A wheely good roast? Not so much

I had heard a lot of good things about The Wheel at Naphill so nursing a slight hangover I took my friends, Michelle and Penny, to go and try it out for Sunday lunch. It is a funny shaped pub and is bigger than you think it is. There was a nice fire going in the bar area and we were seated out the back, which was a dark and cramped. It was also really noisy. It took quite a while to be even given the menus, which is quite simple and reasonably priced.


I went for the roast chicken, as did Penny. When it came it was presented quite nicely but the chicken was a chicken breast rather than roast chicken, which left me a bit disappointed. The parsnip and roast potatoes were good and actually the Yorkshire pudding was excellent. It was served with a selection of vegetables including cabbage, carrots and cauliflower. For £8.95 this was pretty good but it wasn’t amazing and there was no stuffing. It was lacking anything to make it an amazing roast.

Michelle went for the chicken and ham pie. The waiter forgot to ask what she would like it served with. It came with chips so Michelle asked for mash, which took a bit of time to arrive. The pie looked good- lots of pastry but it was a little burnt in the middle.

Overall I wouldn’t rush to go back to this pub for Sunday lunch. There are better roasts in the area.