The Queens Arms, Corton Denham - pub details
Address: Corton Denham, Sherborne, Somerset, DT9 4LR [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 26153) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Sherborne (4.3 miles), Templecombe (4.9 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Accommodation available
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 23 users)
other pubs nearby:
Mitre Inn, Sandford Orcas (1.3 miles), Camelot, South Cadbury (2.0 miles)
user reviews of the Queens Arms, Corton Denham
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| Back again on a walk, not having been here for a while. Excellent choice of beers and ciders (though the server mis-heard the order of "Thatcher's Heritage" for "Gold". When she realized her mistake, she poured it down the sink. (Possibly the best place for Thatcher's Gold.) The pork pies here are worth the 5-mile walk it took to get here. This is an excellent place; it deserves the awards it gets, though its clientèle is arguably too pretentious. (A few years ago, one Londoner started to patronize one of the servers, assuming he was a local yokel. He asked him what he would be doing in the autumn. "Taking up my Exhibitionship at Merton College, Oxford", was the reply, leaving Londoner more than a little deflated.) Out-of-the-way, but a place very worthy of a visit. 8/10 this time. HenPen - 23 Aug 2014 22:18 |
| AA Pub of the year, Somerset Cider Pub of the Year and now it's been voted 2012 National Best Freehouse of the Year and the only Pub to be given a AA Rosette in it's area . So, you can't win all these awards without doing something right! Great staff who know their Beers and Food and serve the correct Glass's with all their Beers from around the world and can match their drinks to the Food being served. OK it has a lot of cars parked out the front but that's because it's good and most people recognise that. it' s only the minority that have nothing to do but windge all the time and can't give constructive criticism. The words are "get a life as you are here for a good time not a long time". I will keep coming back to this Pub as it is the best around and we are lucky to have it on our doorstep. Pubs are going out of business guys so support your Pubs and stop windging. Ross Rossboy - 5 Jan 2013 13:07 |
| Wow, what negative reviews for such a great place, some would appear to be based on chippiness as much as anything. 1st, the location: Yes it's hard to find. thank goodness as it stops it being any busier. View from the outside seating area is wonderful. 2nd, parking: Yes, it's terrible. Just keep driving along the road to the north into the village and there's virtually limitless parking alongside a long wall a good 200 yards tops from the pub. 3rd, food: I eat out a lot and this is my favourite in the area, despite some very stiff competition. 4th, service: never been anything but excellent. 5th, beer: Yes, very pricy but you don't come to a pub like this for a cheap beer. Apart from all the wierd beers/ciders on draught they have a truly bonkers selection of amazing bottled beers from all over the world. Johnnytheboy - 30 Jun 2012 18:27 |
| Visited last evening and it appears to be a pub of extremes; there is no doubt that the food was extremely well cooked and the range of ales excellent - Cheddar Ales' Gorge Best, which was absolutely delightful, and several offerings from the local Moor Beer Company including Revival, Somerland Gold (I think) and Peat Porter (stored in a fridge? as it was far, far too cold and at �4 a pint - yes, �4 a pint - was the most over-priced beer I'd ever had. After that it was downhill all the way. So, where to start? Well firstly parking is extremely limited and usually occupied by sports cars and bloody great 4x4's - indicative of the regular clientele. From the outside the pub is quite unpreposessing and inside it is less so, the bar area being functional rather than comfortable and obviously geared to diners. There is a separate dining room with old wooden furniture but it is extremely cramped. The service was, well, cavalier to say the least, certainly at the bar. The food, as I said, was extremely well cooked nouvelle cuisine but the portions are extremely small - I'd had a long day and as soon as I got home I had two pasties as I was still so hungry! The menu is ridiculously limited - just pork loin, cod, chicken or risotto on offer - and horrendously over-priced. OK I was in a party of about 20 but to take two hours to serve us a two-course meal was, in my opinion, far too long. Overall the pub is far too pretentious for me and the whole experience left a lot to be desired. From now on I'll leave this place to the fools who like to be parted with their money on the grand scale. I won't be back. BobOs - 15 Jul 2011 09:55 |
| This is one of my favourite pubs. The beer and food are excellent (the latter is expensive). The accommodation is very good (it has character but is also comfortable and has good amenities). The village setting is lovely and the bar area is cosy and traditional. I suppose, sometimes, I think the service is a bit off-hand. I guess, given the location and upmarket nature of this place, I might also expect the kind of problems with haughty locals that others describe. But having stayed here a dozen times or so, I've never had any problems. Psi - 7 Mar 2011 12:46 |
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