Black Horse, Pluckley - pub details
Address: The Street, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 31984)
Pluckley (1.3 miles), Charing (3 miles), Lenham (4.9 miles)
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> Current user rating: 3.0/10 (rated by 14 users)
> Local guide: Kent pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Mundy Bois, Pluckley (1.0 miles), Swan Inn, Little Chart (1.2 miles), Dering Arms, Pluckley (1.3 miles), George Inn, Egerton (1.7 miles)
user reviews of Black Horse, Pluckley
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| There is something very odd about this place. It is an extremely attractive and interesting building with a big garden with shade and sun available in the summer. In the village centre but a quiet location betwixt the church and the 2 village shops. Setting is very pretty. The history and alleged ghostly past puts it firmly on the tourist trail as does the Dalring Buds of May tie in. You would think with all this going for that it would be a welcoming pub with good food and beer but it isnt. The staff are at best disintered and at worst downright surly. It was so bad i abandoned my plans to eat, enjoyed an OK pint in the pleasant garden and moved on. Snowy3uk - 14 Jan 2010 17:07 |
| I visited this pub recently and I just had to comment because it must be the strangest place I've ever visited!!! Firstly, the staff were extemely hostile towards us from the minute we set foot in the door. It was like the film warewolf in London, when the two americans visit a village pub and everybody looks up and glares at you! Its like, nobody wants u there. We didnt eat there so i cannot comment on the food, we actually only went there to investigate the villages hauted past which strangely the locals did NOT want to talk about, they didn't answer many questions they just mumbled something about a map u can buy from behind the bar. At the end of the night a very loud man came it and shouted at us "WHAT HAVE WE HERE THEN- WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING??!!" and more or less told us to get out even though it wasnt quite closing time. Very very weird people!!! It was a very strange place to visit and i really wouldn't recommend it to anybody (well, other than the locals because they seem to be the only people welcome!!) There was one lady who was O.K behind the bar who spoke to us but most of them seemed too busy 2 even look at us let alone enter into a converstation with our group. All i can say is... enter at your own peril!! hanhan24 - 11 Oct 2009 09:15 |
| Echoing previous comments concerning the Black Horse, this pub seems to generate an atmosphere of disinterest and possibly aggression towards customers. Recently we planned to enjoy a family evening meal at the Black Horse. Upon entering the bar area we were greeted by the sight of bar staff slouched over the bar engaged with what I presume to be other staff members, in “fruitful” conversation using language that was totally uncalled for and out of place. To then encounter a free roaming Boxer dog (which I believe belongs to the pub) which had to be manoeuvred past before reaching the bar led me to consider that this might not be the best place to spend our evening. At no time during our brief attendance at the Black Horse did any of the staff ask if they could help/assist/serve us, being far more interested in continuing their own conversation. Attracting no attention from the pub’s staff we duly departed and made alternative very acceptable arrangements elsewhere. Reading a number of comments concerning the quality, or rather lack of it, of staff, service, food and management I consider we probably had a lucky escape. We will certainly never be visiting this pub again and I would not recommend anyone else to do so either. Clearly a major problem exists concerning the management and running of the Black Horse. helpfulobservations - 28 Aug 2009 15:47 |
| this pub was definitely one of the best meals out I've had in a long time, he food was delicious and delivered on time, and was well cooked, prepared, looked good and was very tasty. I don't know what this rubbish is about flies on the food, but it certainly didn't seem like the kind of place that would deliver food with flies on it, and personally, i agree with the manager, it does sound like someone trying to get a cheap meal... As far as i can tell, a lot more customers go away happy, satisfied, and full than go away complaining and grumbling. i well and truly enjoyed my time at this pub, and it is definitely worth visiting. matthewjames - 13 Aug 2009 01:33 |
| Visited the Black Horse today and could not belive how below standard not only the food was but the service. My partner ordered a prawn cocktail, which came to our table with little Marie Rose sauce, WHITE thin sliced Tesco value bread and an excuse for a wedge of lemon. I ordered crab with avocado which was presented much the same, very average indeed for over six pounds each! We then were presented with our mains, i had the off the bone ham salad, old brown salad leaves, hard new boiled potatoes, hard boiled egg which was grey around the yoke and a splodge of coleslaw, just all horrible, the ham was insipid and plated up in a slap dash manner. My partners roast beef was ropey too, roast potatoes were old and tasted like they had been warmed through, not cooked fresh! DO NOT EAT AT THIS PUB... its just disgraceful, the chef is obviously not passionate about his work and couldnt give a damn if the people that are paying his wages walk away happy or not. On this occasion i would say do give up your day job!!! lisa2702 - 9 Aug 2009 17:11 |
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