The Sun Inn, Dent - pub details

Sun Inn
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Address: Main Street, Dent, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5QL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 30255) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train station Dent (0.3 miles)

Pub suggested by thelunaticfringe on 30 Jul 2006

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Agree with the last comments about the owners not seeing the potential of the place as it's that rarest of rare things these days - a proper unspoilt pub. This place used to be a destination pub for many years and now it's as if the current licencees couldn't care less.

I called in recently for a couple of beers and some food and both were definitely below par. I have been coming to Dent for many years now and it's such a sad thing to see this happening. It'll probably be a house the next time I go up if they carry on like this and I wouldn't want to see that. Get someone in who knows what they're doing before it's too late.
littledrummerboy - 7 Oct 2011 11:11
I feel sorry for this place. It's as if the owners just don't the potential of their own pub. As the only pub in Dent with a beer garden you'd think they would make the most of it. No - expect a car park beer garden with weeds every where and napkins and straws trodden into the gravel. A bit of gardening and care and it would be great. As for the beer - they're almost there. On my recent visit the barman asked what kind of beer I liked and suggested Rhatas from Whitby - offering samples just in case. Beer tasted of vinegar but happily changed for another beer which tasted less like vinegar (still there!). As for the pub itself, it is very traditional with open fires. The food looked ok and was about £2-3 cheaper than across the road at the George and Dragon. In conclusion, a pub which looks fantastic but still needs work on. So close but so far, far away! 6/10
jimbob89 - 15 Aug 2011 18:13
Both pubs in Dent are good, but for me the George and Dragon is marginally the better of the two. Lots of people will disagree, though as the Sun is more of a local, more old fashioned, characterful and lived in. One of the most eclectic ranges of beer I've come across, some of which (er, most) I've never heard of. Quality OK but the Dent beers in the G&D quite a lot better in my view. In particular, I found the beer in the Sun a little on the warm side for me (and this is November). We ate at lunchtime and whilst the food is straightforward pub-grub it was well cooked and tasty. Overall, a good local pub with friendly staff and good service - no complaints
Nuclear_Pete - 16 Nov 2010 20:39
A lovely creaky old 17th Century which served Nick Hambleton’s Bitter and the slightly stronger Stallion. A folksy live band played at the end of the evening. A nice stay all in all. A good stop off for the Yorkshire Dales Walk
cookster101 - 29 Sep 2010 17:09
They've obviously fallen out with Dent Brewery-I don't see that as a problem but the pint of Nick Stafford's Hambleton which I had was straight out of Sarson's Brewery (if there is one!)-we left after one pint,not only because of the poor quality of the beer but because of badly behaved noisy children.
Is it not incumbent on landlords to have a word in the ear of the parents who appear oblivious of the annoyance their offspring cause to proper pub clientele.
huntforbeer - 6 Apr 2010 14:16

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