My friends and I often go to Tocketts for our monthly catch up and always rated it one of our favourite places to eat. However on this occasion we were somewhat disappointed. We do appreciate that there were only a couple of waitresses on and another setting tables. One came and asked us what we wanted to drink after a couple of minutes and we're we served in about 5 mins. About ten minutes later the same lady came and asked for out order and as we had what we usually order gave her our decision. That's when the problem started. We waited for over 30 minutes for our food to arrive. I always have the quiche but on this occasion I was extremely disappointed. It was half the size and not only did it seem overcooked but arrived with boiled potatoes. I would have preferred chips again, which I usually have, but was never offered. My friend's meals were lovely,the small plate dinners with beef. We then waited nearly 30 minutes after we had finished for someone to come and collect our plates,in fact I was about to get up and put them on the bar. We decided to ask the young lady who was settling the tables to clear ours and after she'd finished doing her table she finally went and got someone. We then decided on having the special as our desert at £9.25 that was also disappointing. It was lemon meringue pie with raspberries, actually only two, raspberries sorbet,a very small scoop,meringue pieces, again not even two small broken up pieces and a green tweel,which my friends left. We complained to the waitress who eventually came to clear the table and she said she would tell the person who did the deserts about our dissatisfaction. As I said it was extremely busy and can somewhat understand with the shortage of staff. However it is sad that our once favourite place to go has gone down in our estimations.
Tocketts Mill Country Park and Restaurant – Guisborough