Butcher And The Farmer - Forest Lodge

The tea was luke warm and very strong (like it had been sitting brewing for a long time and just poured into a tea pot when someone orders). Might want to see how your serve this for future? Otherwise everything was perfect.

I was very impressed by how tasty the food was, not to mention the service was excellent also. I will definitely be recommending this place to my friends and family.

We went to Butcher and the Farmer on a busy Saturday night for my partners' 30th birthday. The staff were lovely, although we did wait a while for our drinks orders to be taken and brought out, and then again for our meal orders to be taken, but we were all having a lot of fun talking and our waiter was lovely so it was actually fine. The staff were all super polite and helpful, and there were a few issues with our food which they recitified really quickly (some sides were missed, and below). The only gripe I had, was that I ordered a Flat Iron steak, because I've never had that cut before and I wanted to try it. Unfortunately, it was FULL of gristle, like it was in every single bit I cut because it ran through the middle as well as across the steak in sections and I was only able to eat about half of it. When I brought it to the manager's attention she was very apologetic, saying that the cut is known for that, and took it off our bill which was really great and I appreciated it. My only suggestion would be that staff need to be mindful of this in future, to let diners know this if they order it, as it was really disappointing watching everyone around me eat delicious and tender cuts like the Rib Eye and I was sawing through a gristly hunk of meat!

The servings were too large for such rich food. The service was good.

Good food and great venue for a group celebration. Service slow and intermittent.