Plough Inn, Wringtonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
After many reincarnations, at last this pub has found a good balance between beer and food.
Although Youngs is not my pint of choice, there is always the (very) local Butcombe on offer along with a guest ale, quite often St Austell Tribute - both well kept and served.
The restaurant area is bright and airy and offers an excellent range of dishes from simple but delicious sandwiches through an ever changing array of seasonal main courses utilising predominantly local ingredients...but...none of this is done at the expense of the pub element. If you want to pop in for a pint, or a longer drinking session, then you are made very welcome by James and Craig behind the bar.
3 open fires complete the homely feel during the colder months and the outdoor area with plenty of benches, chairs and sofas is hard to leave when indeed the sun does shine.
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It's been quite a few years since I last visited this place. And what a pleasant surprise. Been done up without loss of character. Good ales and wines on offer.
The food although a little up market/restaurant level, price wise were well founded as my Gammon/free range eggs/Bubble arrived. Top notch I've eaten a few gammons around the area this year but, this is the best so far. The place seemed well patronised and the staff and service we found on the ball, most friendly and helpful. I shall definetly be going back. To sample other delights on offer. A big thumbs up from me. Another Somerset Gem
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The pub has changed significantly since my previous visit, with a large extension which is used as a restaurant and a revamp of the garden area. Fortunately the main part of the pub which was very pleasant as it was has been left intact. It�s a shame more pub make-overs can�t leave the good bits alone.
The restaurant naturally has a much more up to date feel to it with striped wooden flooring and some inlet slate tiles. The etchings of the pub name on the glass doors give a suitably upmarket feel and these lead out on to a very pleasant garden area. I didn�t inspect this last time so I�m not sure how much of it is new, but there�s a pleasant patio area with some unusual sofa�s and low chairs made out of chunky wood but with soft cushions. This makes a change from the usual hard garden chairs. There�s also a lawn area with more conventional tables and benches and a boules pitch which had a couple of games in progress.
The menu reflects the contemporary nature of the restaurant, being a cut above your usual �pub grub� with only a couple of burgers at around the �9 mark reminding you that you are in fact in a pub, and not a restaurant. Having said that, Mrs. Blackthorn and I enjoyed our shared paella, which was pleasant enough and seemed good value at �17.50 for two.
So far, so good, then. On the downside the staff, whilst pleasant enough, seemed remarkably inefficient, continually faffing around without actually achieving anything. Every time I went to the bar I had to wait an inordinately long time, even though there were only one or two others being served. On one occasion I gave up and retuned empty handed as I didn�t want my food to get cold. The other problem was the flies. Not entirely the pub�s fault, it was a warm evening and the doors were open, but when you�ve got half a dozen of them continually buzzing around you whilst you�re trying to eat it doesn�t make for a very relaxing meal. Clearly they need to do something to deter them.
It�s good to see that they�ve taken my previous comments about the beer choice on board, as they now have in addition to the Young�s Bitter, Tribute and Butcombe.
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Pleasant and good sized pub with a large outdoor seating area at the front, and a further covered patio area at the rear. Several different bar areas and some comly leather sofa's. This has a proper, traditional "pub feel" to the place which can sometimes be lacking in other places that don't have much atmosphere.
Eight hand pumps on the bar, however (don't get too excited...) four were not in use, and four were dispensing Young's bitter. So just one beer to choose from then. As others have said, that's rather disappointing considering the excellent local breweries around. Ciders were Blackthorn & Thatcher's Gold.
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Had a good meal with my wife. She's vegetarian and had spinach, brie and caramelised red onion pancakes, I had Hake fillet with a prawn sauce from the specials board. Both were very good. The menu in general is good, not just basic pub grub that you seem to get in most pubs these days.
We had a bottle of Pino Grigio which was reasonably priced.
Overall, good. Am coming back for the Sunday roast which I hear from a friend is very good indeed.
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changed hands again, not for the better. tarted interior up a bit but real beer choice poor and drinks are expensive. only meal recommended is the sunday lunch of which there is plenty and good quality.
why when the brill butcombe brewery is down the road. tied i suppose !!
anonymous - 3 Jul 2007 21:51 |
Decent pint of Youngs on the beer patio,worth a visit if in the locality.8/10
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The meal i had,was a starter served as a main.big mistake,didn,t look any different to me,off the main menu aswell,a glass of house wine needed a mortgage,i won,t be back.
anonymous - 28 Mar 2007 14:42 |
Good pub, nice garden for the summer evenings and good food both in the pub bit and in the resteraunt bit. Highly recomended, and one of the reasons I moved to live in Wrington!
John James - 28 Oct 2004 14:43 |
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