please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Have happily ended up back here again a couple of times recently, and enjoyed my visits.
Couple of extra bits of info:
1) Meeko (he of the Nags Head fame in Reading) is one of the landlord team. Hooray.
2) The place used to be even more old-skool (CAMRA heritage standard, apparently), until Greedy King raped the interior. Thankfully, there's enough been saved to keep the basic old style pub atmosphere alive.
3) Beer is nearly always local (Butts and Loddon seem to be the staples).
I won't claim that this pub will suit everyone, but it should appeal to the type of punter I want to drink with!
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Interesting characterful little pub with a few separate seating areas and a courtyard garden resembling the hanging gardens of Babylon in the summer. Staff friendly and locals always up for a chat.
Serve a couple of BUTTS ales, plus one frequently changing other.
Has internet access too.
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I really enjoyed this pub, a step back in time locals pub, with little nooks and crannies and a good range of well kept Real Ales. The locals enjoy a bit of banter and it was relatively full on a Saturday afternoon when compared to the other Wantage pubs we went into.
I would return to this pub with no hesitation at all. Great stuff.
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Brilliant, a Gene Hunt timewarp pub. Apart from the (thankfully switched off) flatscreen TV, nothing about the inside looks to have been updated since the miners strike, including the punters.
Two bars, a small (but very well kept) choice of ales (two Butts brewery and Loddon on Sunday) and some good banter with the locals (got told I was a 'troublemaker' for ordering a lemonade for Mrs Quinno) by the bar, plus a pub dog, all made for a good hours worth of drinking.
Recommended if you like your beer old-skool. Should I ever return to Wantage, I'll drop by. Worth its place in the Good Beer Guide.
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A cracking pub, the best in the town. Run by a couple who has 2 phylosophies in life - Good beer and a good sense of humour.
Mossy - 14 Oct 2007 22:29 |
Detrimental to the amenity.
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If you drink lager, be careful. If you like beer, enjoy. A FIVE pint jug for £10.00 Bloody good value.
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"Time Warp" pub. 3 Real Ales from micro breweries. Pub of the Year in 2005.
Real fires in the winter, flower adorned patio in the summer.
Don't bother to play dominoes against the locals --- you'll lose.
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:)
meeko - 30 Jul 2007 14:37 |
Smile miko
anonymous - 29 Jul 2007 11:26 |
Internet access is always a pluss. Great ales and 'unique' locals. Worth getting to know the customers, as they're all gems once you get to know them. Sometimes has a 'are you local?' feel to it, but it's no big worry. Meeko's a great, inthusiastic landlord and Bev keeps the bar up-to-scratch. No big variety of spirits, but do the basics, no coctail licence. Music's entertaining. Certainly worth checking out.
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Come to the mutton and meet the wonderful meko a more friendly character you will not find a true diamond
anonymous - 14 Apr 2007 04:58 |
Why can't lager drinkers spell? (see below) Perhaps its the lager. Anyhow, very good priced, extremely well kept proper beer with a lovely mix of regulars.
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lagers to expensive don't see why i should subsadise real ale drinkers
anonymous - 19 Feb 2006 00:59 |
great pub internet access as well
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Great traditional pub
It's in the good beer guide
meeko - 5 Sep 2004 10:34 |
