Vine, Bursledonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Craig and Sandra are making a great pub even better since they took over. Prices of the excellent food have been reduced so it's great VFM. The pub is still very tidy and you'll have to get in early on Sunday for the meat draw if you want a seat and one of their supperb roasts. The beer is now on handpump with Green King plus a guest ale. What can you say, the best pub on the Hamble.
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Just an update. The pub is now under new management and maintains its high standards. All real ale is on hand pump now and features Abbott, Ringwood and Doombar. Food is now served, but a Steak and Kidney Pie at £9.50 may not be to everyones 'taste'. Everything else is the same with the Quiz on Tuesday (9.00pm start now). Meat draw on Sunday (Bilnd Morris still there). The new bar staff are great and a 'Spring Clean' has freshened up the place. The bottle collection is still in place. My idea of a boozer!
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STOUTCHAPPIE, I did not understand your response. I have put my opinion on here, which I'm entitled to and do not wish to have childish retorts from people who cannot write the Queens English!
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The good news is that the Vine Inn is open again, however, the new 'owners' have removed the barrels from behind the bar to make room for a coffee machine! The new landlord and landlady are very friendly and the Vine still remains a proper local pub, in which everyone is made to feel welcome. It is dog friendly, so there is usually a dog sprawled across the floor somewhere! There are moves afoot to serve food, the kitchen is in the process of being renovated. My only complaint, (be it a very trivial one), is that since the change of hands, all the lights get switched on, and the place seems a bit too bright and not the cosy gloom anymore!! I have also been told that the tradition of a bar-b-que on Boxing Day, with the Mummers play will continue. All in all, a very traditional pub, which there are so few these days, with a friendly atmosphere, ideal for a quiet drink and a chat! The prices of drinks too are very reasonable!
Of note opening times have changed, they are posted outside the pub, but it is open now on Sundays until about 10pm.
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'Greene King IPA & Abbot straight from the cask, limited opening hours: 5.30-11 Mon-Sat, plus 12-2 Fri, and 12-4 & 7.30-10.30 Sun., B&B, 'phone: 02380 403836) As the sign on the pub wall says, "this is the village pub". Indeed it is: run by Ray & Margaret for the village. Whenever I have visited I have enjoyed the friendliness of both the Landlord and the customers. It has the atmosphere of a social club looking for new members. The beer is exceptional too, served straight from the 'wood'. Tuesday is Sid the Quiz night. Don't miss the Sunday meat draw when the locals bring their dogs along including the famous 'Blind Morris'. Occasional music nights and themed evenings are something to look out for. A true village pub! '
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A great locals pub with interesting surroundings, spent a very pleasant evening here. Although they generally have a good choice of beer, on this occasion the only decent ale was Abbot but still very enjoyable.
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