Disappointing. First of all both my first choices of starter and main course were not available, and this as early as 7:00pm.
The black pudding in my second choice starter was overcooked.
After main courses were cleared away we waited and waited for main courses. After about half an hour the waitress came and asked if we would like to see the dessert menu, at which we pointed out that we had not yet been served our main course!
She disappeared, not to be seen again. Eventually one of my friends stopped a passing waitress and asked about our main courses and she went in search of them.
Finally our main courses appeared with an apology that they had taken so long.
As soon as I started to eat my sea bass it was obvious that it had been left standing for quite some time, as it was as stiff as cardboard. When the waitress asked if our meals were all right, we pointed this out to her (2 of us had ordered the sea bass).
She apologised and took our plates away, then came back to say that they would be re cooked and would be about 7 or 8 minutes. This meant that the third member of our party ate his meal first and had finished before the other 2 of us even started!
When our sea bass finally arrived it was properly cooked and was good, but the third member of our party then had to sit and watch us eat. Hardly a pleasant experience, and not the treat intended for my friend's birthday!
I don't think we will be rushing back to the Calverley Arms.
We have both recently logged on to the Vintage Inns loyalty app, but if this is the level of service we receive, I don't think we'll be using it again in a hurry.