posted by traccogirl on Oct 3
I went to the Drum Inn Cockington on Saturday evening after being recommended it by a friend. I have to say the last time I visited it, it was very disappointing with cold food being served up and very long waits in between courses.
This visit wasn’t much better! The service was extremely slow due to not enough staff, we ordered drinks that didn’t arrive!! The new menu is better, but could still be improved upon. I had salmon fish cakes with chips, but there wasn’t any salad or peas to go with it! We also had nearly half an hours wait for deserts!! Then when we came to pay the bill at the end of the evening, that was wrong so we had to complain about that.
My overall impression is that there is major room for improvement, and they definately need more staff as the ones that are there can’t cope!
I will not be returning, and would not recommend!
posted by tracco on Dec 29
Torquay’s Harbour Clock will be silent for the new year. The newly restored clock on Torquay Harbour-side will not be ready in time.
They only discovered the bell when carrying out recent renovation work on the Mallock Clock Tower, no one knew it was there. What a shame they could not have got it ready in time to ring for New Years Eve. It now looks like it will not be ready before February. The bell has not chimed for over 70 years since 1939 though the tower itself is over 108 years old.
The tower was built in was built in 1902 as a memorial and is named after Richard Mallock, who died in 1900. He was a member of the Mallock family of Cockington and represented Torquay in Parliament from 1886 to 1895, he was also a magistrate for many years.
They have done a wonderful job on the restoration, it makes a fine centre piece to the harbour area. I look forward to hearing the bell chime.
