went for a xmas dinner dance on 17 dec in the snow lots of people dropped out and room was quite sparsley filled dinner was very unremarkable i understand it wasnt very expensive but cheap of cheapness still soup was tasteless rolls were still frozen as was butter beef was thickly sliced but akin to a piece of leather all food was defrosted and microwaved the dessert was the same with awful squirty cream from a can coffee was muck in a cup cmon merrick lodge i know we didnt pay much but goodness the staff were slaving away good for them bar was quite cheap so that sort of made up for it a bit will not return unless read good reviews i mean goood reviews satnav