点评:We were booked on the first Golden Arrow dining experience of the year this Saturday (1st March 2025), just gone.
What an incredible and delightful day!
The railway and its staff are so authentic of back in the day and impeccably turned out. The trains and carriages are spotless. The attention to detail is breathtaking. The stations offer a chance to glimpse back to the good old days of steam. The gift shop was lovely too, providing an array of railway paraphernalia and memorabilia.
We were met, greeted and checked in by Peter, a charming gentlemen and lovely host.
Once on board we immensely enjoyed the ambience, character and atmosphere of dining in a traditional carriage. Again the authenticity was magnificent. The steam engine (no. 65) was on good ‘puffing’ form and put in a faultless run up the gradient towards Horsted Keynes and beyond to Kingscote.
The dinner and service was first class. We very much enjoyed the crab bisque (soup), pork and guinea fowl for mains and red berry Charlotte for dessert.
Sadly due to a broken down train ahead of us on the line we weren’t able to fulfill our journey to East Grinstead but we were very generously compensated by the railway with everyone’s drinks bill on board being waived. A very nice gesture indeed.
We would love to return and do it all again!
翻译:我们预订了本周六(2025 年 3 月 1 日)的今年第一场 Golden Arrow 用餐体验,刚刚结束。
多么不可思议和愉快的一天!
铁路及其工作人员都保留了当年的原汁原味,而且装扮得无可挑剔。火车和车厢一尘不染。对细节的关注令人叹为观止。车站让我们有机会重温蒸汽机的美好旧时光。礼品店也很漂亮,提供各种铁路用品和纪念品。
彼得是一位迷人的绅士和可爱的主人,他迎接了我们并为我们办理了入住手续。
登上车厢后,我们非常享受在传统车厢内用餐的氛围、特色和气氛。再次,真实感令人惊叹。蒸汽机(65 号)状态良好,完美地沿着坡度驶向霍斯特德凯恩斯,然后驶向金斯科特。
晚餐和服务都是一流的。我们非常喜欢蟹肉汤、猪肉珍珠鸡作为主菜,红莓夏洛特作为甜点。
遗憾的是,由于前方有一列火车发生故障,我们无法完成前往 East Grinstead 的旅程,但铁路部门非常慷慨地补偿了我们,免除了车上每个人的饮料费。这确实是一个非常好的举动。
我们很想再来一次!