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I found the food excellent, basic but plentiful. Good value for money!!! Service was great and the staff were very friendly and helpful despite their age (see previous review!!!). Gorgeous pub with great surroundings, would reccomend to anyone for a good place to eat and meet friendly people. Garden was beautiful with the river running beside it, good quaint and traditional pub!
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After more upheaval caused by the brewery trying to squeeze every last penny from their landlords, a new guy has been installed. Food is apparently really good, but the I.P.A. is freezing, so won't be drinking there any more until that's sorted. They seem very eager to close early each night- the clean-up of the bar starts long before what most people would expect.
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Awful atmosphere, no food, no customers. I believe under new management, again.
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A welcoming little pub which I have visited on quite a number of occasions recently. Ate there last week - the menu is pretty much all-Italian and there is plenty to choose from. The carbonara was excellent. Good beer (the ubiquitous GK IPA + guests), polite service and a cosy country atmosphere consistent with its olde-worlde thatched roof exterior. Real fire in the winter a plus. I believe the manager is relatively new and he seemed like a very nice bloke. I will continue to come back.
4_ale - 19 Jul 2010 17:01 |
After a highly successful period being 'managed' this pub has now completed the transition from a clean, friendly place to one where it takes ages to get served, the staff don't appear to know what's going on or who's in charge and poor quality beer.
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Open again as of April 23rd. Being 'managed' by friendly family.
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The pub has been closed for four weeks now- Greene King have made absolutely no attempt to let the people of this village know if or when their pub will be open again. Typical of them- yet more proof, if any were needed, that they have zero interest in their customers.
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This pub closed as of two hours ago.... another landlord bankrupt with next to no support from Greene King. How they can still get away with charging such astronomical rents is beyond me.
Assume they'll be finding someone else soon.
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Well, tiffiny2008, while I don't doubt your account of the meal, I can't believe anyone would admit to asking to have a rack of lamb WELL DONE!!!???
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I was looking forward to dining here as I had read a good article about the place. It was a pleasant pub with a tidy, neat restaurant but the food I'm afraid to say left an awful lot to be desired. The menu was fussy and we were struggling to find something that appealed to us so we went for the plainest we could find. We started with the Thai fishcakes that resembled little shiny discs that looked nothing like a fishcake, they tasted like deep fried spicy rubber! For the main course my partner had sirloin steak, he was asked how he would like it done and he asked for it to be medium rare, well that was a joke I have never ever seen one like the steak he was served up, it was no more than 5mm thick, it was as flat as a pancake, even the flashest of cooking it could be no less than well done, it was only fit to go between two slices of bread. I had the rack of lamb and asked for it to be well done, it was blood red with a horrible crust and on a very greasy, tasteless cassoulet of beans, yeuk! Seeing as we had not eaten much of our meal up to now we ordered a dessert. We had the apple crumble but the crumble was more like flour. We were the only diners that evening and I suppose an empty restaurant speaks for itself, we definately will not be returning.
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At the start of this decade, this pub was run without any love or care. The tables could be seen being wiped with the same cloth that had cleaned a floor spillage.
A couple then took it over, and they transformed it onto much of what we see today. It was always meticulously cleaned daily. The quality of the beer increased hugely, as did the food.
They left late last year. The current landlord is now taking things a step further. The new restaurant serves a varied, exciting menu.
The pub is a happy, friendly place to while away a few hours with a good pint and some delicious food.
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nice pub, bar staff can be a little rude sometimes. nice outside garden with heaters so its good in the summertime.
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