I visited this hotel on April 5th 2008, as it was my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary, and they wanted all friends and family to have a meal here. I was booked into a room for the night aswell. There were about 30 of us for the celebrations, and the first sign of anything being wrong was when the starters came out - they were rolled out over a 10 minute period, so I had finished mine before my wife even received hers. Also, the soup was cold, and the prawn cocktail was not fresh prawns, and to be honest looked like a plate of vomit. When the main courses arrived it was chaos. Despite the fact that everyone had pre-ordered their food a month earlier, they had no idea of how many dishes of each was required. The food came out slowly, and when it did, it was cold. Veg was served on chilled dishes, and meat was served on cold plates. The potatoes were actually cold inside, and we suspect that the whole lot had been pre-cooked and then attempted to have been re-heated when we arrived. The meat was small, and fatty, and looked like the cheapest cuts of meat possible. In short it was awfull. they started to take away the food, and were asking guests if we would like another meal, but by that time everyone had had enough. Desserts again were poor quality, with powdered lukewarm custard over a re-heated apple pie, or frozen chocolate mousse. In the end we refused to pay for the main course, which I think was generous of us, as it ruined my grandparents' evening. I stayed over, and to be fair the bedroom was nice - although very cold, and with only a thin quilt on the bed. It looks like they are trying to refurb it, as the bedrooms are nice (but cold), whereas the public areas, corridors, dining room etc are dated, and worn out, with duct tape on carpets and wires haning out of the walls. Breakfast again was awfull, cheap, gritty sausages - and in the middle of Lincoln!! Why not serve a good Lincolnshire Sausage? It has recently been taken over by an Indian family, and I think they are trying to penny pinch by serving rubbish food, by incompetent chefs. I would not stay here untill the refurb is complete, and they have sacked the chef.
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