Wheelwright Arms, St Nicholas Hurst

Hard to to fault the Wheelies if you want good honest English pub grub and an excellent choice of ales. Kevin and Helen are proper old fashioned publicans who have been ensuring a warm atmosphere for the past 10 years.This place has been really improved by the smoking ban because it has a traditional low ceiling and real fires.

A couple of minor quibbles - it would be good to see those fires lit a bit more often in the winter. Also perhaps we could relax the dining room rules in the evening to allow us to take our 17 year old daughter in the evenings.

4 Jun 2012 19:14

The Ship Inn, Wokingham

I went there on Jubilee Sunday at about 2PM with my wife and 4 good friends. It wasn't really busy but the food took 30 minutes to arrive. Frankly if it wasn't for the charming bar staff we would have walked out:

Fish and chips - fish looked like the oven version we cook at home and chips quite tasty but only nine per serving!

Burger - probably the best meal but nothing to write home about.

Club sandwich - really quite disgusting with very little filling and plain white sliced bread instead of the advertised ciabatta.

This place needs a new chef - the food was much better a couple of months ago.

Not recommended unless you just want to try the excellent range of ales.

4 Jun 2012 19:08