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I went to this pub recently as I was looking for a country pub with food for a place to go after work in the area. Couldn't have picked a better place - cracking proper pub with a bit of history but now in good hands and looks like it has been for a while. Food is good and the locals use it (says a lot) and there were three decent real ales on of which all were good. A great atmosphere with a good set of locals at the bar, the landlady (who is sadly leaving soon) is delightful and is a real positive factor in the place. She will be missed, I will return, do yourself a favour and give it a go. I don't give 9's for nothing!
Mcloj - 24 Apr 2014 12:54 |
Revisited on a Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Pub was quite busy with a crowd of friendly locals. Three real ales on. A vast improvement on my last visit.
Blackboard menu included quite a lot of veggie dishes, which is very encouraging.
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Visited early in the week. Clean light interior. Been refurbished since our last visit. Four ales on including a local microbrewry straight from the cask. Friendly barman and regulars. Beer in good condition and taster freely offered. Bonus was an easily accessible dartboard. Would go back again.
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Guy that runs this place I think is the same guy that used to be batman at The Horns . A right know it all. Very clicky pub. Not going back
Assam - 12 Jun 2012 11:54 |
The problem with BITE is that the score is based on times when a pub was bad, now it's much improved. The barman was very affable and the beer quality was very good. Three real ales, one of which is 'interesting' usually from a microbrewery. A light airy, very clean pub. It actually show football on a large screen but it goes back into a wall mounting after a match and you wouldn't know it was there. I will return.
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It's now under new management. Can't be any worse than the old management!
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I've changed my opinion since 2009. We rvisited and we were the only customers. The beer was crap. Won't be going back.
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I can not believe the 'good' responces for this joint. It is small, dirty and remindes me of drinking in a fall out shelter!! The customers are stuck up pompus gits and it's run by a rather large idiot. Tjhe food is just about passable.......give it a wide birth!!!
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I had a very nice pint of Rebellion here, and my companions who ate enjoyed hearty pub food. An interesting range of pictures and prints on the wall, many with a nautical theme. Well worth a visit, and easy to find by the A4.
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Fabulous real pub. Three real ales, dogs extremely welcome. The pub dog is a bedlington/whippet cross, an extremely beautiful combination. The staff were extremely welcoming. All-in-all a first-class pub.
OK, there's canned music. Also a big-screen TV.
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Fabulous real pub. Three real ales, dogs extremely welcome. The pub dog is a bedlington/whippet cross, an extremely beautiful combination. The staff were extremely welcoming. All-in-all a first-class pub.
OK, there's canned music. Also a big-screen TV.
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Fabulous real pub. Three real ales, dogs extremely welcome. The pub dog is a bedlington/whippet cross, an extremely beautiful combination. The staff were extremely welcoming. All-in-all a first-class pub.
OK, there's canned music. Also a big-screen TV.
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...and not much longer after I'd written that last comment the owners shipped out and took the food with them.
The Oak is now back to being a wet-led pub. usually has 3 ales on, including Brakspear (boo) and Rebellion (yay). My visit found the quality to be good and I'll pop back in again soon.
Worth checking.
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Very much a restaurant, only really a couple of spaces available for drinking in a place that's already quite small to start with.
Has a couple of Loddon ales on, so I sampled the seasonal one. It was far from great.
For some reason the radiators were switched on despite it being a summers day. Odd.
Not worth it.
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