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Beer is certainly not up to the quality it used to be. Maybe that is why the Cask Marque has gone. Not so long ago this was a pub worth going out of your way for, but alas no longer.
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Why does the pub no longer hold the Cask Marque?
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Went in last week and balked at the food prices - left without ordering. A shame as the beers are great and the food has been good when I've eaten there previously. Too expensive for me now though so will go elsewhere for food.
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Second pub visited after our Hogsback Brewery trip on 2/2/08. Spotlessly clean and well laid out with a good choice of beer. Had been warned that this is the stockbroker belt so it was going to be expensive but still had to do a double take on the menu prices. Beer very good and as we found out later an average price for the area. All in all a very good pub but a bit on the pricey side.
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Has to be the best pub for miles around.Beer and food on top form, especially Ringwood Best and Ringwood Old Thumper. The shepherds'pie and crayfish and leek crumble were to die for. For the first time ever had to sit in the restaurant area as a large party were eating. IMHO this restaurant area, normally a white elephant would be much better developed as part of the bar, say with alcoves etc. All in all a great evening!
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My new favourite pub. An excellent selection of beers, with food to match - I particularly recommend the shepherd's pie, which fits perfectly with the sheep theme that runs through the whole establishment from the sheep table markers (Zelda is our favourite) to the toilet doors (Rams and Ewes). Deserts are great, if a little on the large side (and it's not often that's the only thing I have to complain about with deserts...)
Also, it's in the middle of a roundabout. How can that be bad?
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Fantastic pub, friendly staff and good food. There are always a wide selection of many different real ales on that constantly change from month to month.
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Great little pub. Good beer, good food. Go there on a nice day and sit outside and watch the traffic go by.
By the way, this pub was here way before there was a roudabout.
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A decent pub with good selection of beer/lager/cider -South African Savannah is particularly good, the only pub I know that sells it. Food above average and staff always seem friendly, very rarely have to wait to be served. Good mixture of punters, a few chavs do find their way in (probably due to taking the wrong turning off of the roundabout) but they tend to be less obnoxious than most.
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I can highly recommend this pub, me and my girlfriend have had evening meals there several times and i've also had sunday roast dinners for 8 people there.
All of the food is fresh and home-made and very well presented.
The menu includes many of the pub favourites which you would expect along with more interesting dishes.
The dessert menu was impressive and i was assured it was all home-made.
Prices are competitive with a main meal costing between £8 and £15.
The range of ale availiable is impressive with many local beers. There is a good selection of wine to suit most peoples pocket and some interesting imports, such as savanna, a south african cider.
All in all very enjoyable.
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This pub is great. You get good hearty food and they do a good range of ales (well, according to my male friends anyway!).
Nice garden at the rear to sit outside in sunny weather, can tend to get a bit smokey inside.
I think its just novel to have a pub in the middle of a roundabout!
Jo984 - 28 Sep 2006 15:21 |
If you like hair in your food this is the place for you.
3 out of ten because the beer is good.......
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Fantastic food everytime and I love the little sheep for table numbers, quirky yet a talking point at the table. Not a real Ale rinker but there does seem alot to offer, in 4 visits I have not had a bad one!
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Went here last night. Tried "Grave Digger", on as part of the CAMRA Mild May campaign. Very good indeed. A surprising find in the middle of a roundabout, but well worth it. Food looked nice as well, so I'll be going back to try it out.
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Odd place, good range of Real Ale, but the interior is a bit weird, I expected a CAMRA version of Elvis to pop out from behind the bar...
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Very good real ale pub. Also had an exceptional German chef who sadly recently left. Haven't tried the new chef's output so will shelve further judegement until tasted.
The beer is the star though. An exceptional, ever changing range of ales and bottled beers. One of the best ale pubs in the area. The refit's not bad. The old place was a little...er...dirty and very smokey! Seems to be exceptionally popular.
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Last in our crawl of Farnham and, we thought, the jewel in the crown of our little "imbibificatory" (as old Bushy would say) tour of Farnham.
Quite a walk out too, worth it though - we were expecting great things.
BUT - Oh no!!!
They've gone and "gastro'd" the Shepherd and Flock. It's a crime against humanity!!
Unfortunately now the interior seems small and crowded as the vast majority of the pub is a restaurant. Didn't seem to be anyone in the restaurant.
They had a range of 5 Christmas beers and HBB's Tea, which was nice enough.
Unfortunately the Chistmas ales don't really appeal when you are trying to "do" a few pubs on your day off, and get home alive - as they are all about 39% ABV ankle breaking tackle. So maybe having 5 of 'em and only one normal beer, was perhaps an unfortunate decision.
However that would undoubtedly appeal to the foodies who'll sit there with a half a pint of the christmas beer of their choice for 2 hours, whilst consuming their Ostrich Ankle Soup with crispy alligator croutons; whilst anyone who has just dared to go in for a pint and a fag will have to huddle up at the other end of the pub.
Ah well such is progress, and who am I to resist that?
Funeral is next week.
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great pub for food and beer, what else do you need! particulary nice in summer.
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Wide choice of ales changing frequently, food hasn`t been as good as previous visits, but a pub is for beer not food
anonymous - 7 Aug 2005 22:41 |
Great beer, worth a visit for that alone (why else go to a pub?). Good food.
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Well known real ale pub with 8 real ales, recently given a big refurb.
Food excellent, well worth a visit.
brian thomson - 3 Feb 2005 19:58 |
Yes! the bar manager (Glen) cornish and great looks after the beer like he looks after his women,yes a great real ale pud and Stehpen the owner is not a bad guy either I would recommend this pub
Tom - 14 Apr 2004 20:27 |
Lots of real ales, with changing guest ales. Good atmosphere, fantastic food, and friendly staff. Fabulous place.
G Dowling - 8 Aug 2003 11:08 |
