The Flowerpots Inn, Cheriton - pub details
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Address: Cheriton, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 0QQ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 19009) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Jack on 7 Jan 2005
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 67 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Hinton Arms, Cheriton (0.6 miles), Tichborne Arms, Tichborne (1.5 miles)
user reviews of the Flowerpots Inn, Cheriton
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| Actually used the accommodation last weekend when me and my mate were blown out by the Woolpack at Totford who had booked us a double instead of a twin and had no alternative rooms. It happens, but they also did it last year too and that time I ended up in my own self-contained flat with no extra charge! Maybe we come across as a little too 'dandy' for them and they make the wrong assumptions?! Anyway, the Pots' accomm is similarly-set aside from the pub, adjacent to the small yet perfectly-formed brewery. The room was spacious and no complaints. Shower worked. Brekkers was available in a number of forms, all capably despatched between 8 and 9AM by the industrious Jo. Lovely bacon and a Tardis of a tea-pot - managed 4 cups from it plus 1 with more hot water. Loose leaf to boot - can't recall the last time that happened! Beers: no point saying anything much as everybody else including myself have already said it. Perridge Pale, Goodens Gold, Hoptons (hhmmm lovely!) and Pots on. Sampled in impeccable form from stillage, as was all other FP beer tried elsewhere (see Stottidge Stout). Thanks for providing such a superb rescue package. TWG - 29 Feb 2012 14:12 |
| Brilliant little pub! Brewery on site and well-stocked bar with own beers poured straight from the barrel. Only £2.50 a pint as well! This is a 'proper' pub, simple but delicious food at good value prices - the ploughmans was amazing, exactly how a traditional ploughmans should be - a big hunk of cheese, lovely crusty bread and no fuss. 10/10 if you're after friendly traditional pub, the way pubs were before all this gastropub nonsense! DottyMcDots - 24 Oct 2011 21:42 |
| This is a top pub. There's a Beer Festival this weekend (26th to 28th August 2011) with a a cracking range of beers - and a Curry Marquee! On the Saturday night, top local band The Replays are in the main tent. Not to be missed. beerman1234 - 26 Aug 2011 14:13 |
| What a cracking boozer. proper ale drinkers pub with friendly knowledgable staff. tried all 4 ales on offer that day and all were excellent though I would have prefered it if a dark beer was on offer. but will try to return in the autumn to try those. The IPA was particularly good. nivramkram - 8 Aug 2011 18:48 |
| The Pots remains excellent - the absence of all the "modern" trappings of the country gasto-pub experience which haunts Hampshire and most of the rest of the South, mobile phones, piped music and children indoors is coupled with good beer and simple food at prices which, while not cheap, reflect quality ingredients and are served enthusiastically. To the posters below: firstly it's a country pub and trade is not necessarily huge in the afternoon. A village does not support the all-day boozing of those who hang around in Wetherspoons or All Bar Ones, nor should it. The landlord decided when to open and balances the costs of keeping the pub open (staff, electricity etc.) against the potential trade - and I wouldn't want to waste time hoping that a hyper-critical tourist passes by for a half pint and a sniffy inspection of the premises. As for child-friendly, I remain of the view that a pub also needs to be adult-friendly. With the absence of modern distractions, plenty of outside seating and a large marquee outside, the fact that the Pots keeps the bars for adult drinkers is to be celebrated. If Trethias wants to find a family-friendly pub then there are plenty around. This is an excellent, slightly quirky pub. I would have more patience with Trethias if he or she were capable of tolerance, but we don't need more identikit slightly sub-standard, extremely expensive chain country pubs. And I've never had a problem at either ten to twelve or ten to six with getting in! Shame we have the braying boat-shoe brigade to contend with, sometimes. meurglys_iv - 1 Aug 2011 08:18 |
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