BITE user comments - REALALETY
Comments by REALALETY
Lovely pub !!!
It's a "ye olde worlde" oak beamed pub, allowing great views over the countryside.
3-4 real ales, including Maldon Gold and Old Bob. A varied lunch menu - the food was excellent.
Previous posters have refered to the friendly, helpful attitude of the staff, and this is so true. But what made my stay was Siobhan. Every pub should have a Siobhan. Her sales and serving skills were a joy ; really made us feel at home.
We enjoyed our time at the Bell and will certainly revisit.
11 Jun 2013 16:33
The Three Horseshoes, Comberton
What an excellent find this was! Great little pub, tucked away in a village about 6 miles south of the A428 Cambridge / St Neots road.
Olde-worlde type pub; very neat and tidy. It also has a very large and pleasant garden [ which was a suprise ].
Four real ales including Doom Bar and Pride of Pendle [both of which were most drinkable].
However, as good as the beer was, the food was even better. It took me ages to munch my way through the excellent Chicken and Leek pie, veg and chips - outstanding !!
Well recommended - this is the sort of pub you would want to visit again and again.
1 Sep 2012 12:20
The Hurdlemaker's Arms, Woodham Mortimer
This is one of those establishments that call themselves a "pub". But, like the Windmill Tavern in East Hanningfield, almost every table had cutlery and place mats. Isn't that a restaurant ? And where is the poor drinker suppose to sup his pint ?
Two real ales - including a very poor pint of Abbott. The coke tasted like soda and needed more syrup.
There are better country pubs, hereabouts, selling better beer, and at less expensive prices.
No - Not for me !
28 Jun 2012 21:12
Needing somewhere to watch the Chelsea FA Cup game, we found ourselves at the White Horse - well, they do have 3 TV's !!
Not visited this pub for years but, pleased to say, it has recently been renovated, and re-opened about four months ago ; and very smart and modern it now looks too.
And what to drink then a - given a choice of eight real ales !! I tried the Maldon Gold and Ramsbury ... and good they were too. Sadly, i had just missed the Amarillo.
Food included sandwiches, pannini's and taco's.
The landlord, Stuart, has worked hard on this pub. So, if you want a wide choice of good beer, although a tad off the beaten track, the White Horse is really worth a visit.
18th March 2012
25 Mar 2012 14:16
This is a pub that I once frequented, but now visit about once a year, as I feel that there are others pubs in Chelmsford
that now offer far better value for money, better food and better ale.
But, on a hot summers day in Chelmsford, there is no better place to be [ other than perhaps the food section at M&S, where its so cool ] than the garden of the Riverside Inn.
A pleasant venue with a river on each side - ideal setting for a beer and a bite.
I had a pint of London Gold - flat and with sedement.
The food ordered was fish and chips - small portions, ate in no time.
Rather than another "Gold" I went for the London Bitter - but this appeared to be another unremarkable pint of Gold - so I took
it back. Confusingly, this seemed to be replaced by yet another
lame pint of "Gold" - which I abstained from finishing !!
At one O'clock, on a hot summers day, I have seen this pub rammo'ed. Today, at that time, it was about 20% capacity ; that
says a lot.
Thankfully, the customers were mostly women - perhaps that says something too !!
30 Jun 2011 21:00
Would echo the comments of recent posts.
Nice, friendly, homely bar. Very helpful and friendly staff.
Varied range of real ales. Sir Freddie Walker was on tap when i visited ; excellent pint - went back for another.
Food served also, though we had already eaten.
Some interesting clientelle too.
Certainly a pub i would return too - next time i make the 160 mile journey !
19 Oct 2009 19:52
Little gem of a pub !!
Very tidy, clean and well decorated.
Four choices of Youngs ales .... plus a guest beer as well.
Chose a pint of Pipers Gold, and excellent it was too.
Varied and interesting menu. I had the home-made lamb burger, chips and salad. The burger was very tasty with minimal fat ; good value for money.
The barman was particularly friendly and helpful and i enjoyed my time here - would certainly make it my local .... if only i didn't live 90+ miles away !!!
19 Oct 2009 19:43
The Square and Compasses, Fairstead
Sitting outside, in the small pub garden, when the sun is shining is, well, just peace and quiet - delightful !!!
Ooops .... did I say pub ? We visited one Friday evening. Every table was laid out with cutlery and serviettes - not very encouraging for you average drinker ! So, I would venture to say that this is, in fact, a restaurant that serves beer ; not a pub that serves food.
Attracted by the idyllic setting, I visited four times last year, and once more recently. Five beers drunk, four of which I rated poor to undrinkable. All this, and yet they won a CAMRA good beer award ? Amazing !!. Well, at least I persisted.
9 Jul 2013 13:19