The High Force Hotel, Forest-in Teesdale - pub details
Address: Forest-in Teesdale, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 0XH [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 29501) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 6 users)
user reviews of the High Force Hotel, Forest-in Teesdale
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| Stopped here on 15 March 2009, whilst out in the local area. We live in Darlington and this isn't too far away. As it was lunch-time, decided to eat , even though extortionate prices charged for basic pub grub. As we had a friend with us who cannot eat gluten, I asked whether they would do bacon, egg and chips (no gluten-free meals on the menu). This wasn't on the menu but chips and a bacon and egg stottie were - didn't think it would be too difficult to put the three ingredients together. How wrong I was!! If you really need to know why pubs are closing at the rate they are, have an encounter with the landlord here. He is the most unwelcoming, unhelpful, unfriendly and miserable individual running a pub you would ever wish to avoid . He told me that was the menu behind the bar and there was, apparently, no divergence from this. Don't expect service with a smile here - or any service come to that - he obviously hasn't heard of customer care. He said that he had no price for bacon, egg and chips - not exactly rocket science. The place was empty on a beautiful spring day at 12.30pm - I thought he would have been grateful for the custom! We decided not to eat there, to which he replied 'doesn't bother me', as he turned away �30+ of business. It obviously will bother him. Unfortunately, we had already ordered drinks - small hot chocolate (tepid), small coffee (tepid) and the only real ale in the place (Theakston's bitter). These were overpriced as well - �6.80. Well remember when this hotel had its own micro-brewery and was a pleasure to visit. How sad. SophieWy - 13 Mar 2010 14:41 |
| Enjoyed a quiet visit to this hotel while visiting High Force and tried the two Darwin beers that were both good, the Cauldron Snout especially. gillhalfpint - 26 Jun 2007 11:50 |
| Nice selection of real ales, and although the menu was quite limited the food was served well and tasted delicious. The best time to enjoy the place is of an evening when the mass of day trippers have drifted back home and the place has quietened down DoubleGallon - 15 Apr 2007 21:36 |
| Splendidly situated in a well known beauty spot. Nothing really special inside, but a nice range of beers. I suspect it get horribly crowded with coach parties sometimes. You can avoid paying to see the waterfall simply by crossing the bridge about half a mile downstream and walking up the other side of the river. Indeed carrying on to the next bridge and working your way back is a very pleasant way of working up a thirst. nickdavies - 21 Jun 2006 13:56 |
