Waggon and Horses, Halamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This Waggon and Horses, Halam is now under new managment, and is now back as a more traditional pub, where drinkers and dinners are all welcome
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Pub in total darkness and doors closed when we arrived at 6.20 pm. We went after a favourable review in local paper. We will not return. When will those in the hospitality business in the UK learn to open and serve food and drink at times to suit customers, not themselves ?
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I had lunch here today (a Saturday), and a couple of pints of Thwaites' Wainwright. Both food and beer were very good - the former well-prepared and tasty, the latter well looked after.
It is possible to spend �30 a head here on food (if you really try), but I took advantage of their two courses for �12 offer.
True, this place is focused more on food than a typical village pub, but the food is very good and they still manage to offer a decent pint. To judge by the two dozen or so others there at the time of my visit, this pub must be doing something right.
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We recently re-visited this watering hole.
Whilst a good pub, it is also a restaurant. Some of the earl;ier comments have alluded to the cost of a meal: having now eaten there, I on't blame them.
We had a session there - but allow � Thirty [30] per head - plus a fiver for pudding.
Not cheap, but good!
Mind, the food is very nice.
Certainly a seven, but consult your bank-manager before booking!
Possibly an
m eight!!
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Not everywhere is to everyone's taste; Biggles didn't like this place, much, but I found it fine when I visited in October. Yes, they do food - and probably they do it well - they seem to have won awards for it.
They did excellent cider and beer - so long ago that I can't remember exactly which beer; I did try suggesting this pub then.
Place is clean and smart, staff are attentive; in fairness, we were there at a quiet time, so I don't know how manic it might get at, say, Saturday 2100 hours.
I wasn't greatly taken by the posh crisps - the ones that Tescos aren't allowed to sell, Tyrrell's perhaps - but we tried them, but if that's the worst carp about a place, it can't be too bad.
We enjoyed sitting outside, watching the Halam world go by, and imbibing gently.
For me - a seven.
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Beware. This is no longer really a pub.
We went in for lunch after seeing it listed in the GBG as having �rustic charm� with �good quality home cooked food at reasonable prices�. It has obviously been through a disastrously unsympathetic refurb since that was written.
It is crammed full of dining tables � so crammed full that, I kid you not, it was a work of art to find a way from your table to the bar for another drink. And that was with most tables being empty - I imagine it would have been an absolute nightmare if all the tables were occupied. As it was, people coming back from the loos had to push their way past my chair; not what you would want while if you were downing gourmet food! And it had that horrible atmosphere where everyone talks in a hushed voice; all you hear are whispers from other tables. Not the relaxed, comfortable ambience that you would expect from a �village local�. Nobody stood or drank at the bar.
The Thwaites Original was fine, though the Thoroughbred was hazy and not really ready but was still served to me just the same. The food wasn�t bad but was very expensive.
Steer well clear unless you want a fancy pub that thinks it�s a smart restaurant but isn�t even that.
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I visited this place again recently. It's small-looking, but bigger inside than it looks, and is in the middle of Halam.
Well turned out pub, with friendly staff and a good selection of Thwaites beers. My good lady had the Smooth, and was impressed. Other beers included the Lancaster Bomber, and a Greene King IPA.
I had cider, and was very happy - so much so that I went back for another.
The food - not tried - looked & smelt delicious, and the pub has apparently been awarded a local Restaurant of the Year title; may be you would need to book at busy times. No meals Sunday evenings, and I think it's open only lunchtimes and evenings during the week, and all day Saturday and Sunday.
Bit out of the way - but worth the effort to find, I reckon.
Good eight.
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