishes but the subtext reveals it is to be doctored with other incongruous ingredients by a clever chef perhaps to justify its boast of fine dining to the highest standard or its 2 rosettes. English good quality food, well prepared should not need to be embellished or enhanced . Service was slow. Delivered almost entirely by a young waitress who could only manage one speed, a Caesar salad took over an hour to serve. She had not been taught table service and admitted knowing nothing... Ver carta