Hi, well a year ago we came to The Trout for the first time and we had an excellent meal and service. So returning again we were ready for a feast, a treat for our daughter who is at university nearby. The waiting staff were brilliant, friendly and really helpful. they did tell us you are closing for refurbishment for a month and quite a few of the dishes we were going to choose weren't available. Our food arrived but was sadly not to the standard we had last year. My husband ordered the Trio of Meat but was a little surprised that the chicken was a chicken leg instead of sliced meat not what he expected .. it was as though the chefs were just using up whatever they could find in the freezer. Our daughter had the Nut Roast but that was really a very small portion of crumbs, it looked a bit messy not a proper slice but the waitress had said it was the last slice but it wasn't really good enough. I had the Roast Salmon which was okay but nothing like the fish dish I ate a year ago. The puddings, my husband had crumble which wasn't very hot, but the custard was hot though and our daughter and myself had the mini Dark Chocolate, Hazelnut Mousse which was more whipped cream with a few hazelnuts and the smallest teaspoon of set chocolate mousse on top, it was really disappointing. Before we came I had noticed on line that some of the recent reviews were reading a little disappointing I did ask when I booked if everything in the kitchen was okay and I was told that all was well. We didn't say anything last night as we didn't want to spoil the evening. If it hadn't been for the waiting staff who as I said earlier were brilliant then we would have said something. It would have been a nice gesture if we'd been offered a free dessert or something as lots of the dishes weren't available. We will come again but do so hope that as well as the refurbishment of the premises you get the food up to the high standard it was a few months ago, as the potential you have at The Trout is fantastic please don't let the standard go down. So I'm really sorry to say our visit was disappointing.