The Yew Tree 'Time well spent', Reigate Hill - pub details

Yew Tree 'Time well spent'
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Address: Reigate Hill, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9PJ [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 4045) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Website: http://www.timewellspent.info

Nearest train stations Reigate (0.7 miles), Redhill (1.8 miles), Earlswood - Surrey (2.2 miles)

Pub facilities/features:
Cask Marque accreditation

  • Live music
  • Food served (Fresh Food all day Everyday), Sunday roast, Gluten free meals available, Real ale (Local ales as guests)
  • Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Car park, Smoking area, Function room for hire, Wireless internet access (Free- ask staff for details), Coach parties welcome

Pub suggested by Vindaloo on 24 Aug 2003

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user reviews of The Yew Tree 'Time well spent', Reigate Hill

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Now - with new management.
elfhelp - 4 Oct 2011 08:36
If you enter a bar past a pub's newspaper rack, you can't go far wrong
geofff - 11 Jan 2011 13:33
Very homely in the Winter. Visited recently and the staff were very friendly. Didn't eat but the food looked grand. Very warm atmosphere with an open fire.
martins2 - 27 Nov 2010 10:48
I have seen this place change in the last few years, since the ownership changed, and I believe it is undoubtedly the best it has been. The recent décor change along with the staff & menu really has put this in my top ten in this area. I like the Sportsman pub, it’s sister site, however for me the Yew Tree has the edge. It is cosy and relaxing without being over phoney. The food is by far its best offering. A recent chef change has made an already good menu into a good thoughtful pub menu, without the prices rocketing. Has a proper pub side as well as a laid up restaurant area, beer selection is good and the interior just always seems to be really clean and polished. My wife enjoys this place too, which is always a bonus as I am an avid pub goer. The getting in and out can be a slight pain on the main road, but this place is worth the hassle. Reading through the comments on some pubs around here I just think that some pubs are really trying to combat the declining pub industry and I for one think this place is achieving just that.
gabrielnoone - 7 Sep 2010 15:13
Made my first visit in a while yesterday, and only my fourth in the last 10 years. It perhaps would have been a better choice for a cold wintry day rather than a balmy May afternoon, with its copious wood-panelling, log fire and cosy seating, set in a pseuod-baronial 1930s roadside-style building. Nevertheless, it is not unpleasant, and one is promised a "sun-trap" garden at the rear, which I eschewed only because by that time of day the lee of Reigate Hill would surely have obscured any rays from the garden.
So, a pleasant pint of Caledonian 80/- (or just "80" as it's now known, presumably because the majority of people aren't sufficiently educated or aged to recognise that the stroke and dash signifies "shilling"?!) was supped at the bar for £3.10. Not bad, considering the multi-millionaire neighbourhood the pub is adjacent to. The only other cask ales were the ubiquitous London Pride and Young's Ord, although the conditioning of the 80 suggested these would at least be likely to be found in good nick.
Plainly the current incumbent, whose "time well spent" strapline also applies to the Sportsman at Mogador - do we have a nascent mini pub-co developing here?! - has orientated the pub towards food, which is always a modest disappointment if one is visiting solely for drink as one can feel somewhat sidelined in favour of eaters, and when busy I don't see the Yew as am obvious place for a solitary drinker to use. However, as the owner passionately argues in response to criticism of his other pub, this is now a vital means of staying afloat, and turning a profit if you're lucky, and it is true that many licensees now cannot simply rely on wet sales for survival. I daresay it is popular for grub, with a good range of predominantly solid British fare on the menu, with specials also featuring.
Not many in at 6:30PM on a Monday, but at least the lady serving was most welcoming, and pleasantly chatty without being invasive. I overheard her saying she'd ruled out paying £700 for a Hog Roast. Wise move, although some of the nearby local residents would probably think nothing of it!
All in all a jolly and perfectly decent place that does have some warmth and character, and is worth a visit, especially if one is in the market for a spot o' din-dins. But as to value for money, I would reserve judgement until I'd eaten there.

TWG - 25 May 2010 15:25

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