Compasses Inn, Salisburyback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Charming and atmospheric dark old country pub providing three well-kept and varied ales, above average food, and excellent service. The Bristol Beer Factory Nova is looking like my ale of Spring 2016 thus far. The food was sufficiently imaginative and consistent to justify the pricing, with vegetarians aptly provided for. Staff were exclusively interested and friendly. Not one to miss really.
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Its a very nice pub, food drink and service very satisfactory keep it up. :)
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still a lot to commend it- excellent food and the gorgeous location can't change, but has taken a real slide downhill in terms of keeping beer and staff who know what they're doing. Badly needs to make more effort.
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Was told to visit by friend and read reports but sorry beer ok staff ok food overpriced and to fancy for country pub
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Had an excellent stay here late in 2009. Beer was excellent, along with the food.
Wish I'd been there in the 60's (see Latitudes comment below).
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Love this pub!!!
Dont get to go as often as i would like, as i am from wimborne area, but this is my idea of a top pub. does everything its sposed to do, create atmosphere, fantastic food, and great beer and wine.
Went there for a big meal before my brothers wedding, we got looked after fantastically, was a tuesdasy night and still was packed.
I would suggest you all take a look, its a little hard to find, but once you get ther you have reached pub perfection.
Jamie
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This was one of my first regular watering holes in the 60s. Single stone flagged room with fire place and the bar was a hole in the wall. Don't recall that they did anything as poncy as food! Gents was a screened off part of the yard with a hole in the ground - raining and you got wet! Used to be good for "lock ins". Gradually "gentrified" over the years but was still OK last time I was in.
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Lovely pub - hard to find though. Great beers and seriously good food. Venison with junipers and marsala and slow cooked belly of pork with pear chutney - delicious. Friendly staff and landlord. Has accommodation and a little beer garden at the front on a quiet country lane. A real gem worth looking out for.
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This inn deep in the countryside near Salisbury certainly looks the part. The main bar can't have changed too much for the last 3-400 years: it's incredibly dark, with modern lights disguised as old gaslights, and really has been very well preserved. Three ales on handpump when we stayed here: Bass, Wadsworth Henry's IPA, and Hidden Quest from the Hidden Brewery: I tried the latter two and the Hidden Quest was excellent. Food-wise I felt this was more gastropub than pub: quite ambitious, and of good, although not excellent, quality. We were staying here, having been pointed here by somewhere else local which was full up (we'd never have found it otherwise): the accommodation is upstairs and is modern and tidy. This was certainly a decent find.
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