Horseshoe, Warlinghamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The pub has a pleasant ambience, but it is not a pleasant dining experience. There were 10 of us so maybe this was too much for them. The service was incredibly slow and whilst the carvery seemed to be very good, the remainder of the food was not. My granddaughter's spaghetti was cold and had to be sent back, my friend's "sizzling" dish did not "sizzle" and was luke warm, my husband's calves liver was over-cooked and tough and my own meal, a beefburgher, was over-cooked and hard. The staff did not seem to care all that much although they did not argue when the spaghetti was sent back. I did not add service to the bill of �200 because it was awful. It is not a cheap pub, so expect better. I also did not argue this at the time because it was my daughter's birthday and did not want to ruin her day, but on another occasion, I would not pay for this food, except the carvery.
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The Horsehoe is a lovely pub. The staff are friendly and welcoming. Service is with a smile and staff are professional about their jobs.
The Horseshoe is one of the few dog friendly pubs left in Warlingham and we are regularly offered a bowl of water for our mutt whenever we go in.
The restaurant menu is excellent but a little pricey. Bar snacks are pretty good. Tapas/light bite snacks are verygood value and a tasty alternative to a bag of crisps.
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Lovely pub, Friendly staff, No unusual ales but a cracking pint of Harvey's and Strongbow on draught, Lovely beer garden out front.. Great atmos and well worth paying that extra 40p by moving on from The White Lion next door which is dull.
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In here last Saturday just after 1.00 and a bit quiet.
More of a Food place but pricey. Jacket Spud with Tuna & Mayo �6.50!!!!
Some old dear was eating something that turned out to be Bubble & Squeak with a fried egg on top and a little side pot with some baked beans in it for �8.50!! I stick to the beer.
They have 3 hand pulls but only two were in use.
Greene King IPA and Sharps Doombar which was �3.30 a pint but well kept.
Now that is 40p more than the dearest pint in the White Lion next door.
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Friendly staff, good beer! Love my ales, so what more could you want! :)
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havent found a nice pub in a while, until i had a look around a nice village called warlingham. Small village but very friendly and lively. I had 2 pubs to choose from, i think i chose the better one.
Great food, great service, great beer. I had to look twice cos i actually got a smile off bar staff, very strange!! lovely pub, definatly going there again!
went there on 20/05.2011, good value for money and can chat to the staff easily.
Plus they sell Doombar! awsome awsome beer, was very well looked after, being a member of a beer association i was pleasently suprised of the condition of all the beers. Well done 'The Horseshoe'
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Tried the Horseshoe for the first time ever recently, great pint of Harveys, and the food was as good as you could expect for the price. Staff seemed well trained pleasant and eager to please. Large conservatory catering for various functions at rear. Well worth a visit.
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Before we even reached the bar, the lone barman asked if we were eating, and almost before we could reply, called for a waiter to show us to a table in the adjacent dining area. The bar area itself was completely empty on a Saturday afternoon, so opted for a good pint of Harveys over the London Pride, and stayed in the 'pub' for a while instead. Rebellious or what. Nicely done out with the usual leather sofas etc, pleasant enough. Eventually succumbed to the lure of the lamburger special in the foody bit, which was pretty busy by contrast. Food was OK, good atmosphere, and overlooking a large patio area out front. All in all, not bad, but not really a place for a beer session.
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I'm surprised this pub has avoided being listed in Bite for so long, I can only imagine that it was always overshadowed by the White Lion next door, and there was never any reason to go in. Thanks to sterling work by M&B the White Lion isn't what it was, meaning this pub is worth a look if you're around here.
What you have is a classic 30s roadhouse much chopped and changed over the years, but by some oversight much of the main bar area has survived relatively unscathed. It's friendly enough and a perfectly pleasant place to while away an hour. Some very nice Harveys best the day we called in.
It does think a lot of itself on the food side, regularly indulging in advertorial pieces in the local press aimed at those who must take their in-laws out for Sunday lunch, a purpose for which it's entirely suited, although the smell of boiling lamb fat emanating from the kitchens while we were there suggests they might regret it later.
Conclusion: nothing special, stop for a quick on if you are passing.
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