This was perfect food for a summer's day. From a list of ballsy English puddings and cheeses, we shared roast lime and honey apricots with vanilla ice cream. There's a wine list of about two dozen bottles. None is priced more than 20 and at least half are available by the glass. With starters at between 4 and 6 and mains at around 10, the Eagle and Child is seriously good value.
Service is friendly and unhurried.
It was simply one of the nicest lunches I can recall in a very long time. Mind you, my sunny disposition may be because some wonderful people recently decided I am so good at eating out on your behalf and then writing smart-arse things about it that I deserve a trophy and a crate of whisky, courtesy of the Glenffidich Food and Drink Awards. The thing is, I'm not a whisky drinker. I told the organisers that, after bribing my bosses with some of it, I intended to give away the last couple of bottles to you, the readers, in a competition. So, to win one of these, we want you to describe in no more than 250 words your worst-ever experience in a restaurant.