Dukes Head, Romseyback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Called in after 3 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the bar was full of a friendly shooting party. Food wasn't being served due to the time (3 to 5 being no food times) but there was Doom Bar and Flack Catcher on the handles - my Doom Bar was the best of this ale that I'd tasted.
A list of weekday food offers was on the table we eventually found, last visit here was some years ago, but passing by lately I'd noticed that there were more cars in the car park so more reasonable food prices seems to draw in the customers
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Stopped here while doing a walk round Romsey. It has a pleasant exterior, with all the flowers in full bloom in the sunshine, but was very quiet when we went in. It was midday on a Thursday, so hardly peak time. The interior is olde worlde, but a little tired looking, and as per usual most of the tables were laid out for eating. Didn't have anything to eat, but had a nice half of 'Flack Catcher'. The pub seems to suffer from the fact that there is a more popular inn just up the road, 'The Malt House', which also does cheaper meals. Will visit again though.
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Called in here for lunch with the missus. The standard food menu is pretty uninspiring but the specials board had some brilliant fish dishes. Combined with the beer this was a slightly expensive but very good lunchtime experience.
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Nipped in here recently. The ales change regularly and all the other standard draughts are available of course. Again this is a pub that could be so much better than it actually is. Whoever is running the place shows very little interest and no imagination. Its become a 'nothing' pub. The menu is slightly expensive and completely lacks ambition. Still, it gets a 5/10 from me, with a 'must try harder' comment.
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New owners have recently opened with regularly changing beer range. Summer lightning,Butts Barbus Barbus,Brains,Pure Gold Fuggle dee dum.
Recent beer festival in garden with Pure Gold, excellent Sign of Spring Black Sheep amongst others.
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On previous visits to this place I'd not been impressed. Average gastropub, and not a surprise when it closed.
Local paper down here reports that it will re-open Good Friday, under a new landlady. It will offer Black Sheep, Landlord, Adnams Broadside, Ringwood Best & Summer Lightning on cask, which sounds a bit more promising.
In an age of pubs closing down I hope they make a success of this, it will be difficult as this place is a bit stuck out on a limb and won't get much walk-up trade.
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I used to visit here for the food and lovely atmosphere on the weekends, yet recent changes to the management and senior staff have resulted in slowly increasing food prices with in my opinion "a slow decrease in the food quality and friendliness of the staff" therefore meaning I no longer visit.
For those with money exotic wines and spirits can be found here although it is slowly moving away from encouraging a drinking atmosphere by concentrating its efforts on publicising the restaurant.
anonymous - 10 Dec 2006 21:14 |
Good selection of beer including Summer Lightning. Pleasant garden and three 'themed rooms' inside.
Food served is average but *very* expensive. Bottled beer prices are a complete rip-off e.g. They charge �2.95 for 1/3 pint of gold label barley wine. Half a mile away in Romsey center the Abbey Hotel charge �1.80 for the same drink (as of July 2006).
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