The Plough, Effingham - pub details
Address: Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 5SW [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 11708) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Bookham (1.4 miles), Horsley (1.6 miles), Effingham Junction (1.7 miles)
Brewery: Young's
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Smoking area
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> Current user rating: 6.6/10 (rated by 17 users)
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user reviews of the Plough, Effingham
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| If you start accusing people of being bad parents and taking children to brothels because they go for a family meal in a local pub then you're lucky it's just personal insults. You've just convinced me even more that this pub is a shocker if the likes of you drink in there. Enjoy it, strange pest. fetcham - 31 Jan 2012 09:32 |
| No, I'm saying that pubs are for adults, many of whom don't want toddlers under their feet, screaming babies, shouting, kids running about and knocking things over. Of course I'm sure your little darlings are well behaved and would never do anything like that, but the licensee has overall discretion over whom he or she allows into the pub, and if the landlord doesn't want kids then he is perfectly within his rights to refuse them entry. My mind went down the line of places I would feel it wrong to take my children when they were younger. Are you amazed that I included brothels in the list because you would feel happy to take your children to brothels as well as pubs? I see you have lowered yourself to the level of personal insults. Do you not have a defence? Gzornenplat - 23 Jan 2012 16:12 |
| "They do only lay the tables up if they have been reserved, and (a real bonus for me) screaming babies and screaming uncontrolled kids aren't welcome. It's a pub, not a creche. 'fetcham' don't take your kids to pubs, nightclubs, rock-concerts, brothels and the like. Look after them properly. I.e, don't expose them to people like me who have had a few drinks." Are you saying that you're a threat to children after you've got a drink inside you? I'm amazed that you've included 'brothels' in your list - it speaks volumes about you that your mind has gone down these lines you odious twerp. fetcham - 20 Dec 2011 13:14 |
| Definitely a food-based pub where you can also drink rather than the other way around - so much so that it closes after lunch and re-opens at 5.30. It's always been a food-based pub for as long as I can remember (back when Derek had it, maybe even when the actor Jimmy Hanley ran it) with regular eaters but very few regular drinkers (there are a few). It's not because of the quality of the beer, though, which is rarely anything but good to excellent (it's Cask Marque approved) and if it isn't, they do something about it if you tell them. Youngs pub, so Ordinary, Special, and a guest, St Austell Tribute, right now. Ordinary is £3.70 a pint, but Stella (or it might be Krony) is a mind-boggling £4.25 - a price in my experience only equalled by the Plough at Downside. The South Bank in London is cheaper (as is the Haig over the road, but still a wallet-draining £3.90 for Krony) A good wine list but my sister only drinks NZ Sauv Blanc and they don't do that by the glass, just Mission by the £26+ bottle (about £11 a bottle if you buy it on the net, so not an excessive mark-up). They do a French and a Chilean by the glass, but my sister would rather drink Coca Cola or elsewhere (Cricketers at Downside do a very good Pencarrow Estate at £6.50 for 175ml) The food is upmarket without getting pretentious (e.g. 'chips' and not 'Belgian Frites' and not a 'jus' in sight - at least, not today). Pricewise, for Surrey, probably about right for what you get. About £10 to £15 for a main with ribeye steak coming in at the highest at £18-something. Sausage and mash through to pheasant on the main menu and a few interesting veggie options. The 'Risotto Of The Day' has been mushroom and spinach for weeks but has finally changed today to butternut squash and something. So, not really a boozer as we know and love, but still a pub where you can go and drink. They do only lay the tables up if they have been reserved, and (a real bonus for me) screaming babies and screaming uncontrolled kids aren't welcome. It's a pub, not a creche. 'fetcham' don't take your kids to pubs, nightclubs, rock-concerts, brothels and the like. Look after them properly. I.e, don't expose them to people like me who have had a few drinks. It's not a café on the beach in Spain that does beer. It's a pub. There's a difference. Get a grip! Gzornenplat - 21 Nov 2011 22:00 |
| Good 'gastro' food cooked on premises at a reasonable price. Guinea fowl, Quail, Venison, features but without an offputting gastro pub style. Having said that, as far as we could see, all the seating is laid for dining with not much room between the tables, the main barman was rather assertive and the pub feels like it’s run to produce an income stream and not as a good, welcoming pub. Beer: Youngs. redbarrel - 14 Nov 2011 13:44 |
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