Four Horseshoes, Thornham Magna - pub details
Address: Wickham Road, Thornham Magna, Suffolk, IP23 8HD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 12406) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 11 users)
other pubs nearby:
White Horse Inn, Stoke Ash (0.7 miles), Bucks Head, Thwaite (1.6 miles), Six Bells, Gislingham (1.8 miles)
user reviews of Four Horseshoes, Thornham Magna
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| Delightful pub with good food and great service. Worth a trip out for. Just a shame that despite being advertised as a Freehouse all the beers are from the evil Greene King range (including the guests) - though the beer I had was well kept. 7/10 Darren_in_the_City - 24 Jul 2012 11:02 |
| My first visit to this pub was on evening of 10th Nov 2011; Great atmosphere, good beer and excellent food, in abundant quantities and very reasonable priced; friendly attentive and speedy service; well worth many visits. we'll be back. JohnDouglas - 11 Nov 2011 19:39 |
| Visit Thursday 17th June 2010. Depressing. I used to go to this pub regularly from school as well as in the summer for a pint. I was greatly disappointed with the food having taken my wife back here in June 2010. The bar area is nicely decorated and welcoming, beer is as you would expect with a few guest ales. Unfortunately I was driving and primarily looking for some good food. Having baulked slightly at the �3.95 asked for a bottle ( small ) of Magners for my wife I ordered the game terrine (�5.99) and gammon steak with egg and chips (�11.99). She was having Chicken Dippers (�4.99) and Lasangne with chips and garlic bread ( about �9.99 - can't recall exactly. ). Now considering this is the depths of Suffolk none of this is exactly cheap - but could well be justified if it is good quality and at least some of it home made / cooked. The good first - her garlic bread was a clever adaptation of some cheap ciabbata which was satisfying but not pungent, the gammon steak was massive. The bad, well firstly unfortunately we had an incredibly surly waitress, who brought no cutlery for the starter and then ,shortly after being gently rebuffed after trying to remove my half full plate of food, declared "finished now are you?" before clattering our plates away noisily. Blunt refusal was the response to a request for a drink. No task was too small or perfunctory for this girl who should have been at the herb factory or somerfield for the holidays instead. The menu declared all desserts to be sold out, but we weren't offered them anyway, nor coffee. The lasagne was dry and tasteless, the chips were oven ( surely no excuse for this ) the terrine bland and milky - its accompanying beetroot relish was truthfully, just beetroot. It was warm, but it was all very greasy and after the �50 bill was parted with the feeling was of money and time wasted, and a squandered precious lunch opportunity. My opinion - leave this one for the octogenarians on their organised lunches ( of which there were plently ) and head down the road to the Elsewhere Arm's. HungryHippo66 - 18 Jun 2010 16:06 |
| I understand that this pub has changed hands a few times in the last couple of years, and the quality has been up and down....and this is the problem I have with this website, as I see that the last comment made about the Four Horseshoes was made nearly a year ago. It only takes a couple of negative comments (often from people with an axe to grind, as was the case a while back regarding my local in Ipswich) to put people off going to a particular pub. As all pubs are struggling at the moment, this is just not fair! I went to the Four Horseshoes on Mother's Day last week with the family, and on a Sunday lunchtime they have the best carvery I have ever experienced. Choice of beef, pork or turkey, a huge selection of FRESH veg (OK the Yorkshire puds were Aunt Bessie's, but that's fine), and delightful, friendly service. The place was packed, as it should be on Mothering Sunday. I work as a pub chef, and know exactly what sort of work goes into providing this sort of service. Yes some of the starters were of the Brake Brothers variety, but when you're serving this many people, that's entirely forgivable. 10/10. Keep it up guys!!! Bluesnfood - 16 Mar 2010 19:54 |
| My local and there is nothing better than the walk from home to this fantatsic pub and a welcome pint. Food is great. The character of this pub is typically Suffolk. Looking forward to many a summer pint at this place. You should try it if you are ever in the area! Ch71s - 11 May 2009 20:47 |
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