White Horse, Eaton Brayback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Lovely pub on the outside and has been in the village for 300 years. Only problem is that that the landlord (Tom) wants to turn it into an image of himself; sullen, miserable, quiet and rather boring. Don't go here if you expect a warm welcome or even a pleasant greeting, these things aren't part of the deal. I think his idea is to make customers feel as unwelcome as possible in order to have the place to himself. This could be a great village pub but it's gradually being run down by lack of music, TV, entertainment and ambience.
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Nice traditional English pub with a good selection of real ales, well kept. Food is disappointing, service very slow. Portions are small and a lot of dishes are very obviously pre-cooked and microwaved to order. Burnt tidemark on dish a real giveaway! Food prices are high, especially considering the size of the portions, main dishes are around £14-£16 bracket with bland puds at £5.25. Shame.
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fairly average, think it more suited to my son he would like the roughness of the place.
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Pub is pretty good, food good but nothing to go crazy about. There are two main problems.....it's never open firstly!! Many times after a country walk we've tried to go on Sunday/Saturday and it's closes at 3. Really think they're missing a trick. Secondly not the friendliest landlord, was a bit snobby when I enquired about quiz nights (informed me that 75% of everything they do is food related.....not a drinking pub then). Seems a shame for such a large village.
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Went here for a Sunday Lunch last year, and had a lovely meal. Beef was lovely and rare. Will be going back next month.
Can't say much for the actual "pub" side of things though, as we were just in the restaurant.
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Beer average, food expensive, staff snooty, won't go back
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Visited this pub for the second time yesterday, had previously visited on a sunny summers day and sat in the rear garden drinking well kept Spitfire. Plenty of car parking, and a play area for the kids if you have any.
All good then?
Decided to visit again and eat in the restaurant.
And I would have to agree with previous comments that the food is distinctly average.
Thai fish cake starter was greasy and had a very strange texture.
Steak was OK as was my wifes Lamb shank. Stay away from the pepper sauce as this was awful, split, oily and lacking in any flavour.
Service was attentive but not intrusive.
Decor is a throwback to the 70's and you would be hard pressed to find less comfortable chairs.
We sat close to the kitchen and heard the unmistakeable "ding" of the microwave on far too many occassions.
As with our first visit the beer was well kept.
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Ooerr. The landlord and landlady are the most anally retentive couple you could find. I tried asking for a whisky seconds after the "time" call, to be met with negative and chilly looks. The beer is adequate, the place is comfortable but bland, there's slushy muzak constantly, the food is acceptable.
Go elsewhere.
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Lovely setting however the abrupt welcome "the restaurant and bar are fully booked!erm, but your welcome to eat outside" whilst the landlord eyed our well mannered and behaved children.Meal arrived and was at best mediocre and certainly overpriced. The childrens menu was poor hot dog, chips at �3.50.The service was ok we told the waiter that the food was only fair & overpriced, waiter informed us that they dont really cater for children. So if you want average food at restaurant prices and you have no kids then this is the place for you, to be honest though would not go again....
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Absolutely first class pub. The owners give 100% to ensure everything runs smoothly. Quality of food is superb.
anonymous - 6 Oct 2006 23:47 |
A very pleasantly surprised! this beautiful looking Pub on the green in a small quaint village. Lovely friendly atmosphere, with a homely smell of the log fires as you enter the pub. We booked a table for lunch, which is just as well as by 1.30 the small but itimate restaurant was fully booked. The food was excellent, the 'BEST' roast I have tasted in years - apart from mine that is!! The two waitresses were very tentative without being over the top, and the fact of being asked if you would like extra gravy or veg was very thoughful. I would recommend this Pub to anyone....although maybe not for Sunday Lunch just incase we couldn't get a table!! I look forward to our next visit, thank you from a 2 very satisified customers!!
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