Unfortunately the service was slow as others have ...

Unfortunately the service was slow as others have mentioned it before. Took an hour for starters to arrive even though the place was almost empty. The soup of the day was dried tomato soup. Absolutely delicious soup with tasty soft bread on the side. The temperature of the rib eye steak was perfect, however the taste was absolutely horrible. The steak was bitter with rosemary and tasted like chewing on the herb itself. We had to wait another half an hour to place our dessert orders. They ran out of ice cream, which was hard to understand given that the place wasn't busy at all. This could have been easily avoided with some planning ahead, especially as ice cream isn't a perishable food. The home made brownie had the consistency of a chocolate sponge cake and tasted of gingerbread. The only reason for the 2 stars is the soup. I'm afraid to say that the kitchen here is plain bad. If in the Dickens Inn for food, visit the pizzaria downstairs.