The Hour Glass Inn, Exeter

Fantastic pub, excellent food (well worth the money, this really is high class grub but with a home-made feel), great selection of spirits. Decor and atmosphere are relaxed.
Moved to Devon from Oxfordshire a few weeks ago, this is the best pub we've been to down here yet.

26 Jun 2013 21:03

The Double Locks, Exeter

This pub suffers from its location (rather like the Trout in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire). The location is fantastic, by the canal, lovely trees and a playground for the kids. This means that the pub can get away with expensive, mediocre food and drinks. The place is heaving with dogs, including large numbers of small yappy ones and their irritating owners. A stressful, pricey experience.

26 Jun 2013 20:41

The Plough Inn, Finstock

This pub has been up and down over the past five years, and is now sadly down. The current owners started off well, with good food, good beer and comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. But now there is an atmosphere of stress and tension. Getting told to get out because the kids are making a bit of noise (really, they weren't too bad) was the last straw. These days village pubs need all the custom they can get, and I'm afraid that means families too. Won't go back until owners replaced.

12 Oct 2011 11:02