Fox And Hounds, Denmeadback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A great pub, with many a glorious Wednesday night spent there over the last 5 years - but currently (and sadly) shut.
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Food: The food is excellent. Large portions and cooked perfectly.
Service: The service on the whole is good. They are all mainly young girls, a bit inexperienced but willing.
HOWEVER: The landlady, Ginny I believe, is in the wrong business! She brings a whole new meaning to the word Hospitality and it differs from what the rest of the English speaking people would recognise.
We asked for a table and were told, with a heavy sigh, to �Wait there, I'll see.� She was rude, ignorant and unhelpful, she just sat on the stool drinking wine whilst her bar staff were run ragged. It spoilt the whole meal for us and we will not be returning for this reason.
Atmosphere: Frosty, felt uncomfortable. This is a shame as it is a lovely country pub and we feel that under different management could be a huge success as are the other country pubs in Denmead. This one has it all, great food at a reasonable price, a free house, lovely views. Shame about the Landlady.
Value: Great value. Let it be known if she leaves, the place will be packed
Have rated it only a 5 but it could easily be 10
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I don't know about sparklers and foghorns but if you want good, reasonably priced beer in Denmead, this is the best pub to visit. I have found the landlord and landlady consistently accomodating and friendly as are the staff which is a welcome change to other pubs in the area. I should add that we have visited the pub at least once a month for the last 2 years and have never found it any different.
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Nice pub for sure, best and worst points are the customers, 99% of them are a good bunch who I'll happily spend time with but then every now and then you get the odd tosser who comes in and bitches about the sparklers. Hey but as Cicero would say 'de gustibus non est disputandam' and all that... Thankfully the fact that the staff aren't deferential wretches but are instead human beings with a bit of character seems to scare off the real morons.
By the way, the pints look great.
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So the real ale in here has sparklers on each pump. This is not normally a problem, because any barman worth his salt will remove the pesky things when asked. Not here. Not even when I repeated the request when he started to pull the pint. Not even halfway through when I told him to stop. "I can make it look nice," said the barman.
Look nice? How about tasting nice? How about having a good texture when you drink it?
Customer service like this deserves to be avoided, and it will be.
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Was in here on Sunday for a charity driven evening culminating in a Robbie Williams tribute that went off great,an oldie world pub filled to bursting point with people enjoying themselves is always a recipe for a great evening.
Beer, Abbot,London pride and a fox and hounds own label on pump all very well kept,although i did ask for the sparkler to be removed as i went through the pumps.
The landlord is a "Bloody good bloke" who kept his crew of five and us well motivated throughout the long busy evening.
The only negative that has been mentioned by Worzel on 22 Aug still remains true.The minute we arrived the human foghorn a.k.a the landlady was bellowing and blowing and pointing,just because she could, she did mellow in the last quarter of the evening, this might of had something to do with her having trouble standing upright and holding onto her glass at the same time..!
On the whole, a great evening, great beer fantastic Landlord and staff and as for Foghorn, Get yourself a Job you like love.
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the pub is set in lovely little country lane and the car park was easy to park in. the outside looks beautiful with many flowers. The landlord was waiting to serve us when we went in and he was a charming not offensive funny man. we realised quickly we were meant to be seated by landlady when she abruptly asked where we going were we eating go to bar and order your drinks first then i will find you a table...she also made it very clear again as if we were children that there was only carvery being served nothing else of the menu.
the toilets were easy to find and very clean. the real downside is there are no childrens high chairs available and this is a family pub!!!!!
The carvery was very nice vegetables were a bit hard and could of done with another minute or two on the whole the chef was pleasant and clean looking too.
we left after saying farewell to landlord who again was full of charm.
i would eat there again for sure if i was in the area it has not put me off
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