BITE user comments - cashelard
Comments by cashelard
First visit since the refurb and was very pleasantly surprised at how well it's turned out. This pub contrasts very well with others in the area now and definitely provides an up market feel. Yes it is a shame that the past is lost but there are numerous country pubs in the immediate area and the white hart now stands out once again.
Perfectly good choice of beers and an excellent cocktail range.
4 Feb 2011 01:28
Visited this pub for first time on Friday evening. Nothing special about the place very run down for such an important location. As stated by an reviewer looks very attractive from the outside. Bombadier was off and the pride was nothing to write home about . We moved on.
17 Jan 2011 00:50
Really nice pub. Noticed that it has been a camra award winner. Excellent choice of ales.remarkably similar to those kept by bob baker formerly of rose and crown in nearby halstead. Fairly busy but arrived on a music night which although quite entertaining attracted a very young and noticeably non drinking crowd. Will visit again soon
17 Jan 2011 00:44
A really attractive and pleasant pub to visit. Decided to try wine and was not disappointed. Good atmosphere and very polite staff. Nice clientele. Decent sized carpark but small garden.
8 Jan 2011 17:49
Called into pub for first time in a while. Had a pint of lark ins, it had to go back.
No one in the pub at a normally busy time apart from a couple having a noisy and abusive row. Pub has gone completely downhill. All the wrong sort in there now .
Not going back . A waste of time. Plenty of other pubs to go to.
Went round to the cock inn and all the old regulars are now round there with guess who running the pub-- bob baker! I shall be joining them in future. How shameful that a perfect fully good business has been destroyed. I'm serious about how much it's changed don't go there they really are undesirable. There is something distasteful about all of this .I would not want to support the guy responsible . The villagers must be up in arms about it.
Can't give the pub a rating
25 Dec 2010 19:57
Another wasted visit. Larkins was well below average and guess what no food again. Used to be top drawer, but not anymore. Barmaids all gone and the customers have disappeared as well .The pub was fairly empty apart from a very very noisy family who seemed to have taken over the garden. We can't quite get over the transformation other than it is clear that the locals and regulars have made up their minds. The lounge bar ( ?) has had a redecoration and nobody was in there. This pub has gone from being an award winning freehouse to an unfriendly dump in six weeks !! Whoever owns this pub needs medical help to have let this happen. Pubs tucked away like the Rose & Crown simply do not recover from ignorant and bad decisions.
18 Aug 2010 00:16
We visited the pub at the weekend and decided to have an open mind regarding the change. The pub looks a mess it was fairly empty and the new chap doesn;t know anything about real ale. We had intended to have a meal but after ordering our drinks were told that the kitchen was closed. A complete disaster , what on earth does the owner think he is doing. Apparently he has said that websites like this should be ignored!
6 Jul 2010 15:09
Re-visited the Rose for the first time in three months. The Larkins was excellent and the food brilliant. The staff were more than helpful and Bob remembered me which is the sign of a good landlord. Despite the rain was able to sit in te covered area of the garden and enjoy being in the countryside. Best pub outside of London
29 May 2010 23:13
Not only does this pub serve some pf the best ales in the county the food is fast catching up the beer quality, apparently they have a new chef, the menu has definitely improved and what incredible value for money.
11 Oct 2009 21:55
The Cock Inn, Halstead
First time in this pub absolutely brilliant . Chose haddock from the menu .first class meal. Met Andy the chef he obviously has some great ideas for the place. Returned to bar had a very good pint of harveys and watched the rugby on an amazing screen superb definition very busy but surprisingly roomy so quite a pleasant atmosphere .Attractive upper bar. Will return to try Sunday roast and also the jazz afternoon. Halstead has redeemed itself! I know which pub to go to now.
22 Mar 2011 00:02