Queens Head, Horshamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Permanently closed.
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The Queens Head does seem to be a lot busier since it has changed ownership and had a lick of paint. However this appears to be due to the fact that the new management will serve anyone! The language coming from the bar was shocking as was the racism which I heard being spouted by what appeared to be a group of regulars at the bar (at as very loud volume!!) Listening to some of the chat and the general atmosphere makes me believe that this pub has become popular with the traveller community.
Only stayed for one pint (my girlfriend left her drink and just wantd to go to the Black Jug for some civil company) Can't comment on food as we were a bit to intimidated to stay.
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A very friendly and welcoming pub within walking distance to the local town, bedrooms and evening meals available and are both of high quality, all beit no en-suites, but at the price is more than a minor dis-comfort in todays climate of high expense hotels.
4 large screen TV's, 2 Pool tables and a lot of entertainment / activities listed.
Well kept pumps and all though only a small choice of beers at present, all are of excellent quality.
The evening meals and aspecially the Sunday roasts are to die for and resonably priced too.
All in all an excellent night out, was intended as a starting point, but we ended up staying the whole weekend.
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I always used to look forward to popping in here when visiting Horsham FC during its King & Barnes days. Sadly I can't get excited about Hall & Woodhouse beers and my pint of Fursty Ferret was mediocre. Horsham FC have gone now too, as well as K&B.
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This pub is the closest to Horsham FC�s ground. It is a barn of a place but it still manages to be snug and warm in the colder months. Although I�m not usually a fan of Hall & Woodhouse beers, the Tanglefoot I had in here the other day was very good indeed.
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This double gabled, two storey, town pub has a somewhat austere greyish-dark-brown brick frontage facing directly onto the busy street, with outside seating on green painted basic wooden benches. Inside it is much more cheerful. Its only GBG entry when a King and Barnes house in 1982 describes it divided into �a large public bar and small comfortable lounge�. Its single spacious interior now offers the complete post-modern, decade blending, eclectic experience. Warm welcoming Mediterranean tones of salmon, red, yellow, blue and sea green characterise the general contemporary colour scheme (the effect in some areas is not dissimilar to that found in The Station and The Bedford. Are their interior designers related? I think we should be told). Tall-backed pale wood chairs are placed around a central dark brown wood bar. Elsewhere, seating can be found on comfy sofas and chairs placed upon bare floorboards and red carpets. To the left hand side, a state-of-the-art flat screen digital TV dazzles the eyes with the technological clarity of its pictures, while the nearby walls are hung with quaint Victorian and Edwardian prints and old, faded and somewhat indistinct photos of local views, including ones depicting the Queens Head circa 1881 and 1900. To the rear of all this is a raised area big enough to house two pool tables (with blue baize, please note) and a black and white pool-related photo gallery including, amongst others, the Rat Pack and stills of Paul Newman as shark Fast Eddie Felson from the movies The Hustler and The Colour of Money. This platform leads onto a small back beer-garden. The far right side of the pub functions as a more formal dining area with bare brick and blue-papered walls. 1980s music meanwhile comes from the CD player behind the bar. The beer? Oh, yes. It�s Hall and Woodhouse - Badger Best, King and Barnes Sussex Bitter and Tanglefoot. There is a current Cask Marque certificate and the Sussex Bitter is perfectly pleasant.
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I have to agree. Good beer and more welcoming than the austere exterior promises. Food always available and a good place to watch the big game.
Paul - 6 Nov 2004 13:01 |
Good all rounder, always very lively, regular activities like quiz evenings are popular, if you want a quiet drink this is not the pub for you, but ideal as a good warmup pub for an evening on the town.
Fluff - 6 Feb 2004 21:45 |
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