Kings Head Inn, Canningtonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Popped in late on a Saturday evening to have a pint and listen to some jazz. Very busy and friendly, with lowish beams and a pool table at one end where my son beat me as usual. Landlord was of the grumpy variety, but it had been very hot for time of year, and probably been a long hard day. Pint of Butcombe Bitter was OK, and did not get a chance to try the Otter Bitter which was also available as wife fell asleep. Worth trying if you're into a community pub with live music.
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Really enjoyed the live jazz here last week, I do hope we see more. With decent slabs down in part of the bar instead of that carpet it feels much more like a pub, and acoustically it's surprisingly good. Beer quality's still very good, and Graeme's still providing us with variety by alternating his guest, which is all you can ask of someone whose hands are tied by the greedy tossers at Punch. By far the best pub in Cannington, from one who grew up here.
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This place has come on in leaps and bounds. There's a choice of 3 ales and an excellent pint of Rich's cider at �1.70. Beer prices are too high at �2.70, but blame greedy Punch Taverns for that! The atmosphere has become more pubby, in a good way, with people still enjoying their food. Reminds me somewhat of pubs in Essex like the Swan at Little Totham: they have a way to go to reach those lofty heights, but they're laying the foundations of a good community pub. Just keep the cider: there were five of us drinking it at the bar last evening, and very fine it was too!
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We had not been to this pub for about 2 years when we visited last week, wary of what we might find. Please to say that the new owners were most welcoming and friendly. We had lunch and the food was good, althout the menu was rather limited. However, we had a preview of the new menu, which was due to be introduced this week, offering a great variety of dishes. We will certainly visit again.
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just a quick note after reading the posting of 20th March 2006, to say that this pub has since changed hands, and I am sure that you will recieve a very friendly welcome from the new owners
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Although the food was OK at the Kings Head, the welcome was non existent from the landlady. Our 30th wedding anniversary was ruined by her attitude - making us move from a table by the fire when the place was empty. When we left there was only one other party (of three)there - not at the table we had been forced to vacate! I don't normally rant about people but I would advise avoiding this place unless you relish being made to feel very unwelcome.
We left straight after the main course and will never return.
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