BITE user comments - doot
Comments by doot
This place is akin to a meat market on Friday & Saturday nights. Attracts too many chavs with bad attitudes for my liking, but each to their own.
Probably quite nice to visit during the day for a quiet lunch, but the evening experiences have put me off.
Drinks are priced a little above average. No cask ales to speak of when I last visited, but the usual array of lagers and ciders to satisfy the aforementioned clientele. Good selection of wines though.
6 Dec 2010 14:37
Possibly the weirdest pub in Horsham. I've lived opposite for the last year and visited on only a handful of occasions. Beer garden to the rear is lovely with a pond full of healthy looking fish.
Inside, the decorating has finally finished, but it remains a locals pub. I think some inbreeding might have been going on around here at some point, as the locals all seem to be a bit special.
Anyway...beer is average and menu is basic. Doesn't claim to be anything more though, so one can't really complain.
Worth visiting, for the garden if nothing else.
5 Sep 2007 14:01
Great food and friendly staff. A few cask conditioned ales on offer as well, which if my memory serves me correctly, were pretty decent when I tried them! If you like good food, then give them a go.
5 Sep 2007 13:56
This is a weird pub. Bouncers are creepy but bar staff seem friendly enough. I think what let's this place down is the army of chavs that you can expect to see in there every Friday and Saturday night.
As for the beer, stick with bottled stuff. I've sampled the lager in there on a couple of occasions and it's normally flat. Not the sort of place to get a decent pint of bitter either.
5 Sep 2007 13:50
Nice enough pub and fantastic locations.
Usual K & B beers - Sussex, Tanglefoot and Badger. My pint of Sussex was excellent and washed down my sizeable portion of chips very nicely.
Strange layout - snug bar on one side (seats about 5 people before you start invading other people's personal space) and the main bar/restaurant on the other side.
Still - probably better in the summer when everyone can spill out into the garden. I will be back to try the food soon.
21 Mar 2006 17:54
Nice pub - serves the usual K & B combi of ales, which I find to be rather boring - Badger, Tanglefoot and Sussex. However, I was fortunate enough to go here just before Christmas and was treated to a lovely pint of Festive Pheasant.
Bar staff seemed very friendly and similarly the locals seemed like a half-decent bunch as well.
21 Mar 2006 17:48
Good pub, good beer, good food.
Restaurant is out the back and strictly no smoking. There's also a nice patio area for those long Summer afternoons.
Give it a try - you won't be disappointed.
21 Mar 2006 17:46
Nice pub. Ales are well kept and has a nice country pub atmosphere about it. Haven't tried the food, so can't comment but don't expect anything more than pub grub!
Interestingly, this pub is located right on the outskirts of Dunsold Park which is where Top Gear is filmed - you never know, you might spot Clarkson and his cronies in The Three Compasses having a sly one before heading off on one of their farcical "races" across Europe!
21 Mar 2006 17:38
Lovely pub - certainly worth the journey from Horsham if you (like me) were struggling to find a decent pint of ale there. All the beers are from WJ King and are kept in perfect condition. When I visited, they had Horsham Best, Old Ale, Amarillo (Single Hop) and one other which I can't remember.
Didn't have a meal when I was there, but I wish I had - food looked great. Stuck with a portion of chips and they arrived within about 30 seconds of us finding a seat - fantastic!
19 Mar 2006 19:00
This is what every pub should aspire to be like.
Great food, great beer (London Pride & Youngs are the permanent ales with normally 2 or 3 guest beers alongside them - Betty Stogs puts in a regular appearance and is my personal favourite).
Lovely beer garden / patio and at the other end of the calendar a couple of roaring open fires in the winter.
Not a "locals pub" unlike some country pubs - you will get the same excellent service that the locals get!
I've been to a lot of pubs in Sussex and I've yet to find one as excellent as The Rising Sun in Nutbourne.
17 Mar 2006 11:06
The Sussex Barn, Horsham
This is a cracking pub and one of the larger ones in Horsham, only let down by it's non-central location.
They serve decent beer and although the food is cheap, I feel it is always honest and reasonable quality. And served piping hot, which some pubs seem to struggle with!
Service is excellent and the inclusion of live music on occasion always draws a crowd and makes for a good atmosphere and a cracking night out - in particular, check out Solice whenever you get a chance.
10 May 2011 11:58