please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I once stayed here.
Accommodation was fair enough B&B, and I found sitting outside at the back under the grapevine quite pleasant on a hot sunny day.
Food was unmemorable, but certainly no bad experience.
For a better ale drinking experience we went to the nearby Mullions though.
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Agree wholeheartedly with comments made by Gann...ESPECIALLY paragraphs 2 and 3........
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Never had such bad service waited over an hour for the food to arrive only to return it as it was cold to reheat they put it under a grill not what I would call good
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awful pub very pretty outside and inside ....but food was bad ...fish was pink and i asked for my steak to be very well done only to find it swimmimg in blood .after sending it back it arrived back to me just as red .....never again will i eat at the bear inn
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This place advertises "real guest ales" but every time I've been (I live nearby) they aren't available and I've had to settle for something else (other pubs nearby have very good beers which from now on I'll stick to). The lure is a cheap midweek menu which a couple of times has been ok but last time the food was stale and made me feel sick. The staff are sometimes friendly, sometimes rude - basically you're risking spending good money on a kick in the teeth and I'd recommend visiting pretty much any other pub in the glastonbury /street area if its food & drink you're after.
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Now although I understand the sentiment of some of the comments below, I would like to state that not every one who goes to Clark�s Village is a Chav. There are those of us who have no option but to visit as we�re married to professional shoppers.
And once you�ve worked out what these places are about, (offload centres for last years fashions or models that the main shops have not been able to sell), then you can usually pick up some excellent bargains and after a fair bit of practice I now achieve this regularly at Street.
But I will concur that the best way to visit Clarks Village is get there when it opens and be gone by late lunchtime, before the local estate hoards have fed and dressed their broods of snotty nose kids in their replica football shirts and shell suits and are entering.
Anyway lets move onto the pub before I open myself to abuse and advice to f*** off to a shopping review site..
The Bear Inn is a large Marstons Inn with a traditional pub d�cor. It has one central bar, but then several distinct dining and drinking areas designed around it. Some of these do not have any natural light, but the good use of copious amounts of mirrors in all areas (both plain and brewery mirror types) still give the place a bright and airy feel. It also benefits from a large outside terrace and garden area ideal for the warmer days.
The beers are, as you would expect from the Marston�s stable, but they usually complement the Pedigree with seasonal ales as well as guests from the Ringwood Brewery. For example there was Ringwood Best and Marstons Ashes Ale on during my last visit.
The food menu is a bit spoon�s like supporting several mains at under a fiver, but they�ve always been reasonable when I�ve tried them in the past.
All in all, this has always been a decent place for a pint and a quick bite to eat for me., and has the advantage of location opposite a back entrance to the Clarks Village, so that you sneak here for a quick pint whilst waiting to be summonsed back by text message.
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It's a sort of up market version of a spoons which caters for the middle aged chavs and cheapskates who come to Steet to buy third rate tat from the nearby shopping village.
Nothing special
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Friendly and comfortable Marstons tavern with accommodation available aswell, had a decent enuff pint of jennings here last week, 7/10
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Quite a nice pub. The coachloads of chavs buying 'seconds' from the conglomeration of 'factory outlets' down the road tend to congregate in the Lantokay 'spoons, so the Bear often (but not always) attracts a quieter, dining clientelle during the day. The menu is very good and reasonably priced and the beers are well kept. Staff can be friendly or offish - I think it depends on pot luck as to who you get to serve you.
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