Kings Arms, Winkleighback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Now open again with new tenants doing a great job at reviving this village local. Good beers and team. Sunday lunch time busy with food being served. Worth a visit.
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Closed as of October, 2013. I will post again if I see it has re-opened.
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We travelled from Crediton to visit this pub but to be honest we were dissapointed.
It felt like a dirty place and we found Winkleigh an odd village to visit.
4/10
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An amazing experience in the 70's when Inches Cider was still under that name down the road. Mouth worked but legs stopped.
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We have been meaning to get to this pub for years, knowing that Jamie from Iddesleigh's legendary 'Duke of York' is involved (does he own and tenant it?). We thought is was like the Duke used to be - unpretentious, very local but friendly, no piped music or machines, nice hotchpotch of furniture and decor. The beer selection was a bit disappointing for my tastes, but well kept. The food was not great, but better than average, and much better priced than the now OTT DoY. Good home made pasty & chips for less than �4. It got very crowded by about 1.30, but they do food all day - go early or late is my advice. We'll certainly go again if we're in the 'hood.
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I'm so surprised to read the previous reviews. This is my local pub and I think it's the best in the area. I've only had good food there. We run self catering accommodation about a mile and a half from Winkleigh and send many guests throughout the year to the Kings Arms - they all come back with glowing reports and many go back again. We certainly wouldn't recommend it if we didn't think it was good - there are plenty of other pubs around to choose from. I like the Kings Arms because there are newspapers to read during the day, board games to keep you entertained, you can take the dog and he'll probably get a treat - you can even take the family and you'll all get a warm welcome. It's not jam-packed like the Duke of York at Iddesleigh, you don't have to book ages in advance, you can get good beer and local cider from just down the road. It's a great local traditional atmosphere.
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We went in to the Kings Arms rather hungry, as we entered we could smell the wonderful aroma of "Fish & Chips" as we walked by a customer with his generous portion of Beer Battered Cod & Chips �8.95 I knew thats what I wanted, my dinner guest also opted for the fish but cooked with out the batter... We ordered the food with the very pleasant bar staff, also asking for a side order of creamy mushrooms but with the addition of Stilton melted into the sauce, mmmm we then sat at our table and waited for our meal, the bar man then put sold out sign on the fish obviously a popular dish today or was it bad planning about 20 min wait our food arrived served by this very funny looking (well for want of a better word) waiter at first glance it appeared fine we were asked if we wanted any sauces , and asked for tartar sauce, (whick took an age to arrive)I was about to cut into the fish when I noticed it was already in about five small well battered pieces, obviously the end bits from everyone elses dinners, then on closer inspection of my dinner guest plate the portion size was that of a child and the Saute Potatoes were burnt we complained to the funny little waiter but we could not now eat this meal so sent it back, we were offered an alternative but just didnt really want to have anything else there, the creamy mushrooms tasty just had a small amount of stilton sprinkled on the top as an after thought,we did not eat our main course at all but they still charged us �8.95 for one meal As we were still rather hungry we went to Chumleigh Tandoori and wow fantadstic meal cooked to perfection with good service......and the Chef came out to see if we enjoyed our meal
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Totally agree with the previous posting.
Poor food, poor service, poor decor.
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If the standards have risen since the 70's as the previous entry states, I can omly assume it must have been bloody awful back then, because it aint much better than that now.
It's supposed to be in some good food guide or other; I can only assume the testers were Ethiopian refugees. no one else would call this food good. The chef seems to be on a one man mission to increase the nations salt consumption: I had my years intake in one meal, the gravy tasted as though it had been made with sea water, with a bit of salt added to give it some added flavour. The service is just as bad. The toilets (mens) are disgusting.
Alas, the other pub in the village is even worse
anonymous - 5 Sep 2006 22:11 |
I first came here in the early 70's when the owners were starting to provide pub food as we now know it. Subsequent visits in the 80's, 90's and this year have seen the pub grow and the standards rise. Real ales, local cider (from about half a mile away) and excellent food make this one a must. Parking a bit tricky at peak times and the old village has quite narrow street so the pub can be elusive unless you know your way around. This is the only 10/10 I will ever give.
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