The Royal Standard, Wooburn Common

The best real ale pub in this area, quality beers well kept and decently priced. Friendly regulars and bar staff. Every visit here is an absolute pleasure. The food is also very good ,decently priced and traditional. The new smokin area that is at the side in the car park is huge with tables comfy chairs and heaters - the smokers outside often outnumber the non smokers inside. Summer Lightning/Crop circle always on and all your other favorites/ no less than 10 beers to choose from - What more can you ask. This pub now far better than the White Horse in Hedgerley due to the quality and choice of beer.

8 Feb 2008 14:57

The White Horse, Hedgerley

What a lovely traditional pub and used to be the best pub in England, BUT the choice of beer on my last few visits (Saturdays 12th, 19th, 26th January)has been awful - Micro breweries so small they taste like they are brewed in garden sheds. Oh for a Dark Star/Hopback/Grand Union/Sharpes etc. Why is the beer so expensive here ? I drink in pubs in London where most beers of similar gravity come out 20-30 pence cheaper. I think in future I'll leave this once good pub to the real ale tickers in their anoraks. Very dissappointing.

7 Feb 2008 13:44