I visited the Anchor and Hope on a Friday evening after work. My girlfriend and I decided to go for an early dinner before heading out. We arrived at the pub around 5 and were able to grab a table in the bar area for a couple of cocktails (they had two specials on for the evening). I managed to speak to the chap running the tables for the restaurant and our name was put on the list for the 6pm sitting. At 6pm we were led through to a table which had 6 places set. We were sat next to two other couples which was not what we were expecting, however no problems with this set up at all. In fact it was quite a nice change. Within 10 minutes one of the couples had ordered and then 5 minutes after the other couple had ordered. We were left for 30 minutes until we managed to flag down one of the zooming waiters (it is very hectic and they are constantly running backwards and forwards) and requested that we ordered. He took our order for food and wine and carried on. We then realised that in the rush we had forgotten to order any sides to go with our mains so flagged down a different waitress who recommended a couple of items which she then passed on to the initial waiter. He then shouted over for us to remind him of what we had ordered. We got back to chatting and then 10 minutes later our starters arrived; both very good, 1 terrine and 1 deep fried pigs head (which was delicious). This was all well and good however we explained to the waitress that our wine had yet to arrive. We had decided to go for a reasonably decent bottle – mid list, and expected to enjoy this before our food arrived. She rectified this and our wine was brought. After the starters the mains did come in good time – 1 veal and 1 pork, again both very good. When we had finished the mains we were asked if we would like desserts to which we declined and asked for a coffee but in about 10 minutes time as we still had wine left. This request resulted in a look of disgust from the waitress who explained that she could… More