Magpie, Stowmarketback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I've been to the Gladstone Arms opposite before. I don't believe it was listed on the site previously. But, this time my visit to Combs Ford was to the Magpie. We'd read that the food is good here. But, having seen the garden area and the sports bar on one side, it didn't look too appealing. However, the dining area was much more cosy and despite nobody else eating, we decided to give it a go. We needn't have worried, as the dining room gradually filled up and it turned out we'd taken the last table. A few other groups were turned away. Food portions were ample and the menu offered a mixture of traditional pub dishes and oriental ones. We all enjoyed our food. The ale selection was also quite decent. Ales were Sharp's Doom Bar, Adnams Broadside, Greene King IPA & XX Mild & Crouch Vale Brewer's Gold. I later read that they offer a CAMRA discount. But, this is not very well advertised. So, I missed out. Nevertheless, this is a good pub.
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This pub every Sunday has a full Carvery from noon – 5:00. This turned out to be excellent. It’s a Free House with 4 or 5 Real Ales… Locals told me this is the only Carvery in Stowmarket. The pub was very pleasant and the staff were friendly too.
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Sold by Punch and now a Free House; be interesting to see what develops...
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Sadly now closed and Freehold up for sale by Punch.....
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Still a lovely little boozer with a 'local' feel. Good food, good beer, and good service.
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last time I went in here was the summer of 1983 with Andy Gerrish. I was manager of the old, open air swimming pool up the road. They'd just got a new beer in - 'oranjeboom' which seemed to creep up on us on the walk back to the pool.
Apologies if you came to grief in the deep end , that afternoon, and we didn't notice.
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Came in here on Sunday with my parents and had a wonderful meal, washed down with a nice pint of Woodforde Wherry.
Would make an ideal 'local' - if I didn't live 60 miles away that is.
New landlady (been there 11 months?) aiming to turn this into a freehold serving a range of real ales, so wish here all the best with that.
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good pub apart from the Landlord
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