The Jolly Farmer, Cliddesden - pub details
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Address: Farleigh Rd, Cliddesden, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25 2JL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 8571) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Basingstoke (2.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Alex on 25 Jun 2004
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 40 users)
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user reviews of the Jolly Farmer, Cliddesden
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| This pub is a joke. The food is awful................. wolvesfan - 22 Nov 2011 19:06 |
| We visited the pub for lunch today (Sunday) and were surprised at how empty it was. It's been a while since we've been there and it has changed hands in the mean time. We soon found out why it was so empty. We ordered fish and chips and the Sunday roast. The fish was so awful we couldn't eat it, it would appear that the chef thinks its a good idea to add cinnamen to the flour which does not work! The fish was also a tiny portion and the chips were certainly not home made. The chips were also pre-salted an absolute no in my book particularly when we'd made it clear that my 2 year old would be having some of my meal. Chefs should remember that not everyone likes salt on their chips and once added it cannot be taken away. The roast was distinctly average, with a funny carrot and swede concoction that seemed to be flavoured with a very strange mix of spices. I wonder if the chef is a smoker or simply doesn't taste his food before he serves it. Add to all this that there were 3 FOH staff on, and we had to wait to get my son a drink and for our plates to be cleared. Despite leaving the fish on the plates, no one though to ask if our meal was OK!!! All in all, I would not recommend this unless they get someone in the kitchen that can actually cook, and FOH staff who understand the meaning of customer service! We certainly won't be going back! sc1973 - 13 Nov 2011 14:32 |
| Met a friend for dinner and both of us had a great meal. My whole flounder, fresh from Lymington( so it said on the specials board ) was lovely. My friend had the slow cooked lamb shank which just fell off the bone, no knife needed! Good choice of four beers, had the Fullers Pride, nice sparkling clear pint. Brahms99 - 1 Nov 2011 21:45 |
| Traveling up the B3046 from Alresford to avoid the rigors of the M3, I happened across this pub, only 2 miles away from Basingstoke (which I'm not fond off) and a really nice find. Cliddesden village was formerly served by Cliddesden railway station on the now defunct Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. The station was used in the making of several films. In the 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter!, Cliddesden appeared as 'Buggleskelly'. You get to the Car park at the rear by a steep side entrance and walk down to the boozer via a nice brick path through a very large beer garden on a number of levels, where you're confronted by a large roof. Inside there's two separate bars and it's got a warm, welcoming, country ambience. 4 real ales on and I had a great pint of Harvey's at £3.40 (I'm used to paying that as I live on the Hamble). The menu looked good, but I just stuck with my pint. The bar staff seemed fine and the Landlord was pleased to hear that I appreciated his pint. BARRY2771 - 28 Sep 2011 11:17 |
| I found the service was shocking!! Monday afternoon lunch was not great think the staff were asleep, and as for cockie barmaid, and the rude owner seem more interested in there cigarette breaks then there customers won't be returning again!! plumjus - 26 Sep 2011 16:33 |
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