A beautiful Cream Tea followed by a great pub dinner

I HAD a big day of eating on Tuesday with Afternoon Tea and a meal out in the evening. Rachel and I headed to Orles Barn in Ross-on-Wye. It was a gorgeous sunny day and as we were the only ones there for Cream Tea we sat out in the sun. There are a range of options but we went for the £8 one.


There was a large pot of tea and egg mayo and ham finger sandwiches. The bread was really fresh and the ham was proper ham- none of this wafer thin stuff. There was three of these each. Then there were two raisin scones each. They were super tasty- particularly with the beautiful raspberry jam and thick clotted cream which was so clotted it was a yellowy colour- it was like butter. Really beautiful scone. And pretty good value. My only criticism would be a greater selection in the sandwiches would have been appreciated.

In the evening I went to The King’s Head with Jemma, Beccy and Helen. I had heard good things about this place but had never been. It was a really busy Tuesday night. There is a really good menu with lots of choice, although I don’t think there were any specials. I went for the Rib Eye Steak for the main course, which was £14.95. It was delicious- the meat was perfectly cooked and so tender with fat running through- as rib eye should have. Served with this was homemade onion rings- with a beautiful crisp batter, chips, a fresh salad and a mushroom. Overall it was delightful.

I was forced to have a pudding (!) so went for the Chocolate, nut and raisin brownie with vanilla icecream (£4.95). It was good but not amazing. There were too many chunky hazlenuts in it for my liking and the raisins were a bit chewy. Other than that the brownie was a good texture.

The staff were good but they weren’t very attentive, for example they didn’t ask if our food was ok and it took a while to get the bill. Other than that though they were very friendly. I would recommend this pub.