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nice pub altough a little bit smelly
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Nice pub, great location, and reasonably handy for the Ricoh. The beers (Tiger and Highgate Mild) was excellent, although having Courage Directors as a guest seems a waste of a pump. Sandwiches and baguettes were excellent for quality and value. It was very pleasant sat in the water-side garden on a (rare) warm day for a pre-match beer, and a 3-0 win made the day even better. One small gripe, what is the point of banning smoking on a paved patio?
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Visited in October 2007 while on a cycling trip around Coventry. Wonderful interior, staff were very friendly and although slightly on the pricy side the food was superb (Salmon tagliatelle). Good range of beers, and overall a very welcoming pub to end up in following a long cycle ride on a cold autumn evening. Worth making the effort to find this pub.
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Well worth the hassle of finding it on a dark wet winter evening. A pub with a warm fire, hearty food, good ale and friendly staff. It became very busy later on and this should be borne in mind if ordering food.
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I have to admit, I'm also a little baffled by Skyblues comments. If you think the staff and service are so bad then why were you a regular there?
Anyhow, I personally love this place - good beer and food in a fantastic location.
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One of the best pubs I've ever been too. Far too many bars and beefeaters around nowadays so it's great to find a good old quality pub that serves good ale, good food and provides excellent service. Do you think the reviewer below was just after a free meal..? I think they most definately were....
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Incompetent chef, unpleasant and unhelpful staff and a manager who has clearly never heard of Customer Service.
I ordered steak well done and it arrived medium rare twice. No apology and when I refused to pay for the meal (not the whole bill - which tallied to around £75) due to the lengthy wait and sheer inconvenience I was told to either 'pay or me and my family would no longer be welcome'. Not a good result considering myself, family and friends are locals and tend to drink in the pub once a week.
A shame as the pub does do excellent pies and has good real ale.
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Early days for me and this pub but I definitely want to give it another whirl. Problem is its a bit of a bugger to get to unless you've got transport as its over the far side of Longford, almost in the sticks. Beer-wise I noticed a fair few local brewery offerings which was a brave yet loyal choice by the owners. Only had time to try one pint of 'Late OTT' from the Tunnel Brewery in nearish-by Ansley but it went down a treat. They also had Aspall's cider on tap which is very rare in these parts. The pub itself is a big old place next to the canal with plenty of character and several bars one of which conveniently adjoined the beer garden. However if you want to avoid any former Peugeot faces then its probably best to avoid this place on sunny afternoons.
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Had a lovely walk along the canal to this pub, and enjoyed the real ale served. I had an excellent meal but went outside to eat it as there were heaters on around the restaurant area that I found uncomfortably hot. Could spend ages looking round the ols signs in the bar area. Was packed with a mixed crowd. Staff friendly and polite.
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i came in a couple of months ago for the first time and had a truely horrific pint. will make a second trip.
location is spot on, plenty of parking and secluded from passing rozzers inspections.
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Fabulous pub and great food. Very friendly atmosphere, mixed bunch of people who obviously appreciate a quality pub. After your drink you can take a walk along the tow path - carefull not to fall in though!
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A place that respects good values and decent people, excellent Ales, food & staff, a real Oasis, please dont ever change this superb venue.
anonymous - 2 Dec 2005 14:44 |
Great pub in a fantastic location brilliant beer and food!
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This is an absolute gem of a pub. The location is great the staff are great, the Head Chef is some kind of genius and importantly the beer is always on form. I am quite partial to mild and they have the best pint of Highgate I have had the pleasure of tasting. Some very hard work done by the current owners and their ex cellarman who i have been told has moved to pastures new recently, however he has left a legacy, which the owners can be proud of. Recently voted Best Pub in the Midland Godiva Awards and I'm sure it won't be long before there are a few rosettes to go with it. Everything about this pub makes me proud to be an Englishman keep up the good work.
anonymous - 19 Oct 2005 15:00 |
Excellent all round. Lovely location, swift and friendly service, good food, good beer. What more can one say.
Jan R - 26 Oct 2004 16:44 |
A fantastic real ale, oldie worldie pub right on the canal
anonymous - 14 Oct 2004 23:23 |
Fantastic Food, and Beer. But very hard to find somewhere to sit as all tables are usually full, unless you want to sit outside by the canal! Despite the number of people in the pub the service was surprisingly quick.
L - 19 Sep 2004 22:25 |
A great friendly pub either in the summer or winter with fantastic beer and food, a real olde worls place that hasn't been created by interior designers or architects...it has just evolved.....!!
Leigh Watts - 21 Jul 2004 22:15 |
