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This pub is set in a fantastic Dales location. It's off some of the main tourist drags. So it was considerably quieter than other Dales pubs we visited. It overlooks the village green and there are a number of tables on the edge of the green to enjoy the views and the peace and quiet. The interior has a narrow bar and a number of small rooms. Landlord & Boltmaker were the 2 ales on handpull. There was no sign of a jug. So maybe the landlord has stopped serving direct from the jug now.
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Stunning location. Not sure about the pouring of the Landlord from a jug. Probably the worst pint we had on a 26 pub walking holiday on the InnWay. We spoke with quite a few locals who we also not fans of this technique.
Still, the pub is so wonderful and unchanged its a must visit. Glorious.
Some photos at my walking blog - http://bit.ly/1VbzxOj
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Completely unchanged old Dales pub, like walking onto a film set, with local "characters" as well. Be certain to visit if ever in the area.
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I've been going to The Falcon for over 25 years.....it's sinply a wonderful place....and yes the landlord is very direct......he's also very well informed about an enormous range of subjects....has a deliciously dry sense of humour....is a true man of the dales....and he does'nt suffer fools gladly....and why should he....just look in the guest book to see how truly popular this place is. Well worth a visit for the experience alone, let alone the wonderful Timothy Taylors beer......for all those who've reviewed on this site wishing for a more 'modern' experience may I suggest you go to your nearest Weatherspoons!!!!!!
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Visited this pub on Sunday and had a great evening. After hearing all the bad reports on this site and others we expected to find the pub closed or the landlord to ruin our evening.
However, it wasn't the case! After walking the 2/3 miles along the river from Hawkswick Cote campsite we found the pub open (open until 10:30pm on a sunday). Our first impressions were that we felt we'd gone back in time but felt that it was definately worth going to. We ordered 2 pints of Taylors best bitter (came to about �2.60 a pint which was the cheapest we'd had all weekend in the area) and sat in the back room with the stuffed animals on the wall.
Apart from us there was the odd local who came in for a pint or two. We pretty much had the pub to ourselves. A couple of times the landlord would have a chat to us and ask us where we'd come from. He was particuarly interested in our studies and told us about his two kids aswell.
We didn't have food but there was a kitchen to the right of the bar.
In our view, we had a great time and didn't find the landlord rude at all. If anything, i just think some people just don't get Northern people!
A great Dales experience. Will visit again!
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Places like this are few and far between these days, but we too often in this country have a rosy view of the past. This place has terrible customer service, a bad mannered landlord and ancient and slow beer dispensing - I fear the past we so often want to recreate in a rosy clich�d box- is unrealistic out of date and out of step, and not actually any good.
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Like a trip back to the 1930s. Very nice pint of Tim Taylor Best served from a jug. Landlord is a character, very friendly once you got used to his humour. Really is well worth a visit. Please never change this place, there are so few of its kind left.
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As on spammy's visit yes the person making the rolls was doing the ironing!! You pay her for the food - not at the bar.
The tiny bar at the end of the passageway is quite something. Timothy Taylor landlord served from the barrel via a jug. No other draught drinks at all. Very simple seating areas to the side of the bar. Worth a visit for the chance to step back in time.
Landlord is certainly a character - when I asked permission for us to sit out at the back of the pub in the lovely garden i was told "no - it's not a beer garden, you can sit at the front"! I suppose it is for the hotel guests but there are no seats out there.
Places like this are few and far between these days - enjoy....... (7/10).
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I really wanted to give this place a good review. I went back after a few years, after a long walk in the hills turned up at 3.10 on bank holiday Sunday. We got an abrupt "We're shut!" Several people were rudely turned away - not for any licensing reasons, but because they always shut at that time on a Sunday!
I'm all for these places being kept just as they were, but some things have improved in our time, and that is customer service - which at this place is nil. It's as though they're doing you a by favour by opening at all!
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Excellent beer, and the cobs were good too, even though it was only either ham or cheese. Most of the kitchen was taken up with someone doing the ironing! It is definitely a step back in time, and I agree worth keeping just as it is.
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What straight from the keg - no pumps!! There's not many places round these parts where you get that any more. Keep on with the beer jug and the cheese and ham sandwiches. It was a real pleasure - PLEASE do what ever you can to prevent this pub ever being brought into this century.
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