Four Horseshoes, Thornham Magnaback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Delightful pub with good food and great service. Worth a trip out for. Just a shame that despite being advertised as a Freehouse all the beers are from the evil Greene King range (including the guests) - though the beer I had was well kept. 7/10
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My first visit to this pub was on evening of 10th Nov 2011; Great atmosphere, good beer and excellent food, in abundant quantities and very reasonable priced; friendly attentive and speedy service; well worth many visits. we'll be back.
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Visit Thursday 17th June 2010. Depressing. I used to go to this pub regularly from school as well as in the summer for a pint. I was greatly disappointed with the food having taken my wife back here in June 2010. The bar area is nicely decorated and welcoming, beer is as you would expect with a few guest ales. Unfortunately I was driving and primarily looking for some good food. Having baulked slightly at the �3.95 asked for a bottle ( small ) of Magners for my wife I ordered the game terrine (�5.99) and gammon steak with egg and chips (�11.99). She was having Chicken Dippers (�4.99) and Lasangne with chips and garlic bread ( about �9.99 - can't recall exactly. ). Now considering this is the depths of Suffolk none of this is exactly cheap - but could well be justified if it is good quality and at least some of it home made / cooked. The good first - her garlic bread was a clever adaptation of some cheap ciabbata which was satisfying but not pungent, the gammon steak was massive. The bad, well firstly unfortunately we had an incredibly surly waitress, who brought no cutlery for the starter and then ,shortly after being gently rebuffed after trying to remove my half full plate of food, declared "finished now are you?" before clattering our plates away noisily. Blunt refusal was the response to a request for a drink. No task was too small or perfunctory for this girl who should have been at the herb factory or somerfield for the holidays instead. The menu declared all desserts to be sold out, but we weren't offered them anyway, nor coffee. The lasagne was dry and tasteless, the chips were oven ( surely no excuse for this ) the terrine bland and milky - its accompanying beetroot relish was truthfully, just beetroot. It was warm, but it was all very greasy and after the �50 bill was parted with the feeling was of money and time wasted, and a squandered precious lunch opportunity. My opinion - leave this one for the octogenarians on their organised lunches ( of which there were plently ) and head down the road to the Elsewhere Arm's.
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I understand that this pub has changed hands a few times in the last couple of years, and the quality has been up and down....and this is the problem I have with this website, as I see that the last comment made about the Four Horseshoes was made nearly a year ago. It only takes a couple of negative comments (often from people with an axe to grind, as was the case a while back regarding my local in Ipswich) to put people off going to a particular pub. As all pubs are struggling at the moment, this is just not fair!
I went to the Four Horseshoes on Mother's Day last week with the family, and on a Sunday lunchtime they have the best carvery I have ever experienced. Choice of beef, pork or turkey, a huge selection of FRESH veg (OK the Yorkshire puds were Aunt Bessie's, but that's fine), and delightful, friendly service. The place was packed, as it should be on Mothering Sunday.
I work as a pub chef, and know exactly what sort of work goes into providing this sort of service. Yes some of the starters were of the Brake Brothers variety, but when you're serving this many people, that's entirely forgivable. 10/10. Keep it up guys!!!
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My local and there is nothing better than the walk from home to this fantatsic pub and a welcome pint. Food is great. The character of this pub is typically Suffolk. Looking forward to many a summer pint at this place. You should try it if you are ever in the area!
Ch71s - 11 May 2009 20:47 |
Thankfully now changed hands, this pub has a Great atmosphere and loads of charicter, Huge fire place lots of beams and thatched roof. The beers are kept well but are limited as its a Greene King house. Staff are friendly and helpfull, and the food is good.
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Great ambiance, good beer & wines but oh how disappointing the food. Went here 4 times in 2007, always the same result - disappointing food with something wrong every time.
Examples:
Food clearly taken from the freezer served cold. Sent back - still cold
Pate served with 1 small slice of white bread Should have been brown toast. Returned and represented with little change by a grumpy faced young woman with no manner or apologies.
Shame as all the faults are easily fixed. Please fix them. Attention to detail is all that's needed.
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Excellent pub, very well run. Staff very attentive, Beer always perfect and food to die for. Treat yourself an stay a couple of nights - the rooms are very comfortable and the breakfast is first class.
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Fantastic pub. Food is superb, especially the carvery Sat/Sun lunchtime. The beer is always in tip top condition. Normal Green King choices even though it's a Free House. Old Speckled Hen is very good when it's on, as is the Abbot. You'd be well advised to book a table if thinking of eating on a weekend evening.
griff - 19 Apr 2007 15:03 |
Pleasant atmosphere although perhaps less characterful inside when compared with the authentic thatched pub image it serves up when you first see it on the outside. Good range of beers. Serves food seven days a week, which is useful. Very low ceiling so mind your head as you go in unless you are a jockey.
David Barnes - 31 Oct 2004 21:31 |
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