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Review of Horse and Hound Inn

August 13th, 2007

Horse and Hound Inn,
Ballinaboola,
Foulksmills,
Co. Wexford,
Ireland

Handy place for pitstop on main Cork-Rosslare road but food can be hit or miss.

On the recent roadtrip from Cork to Rosslare, I gave the 8 year old the option of stopping in McDonalds in Dungarvan/Waterford or waiting till we reached the Horse and Hound in Ballinaboola. It’s located on the roadside but has a large, safe car park and is perfect for a quick stop on a long journey.

We had stopped there on previous trips and had found the service to be fast and efficient, the bathrooms clean and the food fine, nothing too amazing.

This time however, I ordered the open crab sandwich. It was dreadful. Some of the crabmeat was still frozen and there were numerous bits of crab bone/shell in it. Some pieces were quite substantial, approximately 1cm in diameter and should have definitely been noticed if anyone had given the crabmeat even a percursory examination before serving it. The brown bread on which it was served seemed fine but I had lost my appetite. The side salad which accompanied it contained plenty of sliced raw peppers of which I am not a fan either. I abandoned it.

As on their holidays, the kids ordered sausages and chips each. To be fair, these portions were huge, three jumbo sausages and plenty of chips. One serving between the two of them would have been more than enough.

A latte, two soft drinks and the above totalled  €23.

The service was ok, our orders were taken fairly fast, but the drinks were forgotten initially. No enquiries were made as to why we had left so much food.

I don’t think we’ll be stopping here next time we’re on the N25. 

Rated 2/5 on Aug 13 2007 by ManicMammy

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