Chequers Brasserie

Christine B. ( Over 60, Female, United Kingdom )

We have lived in the area for 24 years and during this time have paid quite a number of visits to The Chequers, but always in the past, had super food and service. How things have changed! We went there to dine ten days ago and were seated in the conservatory. My starter was OK but my husband's ‘Classic Moules Mariniere’ was anything but classic and more like ‘Moules a la creme’ as it was more cream than anything else in the sauce [and my husband is on a low fat diet]. We commented about this to our waitress who checked with the kitchen and came back to say it was cooked correctly. [Not according to my husband's hotel school training and 30 plus years in the F&B industry.] We both ordered calves liver for our main course, cooked pink. When this was served, it was not pink, but too thickly cut, dark brown [obviously old], slimy and with the gristly sinews still left in it. We called our waitress to complain and said we would pay for what we had eaten and drunk and asked to see the manager.