ON a bright and sunny Thursday evening my partner and I decided to drop in at the The Milk Churn, after hearing they had changed their menu a fair bit since our last visit.

We have eaten here a few times before when it first opened, and we have always found it pleasant enough.

I booked our table online, which I think is a much more convenient system than having to ring up, especially in busy evening periods.

We arrived and waited at the door for a couple of minutes to be seated. We were shown to a lovely little cosy table and ordered two diet Cokes - it was a school night!

As we sat and chatted another waitress asked to take our drinks order but we explained we had already ordered. Better to get asked twice than not at all.

We browsed through the menu at the starters and mains and decided to go for two starters which we would share and sacrifice our puddings. We are more starters people anyway.

We decided on the tiger prawns, pan-fried in lashings of garlic butter with malted sourdough and garlic mayonnaise for £8.25 and the baked Camembert sharer spiked with garlic and thyme served with bread, celery and carrot sticks for £10.75.

We noticed that all the starters were a little pricey, and were slightly disappointed when they came out.

There were only four prawns served but, having paid £8.25, we did expect more than two each.

Also the baked Camembert starter was no bigger than the prawn starter dish, despite it being called a sharer and having paid more than £10.

Each dish only came with two pieces of bread which was very hard. We did expect more for the amount paid.

For our mains I opted for the cod au vin, roasted cod marinated in red wine, garlic and shallots, served with mash, kale and a red wine and bacon sauce for £14.95.

The red wine and bacon sauce which was soaked into the mash was delicious and the best part of the meal.

However, the cod was slightly chewy and I wasn’t a big fan of the flavour it infused when being roasted. That said, I really enjoyed the rest of meal, although I did feel full and rather bloated afterwards.

My partner chose the steak and Tangle Foot pie for his main, braised British steak in rich, velvety gravy made with Tangle Foot beer, with creamy mash, braised cabbage, leeks and bacon for £12.95.

He asked the waitress if he could swap the mash for chips which she said was no problem. I must say I did have food envy when it came out, the chunky chips looked delicious.

I did try a few and I can confirm they were great. However, he said his pie was a bit bland and that he wouldn’t order it again, although I must say that both main dishes came out sizzling hot.

Our bill came to just under £53.

This was a little more than we would usually have paid for a midweek night out, especially as we weren’t completely happy with our meals.

The Milk Churn does often alter its menu, so perhaps another change is needed.