Arkle Manor

The Arkle Manor Harvester is a pub with an ambitious restaurant. Located on the A25 between Dorking and Reigate, it does have a good catchment area with access to customers with good spending power
The whole building is shiny and modern and the restaurant is given due prominence. Service was friendly through my visit but the staff weren’t really familiar with the dishes
I had the scallops and deep fried breaded goat cheese starter, which was served with salad with pomegranate seeds. These are all things that I enjoy eating but not at the same time. An odd combination that didn’t really come together as one dish
For main course, I ordered the pan fried calves liver with Parmentier potatoes, Savoy cabbage & pancetta lardons. This is a restaurant dish which I really enjoy when it’s done right and one which I rarely cook at home. Sadly, the liver lacked char grill marks, which add a little texture and charred flavour. It also tasted a little under. The potatoes were nicely crunchy but salty. The salad was also over seasoned
Happily, the meal ended on a high note with an exemplary sticky toffee pudding served with ice cream
Ambitious menu let down by some of the execution

Chain pub which usually within this chain they churn out pretty good quality food and offer a good service, unfortunately on my visit to the Arkle Manor this was not the case. The service was friendly enough and the waiters were overall attentive. However there was a missed meals, no check back so had to hunt down a waiter and ask where it was.
The food itself was fairly poor, my burger was dryer than the Sahara and looked like it had been left under a hot lamp for about 2 hours, several of my friends complained of the same issue.
My friends lamb rack was tiny, overcooked and chewy and well overpriced for what he got.
Was very disappointed, the only saving grace was the outside area is really nice and large and thankfully the staff are capable enough to open a bottle of cider and give a glass with ice in. Shame the cooking staff let the experience down.