The Bowl Inn, Charing - pub details
Address: Egg Hill Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 28563)
Charing (1.4 miles), Lenham (4.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by norgor on 28 Mar 2006
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 11 users)
> Local guide: Kent pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Plough, Stalisfield (0.9 miles), Oak, Charing (1.2 miles), Wagon and Horses, Charing (1.5 miles)
user reviews of the Bowl Inn, Charing
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| Fine country pub, just a few minutes from the busy A20 but seemingly miles away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Usually three or four real ales on - and today's pint of Whitstable East India Pale Ale was in excellent condition (as the beers always are here). Full of nice touches, including the small external clock for those sitting on the wooden benches out the front. rpadam - 6 Sep 2009 18:59 |
| Gem of a pub in a wonderful location, the beer selection wasnt the best 3 real ales on but the location is perfect, also not this pub has a hexagonal shaped pool table which i have never seen and probably never will in a pub. superseagulls - 3 Sep 2009 19:51 |
| Popped by with a bunch of friends and by chance found we'd arrived on the day of the beer festival. Well done, the Bowl. Rows and rows of barrels, loads of people (300ish). Keep it up. JimQ - 20 Jul 2009 19:27 |
| This pub has a well deserved reputation for keeping and selling a range of fine ales. They're not always tip-top, but Alan, the Landlord, has an enviable reputation for doing his best. The array of awards received is testament to his diligence. This is not a pretty downland retreat. Far from it. It's a building with a fair sized car park, camping and gardens. They also have an excellent beer festival, one of the best pub festivals in the area. On the downside, the pub is very cliquey and strangers don't exactly fit in. We are not talking Deliverance though as they rarely shoot people. Sadly this place has a small collection of extremely homophobic customers and consequently this is being posted on a number of sites. If you're gay and a beer drinker, drink elsewhere. If you don't mind cohorting with dinosaurs, enjoy a fine ale, a roaring fire and a somewhat unusual pool table (don't play it inebriated or maybe this is the best way to play on it), get there!! If you want a good beer and convivial conversation without the inbreeds, drink at the Plough just down the road (where the food is fantastic), or most other places. This is a pub that shouldn't be missed out as long as you can cope with bigotry. A good selection and a knowledgeable, passionate landlord make up for the folk that drink on the hill. Not quite the folk that live under the stairs but just as scary. Make the effort as you're unlikely to get a duff pint. nigeinashford - 24 Oct 2008 02:00 |
| A group of us have taken to popping in here once a month after a monthly social event in nearby Lenham. The beer's good - you don't see Ringwood in many places in Kent. The bar staff are friendly, and they do a good pickled egg. But being in the middle of nowhere you'd not think it was a "locals pub" - you can always spot a "local pub for local people" because the requlars are sprawled all over the bar making it very difficult (if not physically impossible) for anyone else to get to the bar. I'll give it one more try, but I'm fed up with struggling to get near to the bar. There's never anyone else wanting to be served, just a seemingly constant heap of people propping up the bar so you can't get there. MankyBadger - 29 Jun 2008 11:16 |
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