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The track to this pub has had a lot of attention to the potholes and is now greatly improved, when we tried to get down the road a few months back it was practically impassable so we turned back at the small car park to the left and went to the Red Shoot instead. The pub itself is also greatly improved and the Wadworths 6X was in fine condition. Fairly quiet at noon on a Thursday, expect it will be packed out at weekends and school holidays as there is a child's play area in the large gardens.Our soup was hot and tasty, service was prompt and friendly. We'll be back!
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I was on my way to The Red Shoot Inn but saw this sign on the road to Linwood and thought a change was due. Accessible down a very stoney track but worth the short journey to find this lovely remote location. It has a fantastic and large beer garden with childrens play area. I agree with the last review that the inside of the pub is a bit soulless but the staff were very friendly and they served Wadworths 6X, Henry's IPA & Horizon. 6X and Henry's IPA in good order. They also had a draught Scrumpy on too. The only disappointent was the food which wasn't very appetising. I would return even just for a drink as the location and the wild ponies running past the pub made it a great experience.
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Very remote pub which gives a sense of intrigue but this is a standard family friendly pub which is a bit soulless. The menu looked interesting with lots of local produce and there were some real ales, whatever it was we had was fine! Good location for walks and families but would personally be unlikely to return.
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Great pub, good food, good service, lovely area. Would recommend.
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We went to the Red Shoot on 11th April 2010 because we knew that Sundays was a live music night. We weren't dissapointed. Saw the band called "Finishing Touches" they are a really good band and we will look out for them again. All the people around us that night enjoyed the music. They also had a good laugh at the unfortunatly ugly transvestite and his friend that were in there that night. We asked if he had enjoyed the music he was very rude in his reply hinting that the band was using backing tapes which they don't as all are good musicians and all four members sing as well!! The band sometimes play the song Lola about a transvestite by the Kinks. On this night they choose not to do it so as not to offend. Had they known that this man was so rude they probably would have done it and I think the pub would have been in an uproar!! We like the Red Shoot very much and go there on a regular basis. Keep on rocking and keep music live!!
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Went in here last week, for the first time in ages, after the usual struggle to find the place! It was lunchtime and it was pouring down with rain outside, so the atmosphere was a bit damp. Not many people in there, didn't help the atmosphere either. Plumped for a pint of Toms Tipple, which unfortunately for me tasted like it had been strained through an old dish cloth, before serving. Worst pint I have had in a long time. The 6X was fine though. Food looked alright, and the garden would have been a nice place to sit, had it not been raining. Will give it another chance on a sunny day.
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An Inn since early 1700s. Large rambling building with many nooks & crannies gives it character, but apart from main bar it felt cold today. Set in lovely 7 acre grounds it is accessed by a narrow gravel lane. 4 Hand pulls give 6X, 2 Red Shoot beers + Westons Cider. Seems to have lost its charm since I was a regular 30+ yrs ago, no longer a freehouse � now Waddies managed. May have been a 4th beer if lower bar had been open. Carvery Sun, + bar food. A busy families pub in season.
Reviewed 30/01/09 by SADCATS on Tour! SCORE- 7.
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Visited July 2008 as part of a Sunday family cycle ride (it is the 'official' start point in our guide). Small play area for the kids. Bit of a wait for the food but was a very hot busy day. Food (carvery) was very tasty with good portions. Will go again and will recommend. Great cycle ride from there too.
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Pleasant pub tucked away in the New Forest.
Always good beers on, usually the Wadworth selection.
Very popular with families and walkers and food is reasonable pub grub - you could even be lucky enough to grab some of the carvery!
Rambling inside and a huge garden with a vast array of tables, and a kids playground.
Shags - 24 Jul 2008 16:16 |
Good to see that the High Corner has added a real cider to it's stock (Weston's Traditional).
They did a very good job of serving our party of 27 despite our turning up later than booked.
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Pleasant pub off the beaten track. We had walked from Brook (nr Cadnam) so were were in need of the well kept pint of 6X and the comfy chairs. Salmon Caeser was very good although the cheesy mushroom pot was a bit over powering.
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I've been going to this pub, irregularly, for over 20 years. It's in a great location but a total tourist trap in the summer. Service is generally slow (have the carvery?) and the menu is usualy fairly uninspiring. Beer is usually okay to quite good, wine is okay.
Good garden for the kids (when weather is nice).
It's tough to rate to be honest. If you'd asked me in 1980, I'd have said 9. These days, turn the number upside down. There's nothing wrong with it as a pub, it's just somewhat uninspiring.
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Obviously 12.15pm was far too late to expect a Carvery lunch - by the time we arrived, there was only Pork left to select, which would have been better advertised as unrefined rubber. Several of our friends were sold a carvery even though there were only vegetables left.
The food was generally poor, but not as poor as the service. People waited for a long time for their meals, and the staff seemed too busy to be insterested. Certainly they didn't have time to ask whether my 2 year old son had finished his food - they just whipped it out from in front of him at which he burst into tears.
Going to ask them about it simply resulted in a 'Oh I don't know what to do.' God forbid that we could have got an apology.
Then came the final insult as we tried to get our cars out of the car park. We were in the 'overflow car park', otherwise known as incredibly moist field. The owner of the pub then stood outside commenting on how people didn't know how to drive in the mud, and that she was sick of her field being torn up, while she sent her chef out to help push us out of the mud. Perhaps next time we should have arrived in our other 'car', a John Deere tractor. I must apologise to anyone who was ordering food at the time - the thought of a late dinner covered in mud would certainly not appeal to anyone.
So yes, nil points, as they might say for the eurovision song contest. Unless of course, you like paying through the nose for tasteless food, to then be insulted by the owner of the pub.
anonymous - 14 Jan 2007 19:46 |
Found this fantastic pub while on holiday.
WOW good food couldent try beer cos driving wife said 6x perfect.
Food is one of the best pub meals I have had
slight mix up one day but the landlord sorted it out in seconds.
Costomer service lives on
well done
thank you
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Rambling place with a Tardis like quality. Starts off in the intimate old beamed bar with lots of small nooks and cranies and progesses through a series of larger and more moder rooms until you get to the conference facilities out the back.
Unfortunately it is one of those places where the food sounds a lot better on the menu than it is when it is served. I've eaten there many times, but still haven't sused out how they manage to remove all the flavour from the food.
That said, at the end of the day it's location, location, location. Oh, and beer. I'd go anywhere for a pint of 6X.
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once found this pub is excellent. Real fires warm you on cold days in the heart of the forest. Good food and beer, well worth looking for!!
mad - 7 Feb 2004 09:38 |
This place is difficult to find, as it is completely off the beaten track. It is right in the heart of the forest, and there is no passing traffic. Being so isolated, the High Corner has to attract people. This is difficult if you are not on the main road. Anyway the building is really old - but it is a conversion. The woodland setting is especially appealing to families.
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You have to go about 1/2 a mile down a gravel track in the middle of nowhere to get to this place but it's well worth it. Another Wadworth's pub with well kept real ales. (6X etc) This is an L shaped building with 1/2 a dozen knooks and crannies with chairs and tables set up and a couple of bars only one of which was open when we visited.
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