BITE user comments - salutes
Comments by salutes
Gastropub with a decent line of local beers and wines - Wye Valley bitter was nice and tasty. Olde world styling but very comfortbale.
More for foodies, but a warm welcome and attentive service. Great location and place to go for a meal or Sunday lunch if on holiday in the area. Probably best to book ahead or turn up early- as it was packed by the time we left.
Prices not too bad either.
25 Jul 2010 15:51
Sought this place out after a morning in the hills. Wished we hadn't bothered. Really felt as though the landlady wished we hadn't bothered either.
Begrudginly served our drinks - although I think she was hoping we'd decide to leave after she'd told us we were too late to have food. She only had one beer on (I forget the name) - I would have tried it had there been time - but I needed a thirst quencher first and the bar closed on us.
Limited opening hours (I think closed on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday evenings, then only open 12-3 and 6-11 the rest of the time.
This pub is in an ideal location and should be a dream destination for walkers in need of ale; but if it is always run this way then I'd be suprised if it survives.
25 Jul 2010 15:41
The Carpenters Arms, Walterstone
I've never been to a friendlier pub. Visited 4 times whilst on holiday in the area - (at a 20 minute walk each way - this was our nearest pub).
After the first visit we knew the landlady, her son, the cook and the dog. We were even offered a lift home.
Each subsequent evening we spent there was accompanied by some great home cooked food (bread&butter pudding like your Mum used to make!) and chatting with the regulars and visitors. This is what pubs used to be like - with warm and easy conversation to go with the beer.
The Breconshire Brewery Golden Valley from the barrel was well kept and tasty; Wadworth 6X also available. Not a huge range - but then not a huge bar!
We couldn't fault this little place - a real gem.
25 Jul 2010 15:30
The George and Dragon, Burpham
Great location - great premises. We visited as a family group this weekend having heard of a change of hands and hoping the service had improved since our last visit (2 years ago).
As this is primiarily a beer site - I should first say the beer was OK. Nothing more than that.
The only reason to go this far would be for the food - and other reviewers have suprised me with their gushing reviews of perfrect service.
For us, it all started well, greeted at the door and shown to our table. Then it went down hill. The staff seemed to forget we were there, with us having to seek them out to complete a drinks order, take a food order etc. Some of the food was great, but the lamb was really tough (the staff were very quick to apologise and removed the charge from the bill - but it kind of spoilt the meal for those who had the lamb). The waitress serving the desert started to take an order from another table whilst half way through bringing our food - leaving half of us, spoons poised, waiting to tuck in! The crumble was delicious though.
I got the feeling that you recieved priority service if you were 'local people' - with two similar sized tables arriving after us, having two courses, paying and leaving before we'd recieved our deserts.
London prices are one thing and OK if you get quality and service to match. This was sadly not our experience this time - and as this was a second attempt we won't be making the trip again.
14 Apr 2009 10:51
Niksons Bar and Restaurant, Battersea
More creche than chic. Since re-opening as The Bollinbrooke Arms, the policy to allow children has turned this top-end Northcote Road venue into a noisy hang out for the areas Yummy Mummies and Daddies who think themselves too posh to keep their children from climbing over the furniture - to be fair, that's that's probably the nannies job. If you do ever find it in a quieter moment this is a excellent retreat, but it's a long stroll down Northcote Road to find the children are in.
29 Dec 2008 17:48
The Northcote, Clapham Junction
Dont know why this place has a low score - guess it's past still gets included. Since the refurb, this is a fine place to go for a beer or two. I had Sambrooks last time - and noting it hadn't travelled far, it was very tasty. Place gets busy at weekends and when there is sport on; but it's friendly at quiet times.
18 Nov 2011 11:51