Keepers Arms, Queningtonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Superb. After a 7 miler (what delightful countryside) it would have been rude not to have a post walk refreshment. Genial host - lots of people eating Sunday Lunch and an out of this world pint of Cotswold Way.
Terrific.
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What a brilliant village local. A proper pub with a friendly dog, good food and excellent beer. We stayed in Quenington for a few days and ate in the pub every night (a good choice of interesting food and some of the best chips I've ever had). The genial landlord has a keen interest in his beer, with 3 handpumps and changing guest beers (some from Devon, others more local). He also wants to remove the Foster's keg line and put in a handpumped cider, clearly a man of discernment.
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An old stone built pub in the centre of this quaint Cotswold village, this has a surprisingly contemporary interior, perhaps recently refurbished. A large pile of logs was stacked just inside the porch door which is a sure sign of a proper fire, and there is a small beer garden at the front of the pub with views across the rolling hills.
The main bar area is a pleasant enough spot, with wooden boards on the floor, a big, stone fireplace for all those logs and a few beams on the ceiling. The paintwork was a pale shade of green, with some cream painted wood panelling on the lower part of the walls. To the left is a larger room divided in to two parts. This had another smaller fireplace, some black and white photo�s on the walls and an exposed stone wall at the back, which would have been an attractive feature but for the plasma stuck in the middle of it. Some illuminated twigs completed the interior decorations. Landlord was friendly and efficient, managing to serve two punters at once on an unexpectedly busy Friday evening.
The food menu was a decent selection of pub grub, with most of the mains being in the �8 - �12 range. We had Bangers & Mash that came with three large, decent quality sausages and was good value at around �8. A Fish Pie from the specials board was a similarly decent dish with plenty of chunky pieces of fish. The accompanying veg was an interesting selection of roasted root vegetables rather than the usual carrots and peas.
Beers on tap were Butcombe, Tribute and Betty Stoggs. The solitary cider was the excellent Ashton Press. All in all, well worth checking out.
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Popped in here last week at lunchtime, lovely old Cotswold inn just off the bottom of the village green, nice seating area outside, 3 local handpulled ales in good condition and a decent food menu. Well worth a visit.
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Cycling around the Cotswolds we were desperate to find a friendly, locals pub. The Keepers Arms proved to be just that. The landlord took the time to have a chat, the locals at the bar included us in the conversation. It was a breath of fresh air after the other 'destination' pubs which have had all the character renovated out of them.
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Went there today after a lovely walk along the Coln. What a find ! they actually serve cask-conditioned Boddington's, and the beef curry was one of the best pub curries I've had. Friendly landlord, and the sort of pub you don't fnd much these days - traditional, comfortable, not tarted up.
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