The Location
The Chequers
Cray Road
Crockenhill
Swanley
BR8 8LP
Website https://www.thechequerscrockenhill.co.uk
Date of Visit – 22/06/2024
The Food
7 – Pickled Onion Some good-sized pickled onions on the plate (silver skins, as usual), with some gherkins. They were good, flavour, crunch, and not too acidic.
8 – Pickle It’s not Ploughman’s pickle, but it’s no problem. It was a chutney and entirely appropriate and Satisfactory.
7 – Cheese / Ham
Cheese Cheddar – It was OK. But sliced? Was this from a pack of pre-sliced cheese? I’m OK with that because this is still how I feel, just applied it to another dish! A tad on the mild side, I prefer my cheddar to have more West Country oomph. This just seemed like a bit of OK mousetrap. A bit small too, but you should know by now I’m cheese-greedy.
The Ham The ham was a triumph, and once again rescued the cheese and ham score here! Cheese alone would have scored a lot lower. The ham was perfect. Moist, tasty, just the right thickness and a reasonable quantity.
7 – Bread Standard Pub Par-baked baguette. It wasn’t bad, just nicely crisp and warmed.
3 – Spread Butter. The butter was missing, and I had to ask for it. It did arrive quickly and it tasted OK, though.
3 – Presentation The presentation was OK, nothing wrong with it, but there was no journey.
1 – Salad Nothing particularly wrong with it, and it would have been missed. But it was tired and limp.
1 – Originality Pretty standard, nothing stands out.
Food Total: 37
Beverages
7 – Drinks Beer. I had Neck Oil by Beavertown. A reasonable selection of drinks was kept well.
Drinks Total: 7
The Venue
7 – Service The service was good, and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We were made to feel welcome.
8 – Atmosphere Old-fashioned boozer, country setting, more of a town atmosphere. Nice and cosy.
3 – Location Edge of the countryside, quite nice.
4 – Toilets Standard, good.
Venue Total: 22
Total Score: 66
Editor’s Note
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