Rose and Crown, Sellingback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
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Very nice pub, this. Not a huge selection of ales but the Adnams Southwold was very good and the food decent. The landlady was very friendly and chatty and the surroundings are lovely. It's basically in the middle of a wood so I would imagine would be a great place to start and finish a nice walk.
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The R&C is a gem, off the beaten track approached along lanes only a car's width wide. Lovely, friendly staff, great ambience and an inglenook with a real fire - the logs actually spit. Very good food and an ever changing range of beers. It is my idea of the quintessential country pub. Has table lamps, latticed windows, low beamed ceilings and is very cosy. In summertime, the array of outside picnic tables makes the R&C a delight for al fresco dining. It is always well patronized which, due to its location, can only be from the excellent reputation it has acquired from those who have discovered it. Well worth the 30 mins walk from Selling station. I don't give 10s but my 9 says that it is as near to perfection you can get. I enthusiastically and highly recommend it.
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Lovely pub in a beautiful setting. I can honestly say that I've never had a more friendly welcome. As previous reviewers have noted, Harveys and Adnams seem to be the regular beers, but we had the guest: Jack Black from Brains, which went down very well indeed! We will certainly be returning when we are in the area.
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Nice pub, nice landlady ;)
Probably would not drive here for food, but the beer is good.
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A great pub - lovely kentish inn. Food is pretty average bar the steak and ale puddings which are magnificent - as long as you are starving. However, owners and setting make up for this as a slice of rural idyll. You can also walk off the pudding with some beautiful walks on the north downs afterwards.
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In deepest darkest Kent woodland lies the Rose & Crown. Not the easiest of places to find and a mixture of narrow winding lanes and high hedges make it downright dangerous for those attemtpting to come on foot. It looks pleasant enough but it is somewhere people come more to eat than drink. Harveys and Adnams were the ales on and the Adnams was quite good. Can't say I'd be rushing back though.
anonymous - 9 May 2010 10:16 |
I have been happily well-acquainted with this establishment for many years, as although I am not local, I am fortunate in having a friend who hails from the area who occasionally needs visiting - thereby affording immense opportunities for revisiting old haunts like this across East Kent.
The pub is set in what feels like the middle of a wood, which gives it a serene and comfortable feel in the Summer (the garden is charming), and a cosy and enticing atmosphere in the Winter, complete with log fire. The food has always been to a high standard, and this appeared to still be the case on my recent visit, although this is based purely on jealous observations of others, as alas we'd arrived just too late to place an order ourselves.
As for the ale, the pub was known for serving only four cask beers, but those that it served were usually on fine form, and in addition to an offering from Adnams and Harvey's, one could almost certainly source something more intriguing, usually in the form of Goachers (more often the Light Mild but sometimes another alongside), which although a thriving brewery remains somewhat hard to locate even in Kent. To our slight dismay, the Goachers is now conspicuous by its absence, which is acceptable if the replacements are worthy, but sadly they were decidedly average - TWO Theaskston beers. Okay, I've nothing against Theakston's, but theirs aren't the most inspiring brews on offer nowadays, and I would have expected to have been treated to a more interesting, unusual, and local offering in the Rose & Crown. And certainly not two from the same brewery! I stuck to Adnams and my mate stuck with Harveys - needless to say, very well kept and enjoyable. Everything else was in place, including the wonderful cavernous, snug environment, and very pleasant and convivial service from the manageress/landlady. But please folks, don't make a habit of putting bland and less exciting beers on - if you can't for any reason get hold of the Goachers, there are plenty of other excellent local brews which I'm sure would delight your customers' palates!
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Beautifully situated pub in the middle of woodland down narrow country lanes. The beer choice was slightly unexciting but the Harveys was well-kept and no banal Shepherd Neame beers. Very cheeky 25p charge for tap water which, when you have just bought two drinks is galling and alienating.
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This pub is extremely hard to find, but is well worth the effort! It is a traditional country pub with a range of customers, locals as well as holidaymakers. It has a good atmosphere, with very friendly bar staff. The food is delicious and the beer is very good. There was a beer festival on while I was there which gave me the opportunity to sample 14 real ales.
No Goacher's Mild though! Sorry to disappoint Wittenden.
9/10 - Highly recommended.
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A haunt in the middle of Perry Wood, which welcomes walkers . We usually eat in the pleasant garden, though the inside is most attractive.The restaurant area looksfairlyintimate, as the building is a pair of ancient cottages.Enough of this! the main attraction is the beer-Goachers' Mild,which ranks highly in my pantheon.
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