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Pleasant village boozer with well-kept Hook Norton real ale. Unpretentious basic food menu. Proper country pub - shows it can still be done!
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Top notch pub for beer - my pint of Hooky Dark was the most enjoyable pint I've had in some time. Interior is pleasingly old fashioned, but the ambience would have benefited hugely had the fire been lit.
The Sunday lunches did not match the quality of the food - tough beef and gloopy packet gravy spoiling matters.
Nonetheless, pubs are about beer, and this is done very well here.
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Pleasant country pub in a nice village. We were greeted on our Sunday lunchtime visit with the sight of morris dancers outside in the street. Many people were outside drinking and watching the merriment. Inside there are 3 comfortable drinking areas. The gents are outside at the rear. 4 Hook Norton beers were on - Hooky Dark, Hooky Gold, Hooky Bitter and the seasonal beer Flagship.
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Fabulous village pub. Comfortable sofas. Superb Hook Norton beers. And seems to be something going on in the pub every night creating an excellent atmosphere. Would love this to be my local. Well worth visiting.
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Charming little pub from the outside, however on entering it reminded me of the scene from "An American Werewolf in London" when the two American tourists enter the remote moors pub, pretty unwelcoming to say the least. Granted it was midweek and fairly late but the landlord ? was churlish at best. The beer resonable, i've had better Hooky at The Elephant and Castle in Bloxham, and the choice limited to Hooky.All in all a disappointment. Which begs the question, how did this pub win the Pub of the year competition ? Are the rumours true ?
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Went in on a Sunday night, the place was like battersea dogs home. There must of been 6 dogs in the tiny bar. Have since visited and the beer is good, but I won't be going back.
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You won't get a better pint of cask ale or pub food! They've got a Cask Ale Drinkers Club and CAMRA members get 10% off every Monday evening and on the first Saturday of every month. You get �1.00 off a 4 pint jug of cask ale at any time. It's in the GBG and it's got a Beautiful Beer Gold Award. Try it, you won't be dissapointed!
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Great village pub. There is plenty of character in this Hooky pub. Excellent quality Real Ale, 4 Hooky's plus a guest, and a good range of pub food. Lots going on every night of the week. No juke box or piped music allows the conversation to flow. Cracking.
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Excellent Beer. Quality/affordable pub food, No Jukebox/Machines. Friendly welcome
anonymous - 1 Dec 2005 11:29 |
