The Bull, Sonning - pub details
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Address: High Street, Sonning, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6UP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 7042)
Twyford (2.2 miles), Earley (2.4 miles), Wargrave (2.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Sunday roast, Real ale
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Car park, Smoking area, Accommodation available, Disabled access
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> Current user rating: 6.9/10 (rated by 17 users)
> Local guides: Reading pub guide, Berkshire pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Great House, Sonning (0.1 miles), Shepherds House, Woodley (1.0 miles), Flowing Spring, Playhatch (1.0 miles), Wee Waif, Charvil (1.0 miles), Shoulder of Mutton, Playhatch (1.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Bull, Sonning
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| £3.15 for a pint of Pride!!! Locals Bar now a dining room - no where to sit as the only seats available by the bar were taken up and all the other seats are dining tables. What a shame the place as turned into a resturant! I sat outside and the noise from the kitchen was awful! Lots of shouting, swearing in english and eastern european - if they are behaving like that preparing the food then i wont be eating there. Also a RAT was scurrying around the bushes - i know its rural but the kitchen door was open. Had a pint and left. The place used to be buzzing with local drinkers but no more... i suppose the money is in the food but at £3.15 a pint then i think the money is in the beer! fatbob1968 - 24 Jan 2010 22:22 |
| Clearly a very old village pub/inn, timber framed with black and white exterior and low beamed ceilings. The pub has four connected areas, one end seems to be purely for dining, as perhaps is the room behind the bar, deserted on my visit but interestingly the exterior (unused) door is marked "Locals Bar". No Royston Vasey feel to the place though, however I was a little unsure of the "meet and greet" style reception on entering, but I suppose the place is a small hotel too. Back to the pub, the bar area is warm and welcoming, the fire was not necessary today, but I bet it makes for a cosy atmosphere on a crisp day. The fireplace in the "Locals Bar" is huge, Inglenook style. Generally wooden floors, mix of seats including wing back chairs by the fire....The comedy character "ver ver drunk" sprang to mind.....Whitehouse(?)....old photos, pics of the area etc. The courtyard outside is nice with plenty of seating but I do agree the parked cars take the edge off it a bit, Clarkson would love it though, no old bangers here! Nice hanging baskets, and climbing plants, Wisteria I think. The building itself is large and nowadays includes accommodation. I'm fairly sure there was a brewhouse here once, the front attached cottage is "Malt Cottage" and at first floor level there looks to be a grain store, now converted. Fullers now, Pride, Gales HSB, Chiswick and Discovery. £2.80 for Chiswick. A good looking food menu, ranging from the pricier Chefs Specials, but also including smaller offerings and sandwiches/snacks. A nice spot. Maldenman - 31 Oct 2009 20:11 |
| This pub is a must for well kept beer - have never had a bad pint! But take a full wallet! £3.25 for Red Fox - £2.05 for lemonade! Makes a trip out with the kids expensive! Or do as I do - kids not allowed in the bar area (resturant ok) so we always sit outside - and take lemonade in cans with us. We have been known to take our own sandwiches too! Good beer - far too expensive! Yet we still go back, but not as often as we would! fatbob1968 - 13 Oct 2009 13:47 |
| Jerome K Jerome was utterly right. The place is so impossibly idyllic on a quiet early summer afternoon that I could sit outside near the car parked in the court (something I generally hate to do) and still feel completely immersed in its country charm. Choice of Fuller's beers on tap is excellent and even if I sat outside (just for a pint, no food), I could see how beautiful the inside is, the toilets are also above average. An excellent little corner of England and one of my best pub experiences ever. ebenezerscrooge - 11 Jul 2009 21:05 |
| A fairly pleasant village pub with a bit of rustic charm. Bigger inside than it looks on the outside. Usually packs in four of the Fullers-Gales range, including HSB. Beer is usually in good nick, although pricey. I've never sampled the food, but they do olives as a bar snack, which is unusual. I agree that the plasma screen TV does seem rather at odds with the rest of the place. To get the parking moans into perspective - the majority of Sonning was built 300+ years ago. It's inconvenient for a driver, but get over it! They've already sacrificed the lovely garden for the cars, so I'm with CaolineNo on this. Worth a visit, best sampled on a cold winters evening or a lazy Sunday. Quinno - 8 Oct 2008 23:03 |
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