The Rainbow On The Lake - Wiltshire

At this place on the way to our holiday. was so good that we stopped on the way home. eating was amazing how the greeting was!

We visited on 23rd april (st georges day) for lunch with my brother and his wife, he had suggested the place when he lived down the street and visited numerous. they have to turn off the a36 direction salisbury and it has been located next to the remains of the old road. we took up a position in the garden while we waited for the venues to open and on 12pm we were warmly welcomed and offered every seat we want, so my brother chose the winter garden, the beautiful view of the white bird lake. we had drink orders (no coke zero or pepsi max! and then we gave out orders. as always, dear readers, I went with scampi and chips, I was a little surprised not to see a steak-based meal, be it bark meat or gammon. the grinding times were after approx. 15-20 minutes presented, all freshly prepared, the peasant came in a separate dish with butter and mint, which was delicious. the chips were prepared to house, the skin up and well boiled, the scampi was slightly overboiled to the point that a row of them had hard crusts and split outers, but soaking into vinegar sorted out. I am not 100% convinced that they were all of the same cylindrical shape. Overall it was a good food, and if I visited my brother again, I would be inclined to visit again.

I went to this restaurant with my daughter for Sunday lunch and it was a truly terrible experience. We ordered the mixed meat roast and it was disappointing. The beef was tough and chewy, the pork was bland, and the chicken was dry. The gravy was watery, and the potatoes and parsnips were overcooked and hard. The pub itself was in poor condition, with cobwebs and dust hanging from the aging decorations. I will not be returning and I recommend avoiding this place.

What an amazing find, we were on our way back to Bristol from Brighton and needed a break when we saw the sign for The Rainbow on the Lake, it sounded lovely and it was. We ended up staying for lunch and it was delicious, great value for money, very filling, we didn’t eat again for the rest of the day. The owners were exceptionally friendly and welcoming, it was the most pleasant part of our journey, could have stayed all day with those lovely views of the swans on the lake, Would definitely visit again.

We stopped off on our travels for some dinner. They were close to shutting but accommodated us. For was nice for pub food and the owners were lovely. Yes it’s dated but owners were hard working to keep there business going after covid days.