The Colliers and Riverside Restaurant

Quite a good village pub/​restaurant with lots of old polished wood and comfortable chairs. There’s a nice restaurant area at the back of the pub near to an outdoor seating area which overlooks the river. We’ve been here lots of times when family/​friends come to visit.
There is a large evening menu, and three vegetarian choices which always stay the same (stuffed peppers, tomato pasta and nut bake). Handy for gluten-​free diets as many meals are labelled Coeliac-​safe. It’s a child-​friendly pub (like so many now) which suits most people I suppose. However, I have been put off my meal two or three times when small shrieking children have been running about on the bare wooden floors.
UPDATE APRIL 2009: We went for lunch there with friends today and I must say we were not impressed. The person behind the bar was not particularly friendly or welcoming. She forgot to bring my coffee for a long time. That was disappointing too — just boring filter coffee (no lattes or cappucinos etc) and only served with some cold milk in a jug — not even cream offered. Later my friend’s ordered Coke was completely forgotten about as well!
We thought that some of the meals were very overpriced for what we got. I had a tiny baked potato which came with a bit of undressed salad. It was served on a large plate which was half empty. The vegetable lasagne was nearly £9 and was the only vegetarian meal on the lunchtime menu other than the baked potato. Veggie lasagne — one of the most boring meals anyone could offer a vegetarian as we’ve had so many throughout the years!
It was a nice quiet place to sit and talk today but that’s the only good thing I can find to say about it. We’ve decided we don’t want to go back, not even in the evening when there’s more choice on the menu, because it’s just not a friendly atmosphere and the coffee is dreadful.