Red Lion, Blewburyback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A lovely village is enhanced by this excellent stop off point with the welcoming staff a real bonus. We treated ourselves to two platters - seafood and antipasti - and both were superb - although don't order the former unless you like rollmops! The whitebait was of top order and the atmsophere convivial in the extreme.
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Excellent pub, especially half way through an eight and a half mile walk. Beer (Oxford Gold) very good, food fine. Two very nice young ladies working behind the bar! The gents has a slow closing door so beware - you may start emptying out before it's actually closed, leading to possible embarrassment.
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I just came across this site and I have to say I agree with Ridgeway Rambler, this is a proper gaffer running the place. Nice garden and a covered area if you fancy a smoke. Food a bit too pricey, catering to the Harwell crowd a bit too much?
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A proper pub with a proper gaffer behind the bar with other affable staff, taking an interest and caring about customers. Good food in generous quantities, Brakespear beers and relaxed locals enjoying a pub like they all ought to be. This publican should give masterclasses.
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Very much out of the way though was easy to find with a "brown sign" pointing off the main road. Beer was good and the food fine; open all day Sunday and cooking lunch until 16:00 which is great if you are running late like we were. Felt like a real English pub with inglenook fireplace, traditional furniture and nice beer garden out the back
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Ventured in here on a weekday evening recently and was pleasantly surprised. Lovely location (hidden down the end of a lane), wooden scrubbed floors, comfortable layout and low key decor (not a horse brass in sight), friendly staff who were very attentive, really great food (traditional English - more home cooked than gastro eg liver with loads of yummy mashed potato and gravy, good steaks with 'proper' chips and salad) all cooked to order, decent beer. Given the night the restaurant side was empty but the bar was perfect to eat in (small and fairly cosy) and several locals were in.
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Not crowded on a Bank Holiday Saturday evening.
anonymous - 31 Aug 2005 15:04 |
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