Luppitt Inn, Luppittback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
If you want to know what a proper country pub should be like.
This is the place to see.
Hard to find along narrow country lanes. A small faded sign of a red lion on the
road side leads into the farm yard. A larger sign above the door, that opens into the hallway. On the right is the main bar. With a little corner seat and table.
Across the hallway is a second room.
The Landlady will come out of her living room to serve you and happily chat.
She will also explain the puzzles left here. I managed to solve two. But I think they were the easy ones!
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Just go there. Now. Before it is too late. Sample a piece of living history, and the Landlady’s impeccable Devonian accent.
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Not the easiest place to find in the dark being hidden down country lanes. There is a faded inn sign (showing a Red Lion) but no real indication that you are here as the pub is on the edge of a farm yard. There is one room containing a single table with four chairs - this is covered in wooden and metal puzzles belonging to a local who changes them from time to time (he owns thousands). A back room may be available at busy times (if there is such a thing - the 90 year old landlady informed us that it was quiet most days although there were often a few more in on Mondays as some of the other pubs in the area close on that evening).
Only one beer - Otter - served from a polycask at only �2.50. Apart from beer there are just a few bottles of drink for sale. This pub is probably unique now - a bar on a working farm. The landlady's living room is the other side of the bar and she will leave this to come and serve (and chat) to you. Absolutely no pretentions, and very much worth the time hunting it down. A fantastic pub only open from 7-10:30 Monday to Saturday.
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This place should be bought by the National Trust so that it never ever changes, it's a lovely pub, friendly people and great beer - well worth a visit.
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I moved to Luppitt 5 weeks ago and this is now my local. It's not your city or a touristy pub so steer clear if that's your thing.
It's more a turn of the century C19 small village inn that has remained unchanged - thank heavens too - because it's the friendliest pub I've ever had the pleasure of frequenting, the landlady (Mary Wright) and regulars are very welcoming - contrary to what our American vistors posted earlier.
There are a selection of puzzles to keep you occupied and believe me they will keep you occupied so you'll need to keep an eye on the time because they are enthralling; and they do change over the weeks so there's always something new to test your wits against.
So pop in and say hello and come and experience probably one of the last surviving pubs of it's kind.
Will.
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Janine Kahn, Internet editor at OC Weekly newspaper, Orange County, Southern California, writes: "Staff writer Luke Y. Thompson's been visiting family in the UK all week (Aug 31, 2007) but he hasn't forgotten his OC pals:
'Greetings from the land of overcast August skies and wonderful cask-aged warm beer! Been staying out in the Devon countryside for a family reunion, and having a grand old time playing with giant chess pieces, and adoring home-cooked meals. Also passing out copies of my OC Weekly cover -- yes, our paper is truly world-famous, as the blog-header claims. Or at least transatlantically famous.
'The local pub near where we were staying was supposed to be the highlight of the trip. Essentially described to us as an oversized sitting-room that only serves one kind of beer, it sounded like the sort of quaint thing that's either awful or awesome. Well...
'On the last day, I managed to persuade my uncle MIke to go with me, walking a mile and a half uphill in search of tasty beverages. Braving steep slopes, run-ins with cows, and the ever-present stinging nettles (think poison ivy, quicker healing but more hurting), we made it to the Luppitt Inn and found it locked. As we investigated the nasty toilet facilities around back, an old woman emerged. Note that it was around 6:30 p.m.
'She: "I'm not open till seven, so it's no good 'angin' around!"
'Okay. We backed off, and she went inside, but not before my uncle took a closer look at the pub. At this point, the woman comes out again, looking really furious, and yells "Nor mind lookin' in the window neither! Clear off!"
'Not a candidate for the "Best of Devonshire" issue of any local paper, let's just say.'
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What a unique pub!.Unchanged in a century.Full of character and memories from yesteryear.Landlady Mary Wright(85), having lived there since WW11 knew pretty much all that went on locally.
The beer from the barrel is supplied from the Otter Brewery just up the road.Mary also had a small selection of Otter beers and ales in bottles.
The only table had a collection of puzzle games up on it.These formed the centrepiece of everyones attention.Fun for all!.
Basically this is MUST visit pub before the muppets from the E.U. find a reason to shut it down.Go visit today!
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Wonderful pub. Great beer on gravity.
Go and look at the puzzle stone in the churchyard
(made by the same chap who made all those fiendish puzzles in the bar).
Go to this pub before it's "improved" or closed down.
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This is a great pub, Mary will come and join you for a drink and persuade you to try one of her fiendishly difficult puzzles!
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Unique pub in a farmyard with a small bar/servery to the right of the front door and a second room to the left and that's it! Otter bitter from the barrell, gin and whiskey on optics and a variety of bottles. Mary Wright, the landlady, is 84 and says the pub hasn't changed in 100 years. We were the only two there on Bank Holiday Monday!
Jules 44.
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