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Handy for station (5 minutes). One pub area, with 5 ales on, and an almost separate dining area, that I didn't try.
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It gets worse. Beers are often off, and the hand pumps have been abandoned as they cannot keep them clean. A shame. Try the Town House on the High Street. Amazing what a change of management can do.
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Beer still as good as ever, but food service is now dire. Recently for 90 minutes to get our food!
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Excellent choice and quality of real beer. 5 on plus a real cider. Food is superb. Had the Dark Star Hophead although there was Original there as well. Others included Bowman so a locale feel to the choice. As WeazelTimes says how good to get away from the Fullers etc. At least a pub here with freedom and imagination.
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It does have the look of a very clean pub from the outside and turns into more of a restaurant on the inside. Let’s be honest this is no.1 an eating establishment without the usual pub grub. But the staff are very welcoming, very efficient and helpful. The building is light and airy, while being split into three rooms creating nice cubby holes. Plenty of seating and nice decor (if a little twee but designed for the older eater) it really sets this place off well, and no music (yippee). As to the beer it is advertised as a Free House, and what a change that is from the local ‘Spoorers and Fullers. I still regret’s the take-over of Gales by the mighty Fuller’s, and I’m a Londoner. The good selection of ales was a treat, the Dark Star was great. I visited at lunch time so I have no idea if proper beer men turn up here or not, but they should come here. My only negative points are first a chair with the Yanky flag on the material, which I notice also appears on the web site. If I had seen that before my visit I most likely would not have gone. Canada is still celebrating the War of 1812 (which dragged on until 1814) when the Yanks tried to conquer them but failed, so the flag should be a lovely Maple Leaf. My second point is the use of Israeli cous cous on the menu, surely it should have been Moroccan or Palestinian would have been fine. But please go for the beer.
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Dark Star beers perfectly kept - what more do you want? Well, not much. We ate in here last year - the food was great, the service was fine until we required the bill, then it was slooow. Hopefully they've ironed out the wrinkles. Beerwise, still very good this time around and possibly the best choice of beers in this part of Hampshire.
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First visit here since going to the Good Intent where the food was excelellent and the ale choice poor. Well this place scored highly on both. It's a total transformation from its previous guise. The beers (5 I think) offered a range from golden to dark and the food was superb. Not my cup of tea but I was impressed the Guiness seemed to hve been replaced by keg stout from Hepworths in Sussex. Now that's brave but I guess there are probably a lot better stouts out there than Guiness even in the keg form.
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Probably for Petersfield this is one of the best places to drink as the options are extremely limited and Petersfield struggles to energise itself. There was a very good choice of beer on here on a recent visit but it smacks of cliches with the bric a brac and cashews in IKEA jars and when the Jazz came on I groaned with disdain- I wish these places would just worry about serving the beer and forget about trying too hard to be middle class or sophisticated- its just a bit embarrassing- bit clinical inside but a nice size- bless the clientele who all looked scared to talk above 2 decibels or fart in the presence of friends...
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Ignore any reviews prior to 2012, this place has changed completely. Gone is the black hole, and it is (IMHO) now the best place to drink in Petersfield, with excellent ales from independent breweries, good food and friendly staff. They even have a triangular cribbage board!
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Knew the licensee from The Hawkley Inn, not surprised they've made such a good job of this one. Great to have such a selection of real ales in town, and not a 3663 or Brakes Brothers lorry in sight! The one question on everyone's lips "where did all the old clients go?". Keep up the good work.
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A handful of Dark Stars, Revolution, Sussex Stout and more - proper ale, good food (if a tad pricey) and lovely surroundings. They've made a good effort here (owners connected to the Hawksley apparently). One thing - kitchens shouldn't take 27 minutes to prepare a dessert. Period. Aside from that, promising start.
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Very nicely done-up. Have been in a couple of times just for a beer and the staff are very friendly. Nice to have a different selection of lagers unlike everywhere else that just has the normal stuff. Will be good when they get the garden up and running...
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Nicely refurbished, opening up old ceilings and fireplaces. Five real ales on tap and no lagers or stouts that anyone has ever heard of. Food good, but on the pricey side for lunch, except for the baguettes. Not open in the afternoon, which is a bit odd for a pub halfway between the station and the market square.
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Closed for refurbishment, due to reopen 30th June 2012.
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..if your train is unfortunately delayed keep going a little further on and get some bottled local brews from the off licence and head back to the station with them - it is by far your better option.
anonymous - 2 May 2011 21:47 |
Handy for when the trains delayed...
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This place looked totally dead!
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