"ok I prefer to write good or extraordinary reviews! in the last 2 weeks we visited the smugglers inn twice, once for lunch and also for family dinner. both times we felt that eating was good, not great, but inexpensive....(The lazy lion down on the road has better food, but at a slightly higher price). the service was very terrible. it was not particularly busy and was shown to our table.......and then forget. After 20 minutes I rose up and asked if we drank ourselves and ordered the food on the bar (it was a Sunday) or whether someone would come to the table. had to interrupt 2 youngs behind the bar that seemed to serve much more interest in their conversation than me. they asked a waitress to come back, no excuse for waiting for her, exactly what do they want to drink. we ordered to eat at the same time.......sees safest thing to do. 15 more minutes went by and I had to get up again, and again the bar staff interrupted their very dedicated talk to ask if our drink would soon be on the way. no apologies, but simply a dunno, I will find out that hooray drinks have arrived, but the sauvignon blanc of my wife was a big glass red! we explained this again, no apologies, but one right, I will change it the (different) waitress who returned shortly with the right wein offered an apology. well received. at the end of our meal we were willing to go and decided to pay the fastest to cash. I was only asked if they were not, whether we enjoyed our meal or something. we paid and left. I contrast this to each of the other restaurants in Milford-on-Sea, where they are warmly welcomed and their annoyance is appreciated when they go. 2 of 2 bad experiences. we will try again if the owner had the opportunity to fix the service and the settings of their young employees. but if there is no improvement, then a third time and we will be good!"
