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Had a meal which was very nice and no pricier than local rivals. ale was off and the barman was a bit off hand with me although I was very polite. def improvement as a pub in general though.
odbod - 12 Jan 2011 15:47 |
It is several months since I have visited this pub and what a brilliant transformation! Friendly staff who actually want you to be there; good value food - fresh fish excellent; even looks smarter than it used to. A definite return trip planned.
Pkirk - 20 Jun 2010 20:46 |
Returned on the strength of the last review, after all places can change. Have to say my impression of both beer, food and attitude was much nearer the preceeding review. Something funny going on here that 3 customers within as many weeks have such different service. This is the last time I will return for a while I am afraid, still cant recommend.
odbod - 26 May 2010 10:43 |
I have been visiting this pub for the last few month with my family and have noticed a tremendous improvement in the quality of the food and the service. So many fresh choices are offered on the board and in the new menus. The garden make it even more attractive. Strongly recommended
CSnow - 24 Apr 2010 22:03 |
Let's try a different pub for somewhere to eat I said. I wish I hadn't serious loss of brownie points. Less than 5 minutes after being served the food was on the table. It may come out of a microwave but I'd at least like the pretence that it had been cooked. �9.25 for each meal, on the high end for this type of pub grub but OK if the food is good and you get value for money. The portions were postively stingy, each main course probably cost less than 50p in ingrediants. My lasagne was accompanied by the smallest bowl of chips you have ever seen and we're not usually big eaters but there was just nothing there. .Not so much as a lettuce leaf accompanied. 10 minutes later we had finished and were still hungry. The food itself was OK and my pint of Green King IPA ws presentable but it's such an average pint to start with it's difficult to get wrong. I won't be going back.
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Agree with other opinions, used the pub years ago and returned recently - bad attitude by current tenants, poor food and not welcoming to drinkers (however well behaved). Best avoided until a change of tenant and lick of paint by the pubco.
odbod - 17 Dec 2009 14:12 |
Oh dear, visited this pub a lot many years ago and returned last night for a meal. The pub istelf is looking tired and worn, the car park badly lit, radio 4 on in the bakcground, chairs piled up in the doorway. Of the 7 staff that were on duty no-one offered any form of service, in fact the ladlady had to find a member of staff just to take a drinks order. The food bland, tasteless and resembled very bad hospital food 20 years ago! Cold plates with a pot of gravy with three chunks of meat was the idea of a pie, over cooked vegetables that had obviously come from the freezer. Starters were just as appalling taking almost 5 minutes to serve 4 plates & cold toast. Everything had been bought in on this menu and the only homemade dish (the pie) showed the culinary success of a school child in home ec! Overall a terrible experience, my only hope is that this pub is one of the many due to close this week as the trade continues to lose out to supermarket giants.
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I have lived in this area for some 20 plus years and have visited this pub on many occasions and it was top notch until the current owner /manager sarted working there.
I did keep going there until I felt unwelcome, please read on!
This manager/owner gives you the feeling that they want you to have a meal and maybe one or two drinks and then go.
Probably best not to go there for a few pints with friends unless you are going to eat. If you do eat there you will most likely get cooked frozen food not home cooked as advertized.
Better value at a Harvester for food and there are several real ale pubs nearby who are very friendly with fantastic beer/ale.
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Top Pub!
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A cosy, unpretentious, traditional pub, despite being located on a rather busy road. It's worth going in mid summer just to see the amazing hanging baskets of colourful flowers that cover nearly every inch of the building. The food isn't particularly imaginative, but the portions are decent and the service always with a smile. One of the best pubs in the area.
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Worth a visit just to look at the barmaids. A big bonus was that the Abbot was beautiful too.
Nice to sit outside on a hot day.
MarkM - 24 Apr 2006 11:24 |
