The Kings Head, Holmbury St Mary

I visited this pub last Friday 31/12/2011 and would thoroughly recommend it for many, many reasons. The staff were friendly and helpful and the food had a lovely choice for vegetarians too!. Also I was pleasantly surprised that they had Gluten Free rolls which as a wheat Intolerant individual was another nice bonus. They have local beers and ciders and had a particular local from my own village in Rudgwick, Sussex which was another positive thing about it !.

We had a very pleasant afternoon so please go to this pub as its lovely.

Parking can be an issue though as it is a real country pub and the lane outside tiny but a pub in this location you should expect a bit of a walk anyway as what else would you be doing there if not participating in some kind of healthy activity!! If you do go please park sensibly as I wouldn't want people visiting to cause conflict with the locals.

5 Jan 2012 10:41

The Plough, Coldharbour

We went there yesterday, guess what? We left before we ordered food and took our custom elsewhere. Our friends were a bit late (Trying to find a parking spot which is always difficult round there as it is such a popular spot), We kept being hassled over if we were eating or not ) We could only sit in the restaturant (The only table left), if we were going to be ordering food, which we were going to be doing , but were obviously waiting for our friends to arrive. After getting two lots of hassle I felt we would take our 11 friends and vote with our feet, Its the pubs loss not ours as we are all relatively local and won't be going there ever again until the pub changes hands. It is is quite difficult for the pub as it is quite small and it does get a lot of custom due to its ideal location, but they would be better ditching the restarant area and just making everywhere accessable and just being nicer to people. They rely on their trade coming from strangers passing through , but most locals avoid.

3 Jan 2011 12:53