The Cock Inn, Ringmer

One of those pubs that makes you feel better straight away, before you've even sipped your first pint of Harveys.

16 Aug 2013 23:00

The Victory, Hamble

The Ringwood Best was fine The food was fine. The prices were fair. The service was friendly. And as if all that was not enough, the lovely landlady volunteered to reverse my car out of their distinctly challenging car park. I don’t think I looked incompetent. I think she’s just a very nice person. We shall certainly return.

18 Dec 2012 21:50

The Flowerpots Inn, Cheriton

Despite being a very regular user of this pub, I wasn't aware that it had a manager. It is run by its proprietors and their staff. Like all pubs, it has its good points and its weaknesses. After 44 years, the people who run it probably know what opening hours are appropriate for their pub. The other 'pub' that Trethias is so enthusiastic about may or may not be as wonderful as he likes to imagine, but I rather doubt that it would feel like a pub to me, no matter what the Good Beer Guide says. The GBG is very far from infallible, quite the opposite.

22 Oct 2012 23:50