The Bull Hotel, Wargrave - pub details
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Address: High Street, Wargrave, Berkshire, RG10 8DD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 13081) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Wargrave (0.3 miles), Shiplake (1.1 miles), Twyford (1.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sunday roast, Real ale
> Current user rating: 6.4/10 (rated by 22 users)
other pubs nearby:
White Hart, Wargrave (0.1 miles), Greyhound, Wargrave (0.1 miles), St George and Dragon, Wargrave (0.3 miles), Baskerville Arms, Lower Shiplake (1.0 miles), Horse and Groom, Twyford (1.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Bull Hotel, Wargrave
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| This is more of a pub than the St George & Dragon up the road. It's an old Brakspear house and is situated in the centre of the village. Brakspear Bitter & Special were both on, alongside Ringwood Boon Doggle. The landlady was friendly and chatty and the pub has a small, but pleasant garden at the rear. Note the Wargrave & District Snooker Club opposite also serves real ales. It has a sign outside saying it is open on Saturday's. But this is incorrect - we returned later in the evening (after 7pm) to find it still closed. blue_scrumpy - 7 Mar 2015 21:34 |
| A traditional street corner local in the heart of Wargrave, the pub is arranged on a couple of levels around a bar counter and despite offering a few food options has managed to retain the feel of a pub that is designed for drinking first and foremost. There are two main bar areas, each sharing the same bar counter which had a number of stools around it. One bar is down a couple of steps from the other and this is a pleasant, if slightly spartan room with black wooden boards on the floor, a whitewashed ceiling with plenty of black beams and there were a few more black beams on the wall as well. An exposed stone wall was at one end a low stone wall along one side. There were numerous old black and white photo’s and the obligatory horse brasses dotted around, and a large brick fire-place with a log fire, although this was not list on a recent cold March evening which may have made it a little cosier. A smaller room was up a couple of steps at the end and this had a more contemporary feel with lighter laminate flooring and a number of brown leather sofa’s and arm chairs. A couple of large flags were prominently displayed on one wall, and there was a small plasma up in the corner, although this was not in use. The menu offered a small selection of “pub grub” dishes such as lasagne, fish & chips, chilli con carne, etc., and these were mostly priced around the £10 mark. There was also a specials board that offered another half a dozen options. My curry of the day (Chicken Balti) was a decent enough dish and came with rice, naan bread and a poppadom as well as an enormous pot of mango chutney. Beers on tap were Ringwood Boondoggle and Brakespear Bitter. There was also a pump for Fortyniner, although this appeared to have run out. Unfortunately the solitary cider was Strongbow. All in all this seems a decent village local with a friendly landlord and a decent food offering. If only they could sort out their appalling choice of cider, I’d say it was well worth a visit. Blackthorn - 18 Mar 2013 22:43 |
| On the pumps were Wychwood Hobgoblin, Wychwood Bountiful & Brakspears Bitter. The place has nice olde-worlde decor but dining room empty and barmaid resorted to sitting on public side of bar reading the paper, it was that quiet. Wychwood Bountiful was well kept but not a place with atmosphere. Real shame. Beer_Spotter - 22 Sep 2011 23:27 |
| We had am evening meal with wine and received friendly and quick service. The pub had a nice atmosphere with the period features giving a different feel to usual pub restaurants. Would recommend the Bull and would like to try it when the log fire is roaring 4spurs - 6 Jun 2011 17:21 |
| Wargrave was our stop on a Twyford - Wargrave - Twyford walk so we had four pubs to choose from. The St. George and Dragon and White Hart had wine glasses on the table when we looked through the window so we felt they were not for us. We chose the Bull over the Greyhound merely on alphabetical order. We were there fairly early on at lunchtime and it was quiet ( 2 other folk ) but it improved a little later, no mean feat in itself as Wargrave appears to be a ghost town, full of closed down shops and For Sale boards. Brakspears Bitter and Hobgoblin were available and both were fine. Half a dozen specials augmented the standard menu. We had fish and Chips, a curry (CTM) and 2 brunches and these certainly kept the wolf from the door. We were served by a pleasant young lady with distinctive cleavage and flip flops. The gents toilet, hidden away at the back of the pub, contains a painting of a naked lady, in fairly graphic detail. An unusual feature, but I suppose you might as well hang it here as anywhere else ! A pleasant enough hostelry, nothing outstanding but nothing rotten either. I'd happily return for a drink, but wouldn't lose any sleep if I didn't. ramblethenlunch - 18 Mar 2011 11:17 |
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