Selborne Arms, Selborne - pub details
Address: High Street, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3JR [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 12711)
Alton (4.3 miles), Liss (4.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 16 users)
> Local guide: Hampshire pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Queens Hotel, Alton (0.1 miles), Rose and Crown, Upper Farringdon (2.0 miles)
user reviews of Selborne Arms, Selborne
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| Excellent pub, really enjoyed my visit for lunch on a Friday for my birthday. The pub was busy, but the lady behind the bar served me efficently and nicely. The real ale was excellent, and the food, served quickly was very nice. No complaints whatsoever. The pub was clearly busy, and had a minimum level of staff, but it all ran very well and everyone seemed happy with what they were getting. I've seen less busy pubs need more staff to acheive what this pub did with what appeared to be the Landlady on the bar and serving food, and the Landlord in the kitchen. petergoesrock - 20 Feb 2009 12:29 |
| Agree with the comments below. Superb, well-kept beer, and friendly bar staff. Real fire and comprehensive (if pricey) menu. Food not absolutely *amazing* but not bad at all for a pub.In general a very good place to stop for a pint and lunch. Surrealale - 2 Jan 2009 10:34 |
| Ringwood Fortyniner, Bloomfields Bitter, courage, superb Flowerpots Stormchaser, Goddards Special Bitter, Hogs Back Zig Zag, Hidden Ace, Thatchers Gold cider (keg). Lovely bar area, country window squarely behind the pumps had sun streaming thru, old wood floor, large inglenook, hop adorned ceiling beam, hops also around bar servery of smaller, traditionally furnished, ‘Hanger Bar’ to right of entrance. Beyond the bar is a rustic dining room set for dinner, wood tables, polished glasses - duck at very low entrance. The chef owner is clearly serious about food although I’m unsure about the wisdom of the blackboard menu leading with chateaubriand as the £37 (for2) may discourage the avg punter from reading on to more regular dishes such as stk & kidney pie at £9.90. Don’t picture a gastro pub though – it is certainly somewhere I’d like to go for a meal but that does not preclude a very happy visit for beer alone, or more affordable lunchtime bites. To the rear a spacious covered, but open, conservatory style outbuilding with a central wood burning stove and beyond this an enormous grassy & attractively planted and bordered beer garden with picnic sets and mature trees to the rear; even the bbq area is sympathetically fashioned in the style of a covered wishing-well. Wind around to the left to find a kids play area with climbing/swinging distractions. Friendly barman happily discussed the freehouse benefit of his being able to deal directly with brewers of choice, and that they were lucky to have 15 or more small breweries in the immediate area. Rustically furnished throughout with traditional settles, tables, stools, & a games corner had crib, shut-the-box etc. Easily worth the £4.40 rtn bus (14mins) from Alton, but the schedule is slender & the Selborne closes 15:00-18:00 weekdays. I’ll be back, for sure. trainman - 6 Jul 2008 10:19 |
| REALLY Suprised by the comment below regarding food. This pub is an absolute favourite in our house. Staff have always been friendly. Building is full of character with an enormous fire place which, particularly in the winter, gives it a great atmosphere. Locally sourced food, and probably the best Chateau Briand I've ever eaten. A good selection of real ales too. Well worth an evening out. HealeyDriver - 30 Jun 2008 15:04 |
| A pleasant sixteenth century former farmhouse, somewhat let down by the inevitable brewers pebbledash fronting the road. Inside, there's a lot of warm, mellow wood:most of thespace is given over to meals, but the bar area is pleasant enough.We sat in the garden with the dog-not raining for once.The steak and kidney pies were homemadeand genuinely good, though it was a pity that we couldn't have had both chips and veg:perhaps we could, but the pub was short staffed, though the welcome and service were friendly. On the beer front, several new (to me) ales were available, including Bloomfields from Suthwyk/oakleaf which was refreshing and genuinely bitter.I don't usually run after blond beers, but Hidden Brewery's Fantasy was remarkably pleasant: the friut notes went very well with the above mentioned pie.Other beers were a couple from Ringwood ,a house beer-Zig-zag from Hogs Back, and a strong looking number from Irving of Portsmouth. (Not forgetting dear old Courage Best) We enjoyed this pub, and would use it fairly regularily if we lived nearer. wittenden - 2 Jun 2008 20:20 |
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