The Hoops Inn, Horns Cross - pub details
Address: Horns Cross, Bideford, Devon, EX39 5DL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28181) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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> Current user rating: 5.6/10 (rated by 10 users)
other pubs nearby:
Red Lion Hotel, Clovelly (0.0 miles), Coach and Horses, Bideford (0.6 miles), Bell Inn, Parkham (1.4 miles), Farmers Arms, Woolfardisworthy (1.9 miles)
user reviews of the Hoops Inn, Horns Cross
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| I found the food disappointing and very expensive considering the size of the servings. We also had to wait quite a while for the food. katerina1968 - 29 Jul 2013 20:02 |
| Beautiful pub with its thatched roof and interesting warren of an interior. Spoiled, however, by snooty staff, snooty clientele, overrated food and expensive, average beer. Kenny260556 - 11 Sep 2012 21:30 |
| An attractive and extensive thatched pub, this has a number of different bars as well as an attractive courtyard garden at the rear. The main bar area has a very dark, almost black, parquet wood floor, plenty of beams on the low ceiling and canary yellow paintwork on the plastered walls, as well as some exposed stone walls. There are old brick fire-places at either end with wood burning stoves, and there were plenty of jugs, horse brasses and pictures dotted about. A small cubicle off of this bar housed just one four-seater table and this had a curtain on it to screen it off from the rest of the pub for some privacy! Beyond this and up a couple of steps was a slightly more formal room, perhaps more geared up for dining with carpeting and several shelves full of books. At the rear was another cosy and smaller bar with wood panelling on the walls, wooden pews, a tiled floor and it�s own small bar counter. This was completely full of dogs on a recent visit � three extremely large ones, and it�s not a very big room! There were extensive menus, both bar and restaurant versions with the mains being around the �9 - �13 mark if you dined from the bar option, or �15+ otherwise. We had the Thai Green Chicken Curry and found this to be a pleasant and enjoyable dish, and reasonable enough value at �10.95. There were also �2 for �10� early bird options available, although this was a very limited menu. Beers on tap were all their own and appeared to be keg rather than cask � Hoops Best, Hoops Bitter and Hoops Light. The solitary cider was Thatcher�s Gold. The staff were friendly and helpful, and all in all I felt this was a decent enough pub although it is perhaps somewhat more geared towards food than drinking. Blackthorn - 20 Jul 2012 16:42 |
| This place could be so much better. First off, the comment below about the vegetarian options is still correct - a very limited choice. But could be worse - my partner and my daughter had the added please of a free hair in the meal. When this was mentioned to the waiting staff the disappeared, and then came back and said "sorry about that" and cleared the plates. We weren't expecting a freevie or anything like that but a proper apology would have been nice. Not good enough. When we arrived, I asked for a high chair - the response, from the manageress, was "they're down the corridor at the end". There are much better places to eat and drink around here - try the Bell and Parkham, the Farmers Arms at Woolsery, the Bush at Morwenstow or anywhere else you can think of. Beer's very average too. nmckenn - 12 Jun 2011 00:28 |
| When you drive by it's natural to say 'ooh!' A wonderful atmospheric pub, by the bar. The food prices are expensive to what you actually get on the plate. The vegetarians are virtually ignored here. Shame as many people are these days. The place is frequented by the landed gentry, posh voices welcome. out4tea - 4 Jan 2009 21:53 |
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