The Beehive, Horringer - pub details
Address: The Street, Horringer, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5SN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 18680) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Bury St. Edmunds (3 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 9 users)
other pubs nearby:
Six Bells, Horringer (0.2 miles), Glad Abbott, Bury St Edmunds (1.3 miles), White Horse, Whepstead (1.8 miles), Priors, Bury St Edmunds (1.9 miles), Spread Eagle, Bury St Edmunds (1.9 miles)
user reviews of the Beehive, Horringer
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| After reading the last posters comment (wessvinglin) I thought I would add an alternative experience of this pub. My husband and I have lived in the village for 3 years and I grew up here locally and often went to The Beehive in its former guise with mixed experiences but mostly I liked the offering of a little gastro pub as opposed to the The 6 Bells and the social club offerings which both have their place. I have to admit at first I was miffed we would have a Thai pub knowing some of the ones I have visited before in other places but I have to say I have eaten here half a dozen times since they re-opened and it gets better each time we go. It's a new business and will take time to find its feet and I for one advocate supporting local pubs whatever they may offer as it would be a shame to lose it, especially as 3/4 pubs close daily or so I am told. The food isn't what I would call posh Thai cuisine but it is very good to most restaurants you go to these days, service is great - love the landlady who has a fab sense of humour, we always feel welcome and they made a great effort on my Dad's birthday when I arranged a bottle of fizz on arrival and a birthday cake, even turned the lights out and sang with us! I have been enough times to count this as one of my local favourites, either if I don't want to cook or want to have a nice social occasion with friends and family. The food is good, not badly priced, always served hot and fresh and I think quite tasty. It isn't trying to be something its not either like Zen which is a bit of everything and about the same price. All in all I would say give it a go, relax and enjoy, the wine is also excellent for what you pay (the shiraz and sauvignon blanc are lovely) dishes I would recommend satay skewers best I have ever had and no sauce out of a jar and the lamb massaman curry big chunks of lamb very tender. There are sweeter dishes I have had the sweet and sour prawns which were crispy and not swimming in sauce with crunchy vegetables. My partner loves the chilli beef which they do extra hot if you ask. I think they cater for most types of diner and I would definitely recommend you try it once! Plus they are starting a wine club soon so watch this space! kitkat82 - 14 Oct 2010 15:57 |
| In May, 2010 this former pub changed again, after 25 years under one management, now on its 3rd change within a year, this time as 'Thai Oriental food'. We ate there last night and no, it's not Thai food as we know it. It is an attempt at Thai food, with Chinese influence, and they miss the mark by a good distance. Heavy use of sugar and very little chilli. Menu is double sided A4 paper and you order by number. Cheap cutlery and cheaper paper napkins. Piped music, slightly jazzy. Inept service - food was served and cleared from a tray & I was often called 'darlin'. And the best bit? The bill was folded over and on checking ... Oh dear, an extra drink (�3.15) had been added. Average main course price �7.85. 175ml wine �3.40. Pint of Morlands �3.15. All in all, a pretty poor show wessvinglin - 19 Jun 2010 10:37 |
| Food led Pub frquented by posh country folk. Always busy, and the atmospehre is very good. Service can be a bit of a shambles due to untrained school age staff. The owners dog always knows where to come for some titbits. suedfrucht - 10 Oct 2009 17:07 |
| This place was a trail-blazer for the art of knackering a perfectly good country pub in the pursuit of the food-buck way back in the late eighties. Not a pub really now. If you stand at the bar with a drink playing 'spot the local',be prepared to make way for punters ordering over-rated food. Not expecting a pool table and jukebox to be installed anytime soon. toolster - 11 Dec 2008 18:27 |
| Although it's a beautiful spot, and handy for Ickworth, we felt the food was very very overpriced - and we've moved from Surrey so that's not just us being provincial. It was good, but the sizes of the portions were meagre and we paid through the nose for it. Not sure we'd bother again. jdawks - 3 Jun 2007 07:25 |
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