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Checked out Twyford and Shawford pubs the Bugle Phoenix and Bridge, looking for a good local to use on weekends. I now use the Phoenix as my local when visiting Twyford 8 real ales that are really well kept Pots ale, Summer lightning two of the regular beers. Guest ales such as tribute Goodens gold to name a few and always something new to try. Food is also good we often nip down Friday evening and have a light bite which are really great value. Sunday roast great value to can recommend the lamb. Proper pub with proper landlord and landlady. Well worth a regular visit
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Very nice, clean boozer. 'A Proper Pub', is how one of my friends described it and, it is!! Good parking lot around the back, beer was in good nick and the food looked great. Only problem......it is a Greene King establishment so the ales were the normal GK dross. Other than that......all good! 8/10
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Opened last week after refurbishment. Still a real pub I am happy to report. Bright and welcoming with an excellent selection of real ales - 8 in total including ales from local breweries. Good food too. Well worth a visit
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New to this area of Winchester, and love the village. Two pubs in village and we first visited the more traditional of the two, The Phoenix. Nice pub lunch, and good value for money. Wouldn't go back in the evening as my wife felt a bit out of place. I loved it though. Green King, with decent beers, only tried one though. Better than the fuller pubs we have recently been visiting. Will go back to village & other pub shortly.
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An excellent pub, only looks tired in comparison with the Bugle. The Greene King IPA was as good as I've tasted in years.
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We had a bad experience at The Bridge in Shawford and were feeling quite disconcerted with the area. We had read the reviews about the Bugle and tried there but it was full and the staff recommended the Phoenix opposite.
We had a nice meal and good to see it was being updated, was a bit tired in places. All in all i was happy with food and drink. A good old school pub! and a lot better than the Bridge.
Foodybloke
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Fish and Chips here were excellent - a serious meal for a fiver. I wish the guest beers would change a little more often but my half of 'Landlord' was fine and the half of 'Black Sheep' that followed was above average.
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What a very nice place to visit, lovely atmosphere with large open fire place very cosy,and good food and beer what more do you want..........Well there is the skittles and bar out the back very good value and entertaining for all ages.
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Seems like a good pub for the locals, in comparison with other pubs it could do with a sympathetic makeover.Beer was OK but what food I saw looked run of the mill.
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Agreed, friendly pub, great people. Always good company and good beer.
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Update since my last visit 12 months ago. Children are now allowed in the Churchill room under supervision. Decent food and friendly service, handy for stopping off the M3.
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Green King so Ok if you like their beers. Pub v much in the old school tradition (ie large portions of average food, no children under 10, sl dowdy decor). There are local alternatives now that are at least worth comparing.
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Stayed in Twyford for a few days last week and found the Phoenix by accident. The landlord Paul greeted us like regulars. Good choice of ales and all served in top condition. Excellent menu, generous portions and very reasonably priced. If you are lookin for a first class pub in the Twyford area look no further than The Phoenix.
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One of the best!
How many landlords would do what Paul did?
He dropped Moules Mariniere from his menu because there were few takers, but when a group of us wanted them, he got them in specially - excellent they were too - "You would be hard pushed to find their equal in France..." said some of our friends who have a French home.
Real Ale
Real Food
Real People
Real Pub
Just the ticket, and no kids running riot as there are in the Bridge at Shawford. This is a real country pub with a log fire and a welcoming landlord.
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Twyford's lucky enough to have a shop, a church, playing fields, a surgery and THE PHOENIX, one of the few remaining traditional village pubs in the area (not to be confused with any of the many anonymous, soulless chain pubs to be found around the place).
Paul and his staff make you feel welcome the moment you walk in. The pub's got everything you want - good beer, good food and a great atmosphere. Can I recommend Monday Curry Night for starters? I defy anyone to find a better one, or better value for money. Granted, if you miss the joys of hoards of kids blocking the passage of your pint from bar to table, then maybe, just maybe the Phoenix isn't for you. But you can't have everything, can you?
Can't think how you'd improve the Phoenix.
Well done, Paul and Emma!
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We are very glad to have this as our local and agree with all the positive comments above. PS Try the steak etc pie - my other half is a great fan!
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On the B3335 road from Winchester to Fair Oak the Phoenix appears in the Lucky Dip Section of my 2005 Edition and I suggest well merits promotion to the Main Section.
Very ably run by husband and wife team of Paul and Emma this 17th century building has stayed in the old tradition of being the local pub with no pretensions to be anything else,
A charming pub interior with plenty of red lamps around, a large log fire and a warm welcome from Paul behind the bar for regulars and newcomers alike.
Our families' four teenage grandchildren love going there with us..
I can't speak for the beer but from the amount consumed and its coverage in Lucky Dip, it must be good.
The wine choice is excellent and good value. The champagne is eminently drinkable, also good value. My wife declares Paul's Shandy "the best in the world".
The occasionally changing Menu has many subtleties, in addition to all the usual pub snacks very well done and generous but additionally such dishes as Moules, duck, lamb, superb all day breakfast, outstanding lasagne, 100 per cent beef burger, good steaks etc, plus Daily Specials, with a real home-made feel to everything.
There are themed evening�s and. special events. There is a pool table, bowling alley and capability of catering for parties. Also a garden area with tables and seating, a well conceived smokers' area, and not forgetting that essential for these days, a large car park.
Quite a favourite of ours!!
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Fantastic Monday Nights with currys and hog roasts. Paul the landlord is really jolly and welcoming
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Good pub, good ale, good food. One thing to note - if you arrive with children under the age of 10 they are not allowed inside the pub (manager's prerogative). There are patio heaters and large patio umbrellas outside but if it's cold or especially wet you may be better off going elsewhere.
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A great pub,the last in Twyford now.
Good range of ales,frequently changed and a proper jolly landlord........foods not bad either.
Highly recommended,gets busy but theres always room in the garden.
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Wonderful local pub with good food, good beer and excellent staff. Highly recommended!
easydrinker12 - 18 Oct 2005 15:00 |
