The Watermill Inn, Dorking

Our Granny, Aunt and Great Aunt recently came down for the weekend and we needed somewhere close to their hotel for a big family meal. This is how we stumbled upon The Watermill Inn.

It's a Chef and Brewer pub, so has the usual hearty pub grub menu with lots of variety to meet everyone's taste. The staff were friendly, joking around with us all ensuring we felt right at home.

The best part about this pub is its location, overlooking the rolling hills of Surrey. I can imagine it to be the perfect romantic landscape, especially on a warm summer evening.

The Watermill Inn was also a chance for my Mum, Dad and Uncle to reminisce about when they were younger and the pub use to have a dance floor, with the three of them coming down for the weekly 'disco'. It sounded super cute and lots of fun, if only the disco was still going today!

I think we all agreed though, the puddings were ammmaaazing! I'm not really one for sweet things but they were just too tempting. Below are our top three...

Cookie Cup- My cousin just couldn't wait, understandably! 

Traditional Apple Pie and Custard

My favourite- The Eaton Mess cheesecake.

Finally, Mum and I couldn't resist but to finish off the evening with a glass of prosecco at the bar.

Bubbbbly

So there you go, the Watermill Inn, Dorking. Great atmosphere, yummy food, and pretty views.

Cost: Reasonable, pretty standard pub prices (see chef and brewer website).
Activities: Eating; Drinking.

The Surrey Sisters x

The Anchor, Wisley

Yesterday the plan was to head over to RHS Wisley Gardens, however, just as we pulled in we realised our membership cards were still at home. So plan B engaged and we went to The Anchor pub for a lunch al fresco.

The Anchor Pub, Pyrford Lock, Wisley

The sun was shining, unusually, which lead to us to hunt for a table. The place was busy with families on bike rides, canoeists stopping for a break, dog walkers and friends sharing bottles of wine. Eventually, we managed to get a table right by the lock, enabling us to watch the boats saunter by and the ducks glide along the water while mum went to get our drinks (which took her around 15 minutes as the queue was trailing out of the door). 

The 'Rosy and Jim Boat' which did a 3 point turn, very impressive!

You can buy a bag of duck food for 50p inside the pub

Eventually she returned with 3 large diet cokes and a handful of menus. There was so much to choose from but we settled on two hand carved ham with wholegrain mustard mayo baguettes at £5.20 each and a classic gourmet burger with cheese and bacon for £10.49. The chilli cheese chips sounded too good to resist so we had a portion of those to share between us for an additional £3.95. Not the healthiest lunch around but as it happened the portions were big enough not to warrant dinner that evening.

Ham baguette with some kettles crisps

Gourmet Burger 

Chilli chesse chips, like sloppy joes with mustard and jalapeños

Food quotes lining the plates

Cute pub, perfect for a summers day. Another great thing is you can bring your dogs into the outside area- providing they are well behaved of course! I think our pups would be tempted by a swim...

Cost: Reasonable, a tad on the pricey side.

Activities: Eating; Drinking; Socialising 


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