Restaurants in Milton Abbas

The Fox Inn

(Updated 2024)Having been back to the Fox a few times since my previous review, I thought it important to update things. Every time I've been there in the past few years, the service and food have been really good. From a simple meal out with a friend, to a full-on family birthday celebration, things have always been great.Went again last night (Feb '24) and had an excellent meal. Staff were, again, really helpful and friendly.------------------------(Originally posted in 2018)The Fox is one of our local pubs and we've visited for a meal occasionally, but haven't been for while. We booked a table for early evening by email, which was confirmed in due course. The staff were nice and friendly and the main courses were really nice. Good quality and sensible portion sizes. After the main course, we ordered dessert. We were told there would be a 10 minute wait for these as they needed to be made (Waffles and chocolate fudge cake in this case). Not a problem, we thought.After half an hour, the desserts arrived. We'd almost given up on them! The fudge cake was OK, quite tasty and very rich, but both of the servings of waffles were pretty much stone cold - a bit like eating cardboard. Unfortunately, they were pretty much inedible.The staff were apologetic and didn't charge for the waffles. It's a real shame, because all the other parts of the meal were very good, but the huge delay and poor quality of the desserts was a real let-down.At £55 for 3 people, (no alcoholic drinks), the prices are around the norm for pub dining. We'll try again in the future I'm sure, and hopefully be able to rate it a bit higher.(The cheesecake we bought in the shop on the way home was lovely!)