The Talbot Inn, Ripley - pub details
Address: High Street, Ripley, Surrey, GU23 6BB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28210) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Clandon (2.7 miles), West Byfleet (3 miles), Horsley (3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by oxenhillshaw on 27 Feb 2006
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 19 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Half Moon, Ripley (0.0 miles), Ship, Ripley (0.1 miles), Anchor, Ripley (0.2 miles), Seven Stars, Ripley (0.8 miles), Jovial Sailor, Ripley (1.0 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Talbot Inn, Ripley
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| Old coaching inn with a very rambling layout. Seating in bits and pieces through the bars. Could be an ideal old pub but it feels that the hotel side takes priority and the bars are just an adjunct. Beers: Greene King IPA & Hogsback TEA. redbarrel - 11 Nov 2011 21:28 |
| Good pint of TEA but otherwise rather drab experience. Didn't eat to be fair surreypubfan - 15 Apr 2011 11:49 |
| Difficult to find anything negative (or really positive) to say about The Talbot. It should be the best pub in Ripley. The restaurant and garden attract the better end of the punter spectrum, particularly at lunchtime. "New British" style food is pricey, Sunday roast dinner is worth a punt, the restaurant is packed out most Sundays with a good atmosphere. People like it. Generally it has a younger livelier vibe about it. Unlike The Ship and the Half Moon, both of which unfortunately have more than their quota of village idiots at times particularly in the evenings The upstairs hotel rooms are top notch. My parents won't stay anywhere else when they visit us. The other rooms in the new building are good, but lack character. The pub has a quality feel but the bar staff lack an effective manager and the onus is usually on food and weddings in the summer, which means the average punter can have a little wait to get served often by baffled looking gap year stoner-student type bar staff. They do sell Peroni at nearly £5 a pint, and it seems to sell well! Don't ask me why. Especially as One Stop sell it for less than two quid up the road. The other beers (t.e.a, Pride, Abbot etc are all kept well and if the weather is good, sitting in the vast outside grassy garden is as good as it gets in Ripley. Children and dogs are welcome and don't seem to get underfoot as the parents/owners seem to keep them under control generally. Despite the crap sniping from clearly fake reviewers loyal to The Ship and others, at least it tries. They promote live music and comedy nights which could be better supported by the locals and it does its bit for local fund raising, which is worth noting. In summary, this is a Saturday/Sunday afternoon pub. Its a bit more upmarket; a class apart from the other pubs in Ripley, just needs effective bar management and a bit more investment. Best in class. marley23 - 31 Aug 2010 12:22 |
| I smell a rat or is it that the staff have just found this site ( see last 3 one post wonders). We found the place average all but the prices there are far better places to go near by. giveusabeer - 16 Feb 2010 10:58 |
| Just delightful! I use this pub all the time, it is a hotel and pub so has great bedrooms and restaurant as well, I went to a recent comedy night and it was great! Lots of funny one liners about mince pies and the staff, that they all seemed to take in good spirit, I have eaten there many times in the past and it has always been great, I ate at a competitor of theirs recently and was quite ill, I play chess at the Talbot lots but am not dong well at the moment I think my pawns are poisoned! Oh well hopefully I will improve my standards {they could not get worse}. The Talbot has the best food in the area, however many of the pubs in the village are great and all are worth a visit. The village had lots of snow and then rain recently, i love the Talbot so much, if I had to sledge their in the snow or up periscope and submarine their in the rain id definitely still make it to the Talbot at least once a week Richard_nights_no_more - 16 Feb 2010 10:11 |
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