The Wheatsheaf Inn, Woodhouse Eaves

I have been coming here for nearly 30 years. It has always been very good, with plenty of charm and character and still is. It is especially good on a summers evening or daytime.

Actually, the Wheatsheaf has in my 30 years always been very food oriented - with a restaurant upstairs. Considering the neighbourhood and clientele out this way, food and drink is the perfect mix to suit the requirements of many of the local populace, it is an expensive village and quite rightly the pub aims to serve the people in the community with what they want. However the bar is nice to drink at too, and as the weekend evenings progress there can be a great atmosphere.
As for it's unusual opening hours, well yes, rather than run up costs opening when there are no customers, I think the owners would rather open when they can make money and thereby maximise the investment back into the business, which is clearly something that they take seriously. It is not a traditional village **drinking** pub, but they don't seem to mind when I treat it like one. It is a great place for an evening by the fire or the bar, with great beer. If you like £3 a pint, or bogof don't go.

It seems to me that blue scrump would prefer a pub to risk going out of business than to adapt to the changing landscape and hence his score of zero.

28 Mar 2016 15:00

Miller of Mansfield, Goring

Mixed feelings. Prides itself on its restuarant which we paid about �23 for a Torneados Rossini - steak. It wasnt that great, but nothing too wrong - just lacked "wow".
Another lunch time the �7 cheese cake garnish contained a piece of mouldy fruit, and the beer had black bits floating in it.

Not over impressed, but not disappointed enough to stay away.

30 Aug 2008 20:03

The Bell, Waltham St Lawrence

Poor show:
Beautiful surroundings/gardens and nice looking pub. My proffessional collegues and I come here for lunch REGULARLY. Even though we should be recognised as regular custoemrs, the bar staff are still grumpy, miserable and verging on rude and ignorant.
The last three times Ive ordered food, the staff said that I hadnt ordered the food they forgot to process.

Im not working in the area any longer, I wont miss this place.

30 Aug 2008 19:58