The Anchor at Shapwick, Shapwick - pub details
Address: West St, Shapwick, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9LB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 21124) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by ajho on 20 Mar 2005
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> Current user rating: 6.5/10 (rated by 21 users)
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user reviews of the Anchor at Shapwick, Shapwick
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| This pub is set in a lovely small Dorset village. It was a bit too gastropub for our liking, with most tables set out for diners and a small group of drinkers at the bar. Getting served took quite a while, with the focus being on serving diners. Once finally served, the staff did turn out to be quite friendly. Beers available were Dorset Jurassic, Sharps Doom Bar & Ringwood Best. Orchard Pig Medium Cider was also available. I find the toilets to be fairly strange, with one door marked 'lavatory' followed by 4 further doors - 1 marked 'ladies', 1 marked 'ladies/disabled' and 2 unmarked, all served by a communal bathroom. I assumed the unmarked cubicles were the gents, but I'm still not sure! A nice enough pub. But a shame that the focus is on food. blue_scrumpy - 29 Jan 2012 11:09 |
| Fun, Friendly pub with lovely homemade local food. Perfect for lunch after a country walk or a visit too nearby Kingston Lacy ladymeg - 23 Sep 2011 19:38 |
| Lovely Food, friendly, fun and efficient staff. A perfect place for lunch or dinner after a walk in the lovely Dorset countryside or a visit to the National Trust' s Kingston Lacy Hoouse and Estate a mile or so away. ladymeg - 23 Sep 2011 19:35 |
| What a find! Great Welcome and Service, lovely food and the best chips ever! chrisringrow - 6 Sep 2011 10:04 |
| A year on and in many repects this place just gets better. The food is excellent at worst. Service in the restaurant is consistently good, with smiles all round. My one caveat is a gradual slide of emphasis away from the drinker to the diner. That said it is still one of my favourite places. Good beer with a mainly local and West Country emphasis. Excellent food, not cheap mind you, but quality doesn't ever come cheap. You will still be welcome if you only go for a drink but at busy lunchtimes you may well be crowded out by the foodies. Not a big place, it is in a small, out of the way, village and you will, most like, arrive by car, parking might be a problem. Very important tip,don't forget to book...... My rating remains 8. I'd like to give 8.5 but BitE won't let me. Runningdog - 18 May 2009 09:22 |
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