The Rising Sun, Stockcross - pub details
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Address: Ermin St, Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8LG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 27140)
Newbury (2.9 miles), Newbury Racecourse (3.3 miles), Kintbury (3.4 miles)
Pub suggested by local_yokel on 23 Dec 2005
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> Current user rating: 7.5/10 (rated by 15 users)
> Local guide: Berkshire pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Five Bells, Woodspeen (1.1 miles), Blackbird, Bagnor (1.3 miles), Halfway Inn, Newbury (1.6 miles), Bell, Boxford (1.8 miles), Starting Gate, Newbury (1.8 miles)
user reviews of the Rising Sun, Stockcross
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| Pretty much what a village local should be - good beer (essentially a West Berkshire brewery tap), good atmosphere and god conversation. Had already had a few when I got here so the power of recall lets me down on the detail - there were a collection of tankards on display and oh, I think I purchased some very nice homemade spicy chutney from the bar! Anyways, well worth a number of visits in the future... Quinno - 24 Aug 2008 22:57 |
| A good pub is one that has friendly faces, a wide selection of well-kept real ales, a warm fireplace in the winter and a pleasant garden in the summer. Instead of televisions and fruit machines, it has candles and live music. The Rising Sun at Stockcross gets all of this right. That’s what makes it the best pub in the Newbury area. frilsham - 7 Dec 2007 21:57 |
| Its precisely because this pub doesn,t serve chain pub food that makes it so good. If you give the landlady a few days notice she will make whatever dish you like within reason. I have always had a friendly reception here from the landlord and staff. I live about 15 miles away but still come here two or three times a month. So the landlord is a bit grumpy now and again, he's a middle aged bloke working long hours to make his business succesful. This is a real pub with real people and I have had many an interesting conversation with total strangers on a Sunday afternoon. Oh! and the beer is good too. arferjob - 18 Nov 2007 22:34 |
| I can add little on the matter of staff and licencee friendliness, other than our reception on a recent visit to this place was both convivial and polite - one of our number was greeted like a regular even though he'd only visited once before. I also can't comment on food, as we only needed to indulge in snacks (can one recommend a pub on the quality of its "Nobby's Nuts"?! - if so it was top-notch!). However the obvious draw for an old soak like me is the ale, and being a West Berkshire tied outlet it was well worth visiting for that prospect alone. 4 out of a possible 5 ales on (the 5th had only just gone), and all sampled were as they should be. The Skiff and Maggs Mild were in especially great form and the only shame was that we had to move on before a solid session was allowed to develop! Clearly one for real ale devotees; maybe one might think twice if going for food or friendliness, but it was popular enough with eaters and seemed to have a good atmos to me. MUST steak always feature on a pub menu? Surely there are more imaginative options nowadays. Perhaps "anon" of 18 Oct '07 should get him/herself to a Berni Inn ASAP - ooops, they don't exist any more!! Wonder why....?! TWG - 30 Oct 2007 12:31 |
| The beer may be good but the current menu is dire. This pub needs to get into the 21st century with it's menu. We visited on a Friday night recently, a lovely Rumanian lady was the cook and she served up delicious Goulash soup. This was the only item on the menu worthy of eating. It is the only pub we have visited without steak on the menu - a good standby on any menu. The cheery landlord and cook now seem to have disappeared so not going back. anonymous - 18 Oct 2007 20:39 |
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