The Indigo At The Ardington

This has always been my favourire restaurant and I 've never been disappointed over many years.We don 't come often as my husband doesn 't eat fish and can 't stand the smell of it either. As much of the menu is always fish,this never leaves him much choice of starters or mains..and there is often a strong smell of fish as you enter the room...which I do understand can 't be helped.I looked at the menu before we went and they had his favourite(lamb chops) so we went on our wedding anniversary.He ordered the chops and I had the pork belly.Any extra vegetables are a pricey £4.20 a portion..even mash.In the same list available veg it listed selection of vegetables .I thought perhaps just a spoonful of perhaps 3 or whatever.No,the waiter told me,it just means you can order any from the list at £4.20 each. Do people pay £8.40 if they want mash and beans say?The mains arrived,on nice but heavy,tepid plates.My pork belly and the rice were just warm.The only sauce was atop the pork,leaving the rice and chopped sald totally dry.They brought more sauce when I asked for some.The chops had fries and a pile of chopped salad.I thought the menu had shown grilled tomatoes and mushrooms but as it had been taken away,maybe my mistake so I didn 't say anything.Checking the menu when we left,the chops should indeed have had tomatoes and mushrooms,so a bit lazy to just put salad on there.Hubby said the chops and chips were fine but we had to catch someone 's eye to get a steak knife which you always need for small chops.No one came up to ask if all was ok although they passed the table numerous times..No one came up to pour the very heavy flagon of water for any of the 3 glasses I had...a small point but service all the same. Hubby said the Merlot was very nice.When the bill came we saw a 10% service charge had been added...maybe it 's always been on there but I think a bit outdated for a couple having one course.We always leave 10% for service but don 't want it forced on me,especially when it was just adequate.To sum up:chef needs to serve what the menu describes ie,toms and mushrooms. The plates need to be hot,as does the pork.Take off the menu the suggestion that you can have a dish of mixed vegetables for £4.20,and put a steak knife on the table when chops are ordered.The food was nice,the service pretty non existent...and just so disappointing after so years of excellent food AND service.

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Have been to the Indigo Restaurant on numerous occasions and couldn't fault it until now! Maybe it was because they were running an two for one offer for the month of September but I would rather have paid the full price and got a decent meal. I had the beef and lamb roast £20.50) and was presented with two pieces of curly dried up meat. I queried which was the lamb and which was the beef and was told not sure but there was definitely one of each. The meat was placed on a plate of very strong gravy and you couldn't tell which was which by look or taste. I feel the meat was either cooked the night before and sliced up or placed on the plate in the morning and left to dry. It certainly wasn't tender and I can only liken it too old school dinners or a very cheap cafe. The best thing on the plate was the roast potato actually I had two but so small they were cut very small. Next came the dessert and I thought I would have the pineapple with passion fruit and coconut ice cream. £8.50) The pineapple was cut so thin that you really didn't have to chew it. The passion fruit was just a mound of pips and the ice cream was a ball the size of a table tennis ball. I began to realise that really it was not a two for one offer as Indigo was obviously cutting its offering to fit the bill and the amount people would be paying for it. They say if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. I have reviewed Indigo before and gave it five stars. I wont be recommending my friends go there and I will not be going again. What a shame as genuinely thought it was one of the nicest in Worthing before this.

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Had a working breakfast here. Service was excellent and breakfast was delicious. Fairly expensive but as it’s a buffet style with unlimited juices/hot drinks it is actually very good value.

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Again another excellent dinner for our group…great service lovely food. We use the Eden Room for our functions at the hotel it’s perfect for numbers under 50.

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Ten of us went to celebrate a 60th birthday. Great company, fab venue, amazing staff and gorgeous food. Perfect. We can’t wait to go again!

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