The Rising Sun, Nutbourne

Lovely pub, pretty remote, although the last three times I've visited the atmosphere has been good but not brilliant - difficult to put a finger on what wasn't quite there.

Anyway, worth a visit.

7 Sep 2007 15:49

The Three Moles Inn, Selham

You'd never find it unless you were on some sort of quest to find something that someone had hidden with the clue 'I've hidden it somewhere out-of-the-way'.

And bloody marvellous because of it. It has Real Ale. It has bar billiards. It has a lost looking bookcase with books full of inapropriate jokes. It space for about 8 (thin) punters. If you stand at the bar and spend more than 3 seconds deciding, a regular will fly to your aid with 'pussy ales on the right, working up to man's ales on the left'. Put it on your list of places to visit.

7 Sep 2007 15:46

The Dog and Pheasant, Brook

It's a bit of a drive for me but I go here quite a lot. I've really enjoyed it under Buzz and Juliet. Great atmosphere always, and the food has never dissapointed, on the rare occassion I felt like taking the financial hit. The Tapas is infact much more reasonably priced and I recommend it.

Good wines and beers, delightful building, and superb scenery. Worth a visit if you're in the Goldalming/Haslemere area.

7 Sep 2007 15:41

Clarendon Arms, Cambridge

I think it's worth more than its review score at the time of posting (5.9/10). It has lovely aged decor and locals, and the sandwhiches and Bangers & Mash are the stuff on legend. Definitely worth a treck across Parker's Piece.

7 Sep 2007 11:07

The Fox Goes Free, Charlton

The location is lovely, the pub end is lovely, but they do need to sort out thier food ordering and serving.

Based on the last three times I've eaten there, once on a weekday evening, once on a sunday evening, and once on a saturday lunchtime, the comments are based upon consistant observations:

1. The menus are all over the place and the food ordering till gets rather busy. There's always a poor couple sitting right underneath the main menu who must endure hoards of people staring about 1ft above their heads, then queing by their table to order.

2. Once you've ordered, you wait an awfully long time for the food. It's all freshly prepared and of a high standard, so I suppose they could be forgiven for this, were it not for the fact that most of the delays seem to be for lack of waiting staff. You're stuffed if you expect a 'how is the food' every now and again, and getting eye contact to ask for the bill is is an exercise if futility. The few staff are understandably a little brusque and fraught.

This would be fine if they charged pub prices, but the prices are very definately restaurant and the service should reflect that, assuming they want to keep their (otherwise well deserved) reputation. 6/10 (would be 8/10 on a pub-for-a-drink-not-food review).

7 Sep 2007 10:41