Barley Mow, Broomhillback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
i have been to this public house many times over the last 5 or so years, the food there is fantastic, and i cannot fault the portions you get, the food is of high quality and very much worth the wait if, on a busy time, there is one. unfortuently i will not be returning to this establishment due to the appauling attitude of the land lady, not only did i find her rude but from a customers point of view i found her lacking in any respect for her staff, i have found that everytime i, myself, was a customer in the pub the staff showed up most help and pleasentness to all of the customers, being very friendly and welcoming. i found myself, one night, being in earshot of the landlady herself using foul language towards her staff in a very unprofessional way. not to mention the fact that i rarely saw her behind the bar, but sat the otherside. i would definatly recomend the barley mow to others as the setting and ambience is lovely, but with caution.
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Nice pub but at a ridiculous £3.35 for a pint of indifferent Hall and Woodhouse beer, I won't be going back. And it's my local.
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Rural Hall & Woodhouse dining pub with a strong regular bar trade. The pub itself can be difficult to find.
Expect a good range of well kept Badger beers including the seasonal, and the usual ciders, lagers etc.
The food is a bit of a 'curates egg', good in parts. The dishes from usual H&W menu are at best, somewhat better than OK, whilst the specials board can often supply something much better.
Staff and management are friendly, but when the pub is busy can, understandably, be somewhat off hand with regard to the solo drinker.
My rating? 6. More consistency with regard to the quality of the food would raise the mark at least another notch.
If you do go, and it is not my intent to discourage, please buy a book from the s/h stall, they're cheap and all proceeds go to charity.
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Our family of six,4 adults and 2 children arranged Sunday lunch for my birthday. The pub was very busy. 3 adults ordered the roast lamb. We waited 45 minutes. The lamb was very good indeed. The rest was very poor. The roast potatoes were indigestible,overcooked leather skins and the other vegetables consisted of a spoonful of leeks, a few tiny tinned carrots and some green beans. Not what a call a good English roast. This in the autumn when there was a wealth of wonderful vegetables in the local markets. The manageress accused me of being rude which I probably was but her unhelpful response to my complaint made a hungry diner very angry.
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very nice little pub, took a while to find it, but when we eventually did, there was ample parking and a pleasant atmosphere.
Lagers on offer were a range of HB's which were very nice, amongst various others.
The menu looked great, not trying to be anything other than a country pub, expect greats like Ham Egg and Chips or a range of decent sarnies!
The only down side was on our return trip to this pub we discovered that they close in the afternoon from 2:30 until 5:30pm! which was a little dissapointing as I was looking forward to enjoying an afternoon here.
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Not as good as it used to be
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Worth going out of your way for. Good food;good beer; good staff.
anonymous - 12 Sep 2006 00:48 |
Outstanding. Been in twice for evening meals over the last week, whilst on holiday in the area. Good wide ranging menu, with a number of interesting specials.
Friendly & welcoming landlady, and hard-working, efficient staff. Agree with Ajho that they've got the right balance between pub & restaurant. They've got a really tasty seasonal beer on from Badger, called "Stinger" on there at the moment, which I'd definitely recommend!
Garden looked nice, but it was raining on both our visits so we never sat in it!
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much better at lunch times
evenings very busy especially fridays & saturdays
had to wait ages for our food
anonymous - 9 Apr 2006 22:43 |
Derservedly popular. Hits the tricky balance between being a pub that does food and a restaurant that serves beer right on the head.
Good beer. Food is tasty, well cooked and occasionally adventurous. Modern extention at the back very much in keeping with the old beams and open fire in the original front part of the building.
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