Ring of Bells Inn, North Boveyback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Excellent local beers and restaurant quality food topped with a friendly welcome and chat from the manager. As someone mentioned earlier a good circular walk from Moretonhampstead. Good luck to the new staff.
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Fantastic looking pub in a timeless village.
Only had a couple as we had to continue our walk. Nice pint of ale.
8/10
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Had dinner in this wonderful pub last night - food was incredible. The building and settings are breathtaking, the staff are incredibly nice and helpful. 10/10!!
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This pub changed ownership in December 2008 - hurray!! It's now got a welcoming landlord, a very good menu, an interesting and varied wine list and the beer is well-kept and includes Otter and Tribute. The whole place has been painted and spruced up and they've re-vamped the five bedrooms. the dilapidated thatch has been replaced too. As a local, it's great to have this place back on form after years of being dire.
If you've had a bad experience before - please give it another chance!
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On the face of it, this place should be the pub of your dreams. 13th century thatched hostelry in one of Dartmoor's prettiest villages. However, on the couple of occasions I've been in it, it's proved to be something of a letdown. If you closed your eyes, you might think you were in west London. It seems to be frequented by a bunch of city traders. Unfortunately, they're probably the only people who can afford to live there nowadays.
Oh, for the sound of a Devonian accent!
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The Ring o'Bells is that sort of idyllic country pub you dream about - thatched roof, beams, deep in the Devon countryside only reached after negotiating ridiculously narrow lanes with undergrowth on either side concealing large granite boulders to damage the door panels of unwary drivers' cars.
They had three beers when I visited, St Austell Dartmoor best, Otter Ale & 6X plus Grays cider (from Tedburn St Mary) on draught. I think that the Otter alternates with Bass. They also do food.
Unfortunately I didn't like it. It's the sort of pub rich people go to for a Sunday lunch. Many of the tables were reserved when we arrived (presumably people have telephoned and ordered their meals beforehand, because the tables were still empty and still reserved when we left). The beer was expensive to my mind (�2-40 for the 3.9% ABV Dartmoor Best and �2-55 for the others) and the price of the food matched the price of the beer. Personally, I think that �8-95 for liver & bacon with mash is a bit pricey - I mean, how expensive is liver in the butchers? The whole pub somehow lacked atmosphere - but maybe it's different in the evening.
If you don't want to damage the sides of your car or are not too confident about reversing up narrow lanes, North Bovey can easily be reached on foot from Moretonhampstead, which is on good bus routes from Exeter, Plymouth, Newton Abbot & Okehampton - just walk along Pound Street opposite the Co-op supermarket and follow the signs to North Bovey. It takes about 45 minutes.
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the atmosphere here isn't especially welcoming and some of the staff could be friendlier.the food could be up to a higher standard for the price.
anonymous - 27 Nov 2004 13:16 |
Great Pub if you are on Dartmoor.
Excellent food,accommodation, and always at least three real ales on.
This is an olde worlde thatched place, that recently has been taken over by a golf society!
tony rix - 26 Sep 2003 17:18 |
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