The Chestnut Horse, Easton

This is an English Village Pub as you hope to find it. Warn welcome, good beer and nice food. The menu has some interesting dishes, and reasonably sensible prices. We enjoyed it enough to go twice when we spent a long weekend locally

5 Mar 2017 19:18

The Bull, Berkhamsted

Hey guys - new owners, totally refurbished, now worth going to.
This has been our nearest pub ( < 1/2 mile) for the last 40 years, and we had only bothered trying it twice in that time. But it reopened this week. They had Doombar, Pride and Greene King IPA - I had the Doombar and the IPA, both were good. Now also serving food, fairly simple burgers, pizzas and a few classics. Nothing to startle, but very enjoyable.
Service was friendly, with the sort of eagerness you would expect in the first week of new ownership.
They have redone the garden at the back, but with outside temperature of 2 degrees, we didn't investigate, other than to see there are a couple of tables next to the canal - roll on summer.
The refurb hasn't spoilt anything - it's still a cosy, one room pub serving real ale.

10 Feb 2017 17:58

Hit or Miss, Amersham

My wife and I called in here for lunch after a walk today. It was very busy (obvoiously popular, this was Monday lunchtime), but, in spite of that, service was friendly and fast. I was impressed at how well they were dealing with the rush. The beer was well kept and the food was good. Like other, I cannot understand the low rating – it has 5 stars on Google, which seems nearer the mark.

18 Apr 2016 15:22