The Barge Inn, Seend Cleeve - pub details
Address: Seend Cleeve, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6QB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 8621) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Melksham (2.9 miles)
Brewery: Wadworth
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Riverside location
Pub suggested by Tony Savill on 29 Jun 2004
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 19 users)
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user reviews of the Barge Inn, Seend Cleeve
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| A good sized Wadworth’s pub in a great location right on the edge of the canal. There’s quite a few tables and chairs outside and I imagine it would get packed in the summer. The pub is divided in to several different areas, although they are not separate rooms. The main bar area in the middle is a pleasant enough spot with dark wooden boards on the floor and a low, beamed ceiling. Paintwork is predominantly cream with some pale green detailing and there were several milk churns at the bar which had been colourfully painted and had leather seats fitted to turn them in to bar stools. To the left is a smaller bar area with a parquet wooden floor, a fish tank and an old cast iron fireplace. This had a few logs smouldering away which the bar staff kept topped up and this was a nice touch on a freezing February afternoon. To the right of the bar are a few old flagstones and some tables with good views out the window to the canal. This leads in to a carpeted area that looks to be more of a restaurant. There was another brick fireplace here and a few black and white pictures on the walls. At the front of the pub was another room, again probably more used for dining, with French doors out on to the patio. I didn’t see a menu, but a chalk board was offering a pie and pint deal for a tenner. Beers on tap were all from the Wadworth’s stable with their 6X, Swordfish, Old Timer and Henry’s IPA. The solitary cider was Stowford Press. Prices seemed somewhat steep at £7.90 for a pint and a G&T. Blackthorn - 3 Feb 2012 23:59 |
| Great canalside location and beer garden. Unfortunately, the inside of the pub is all realy just a chain-style restaurant where drinkers are tolerated rather than welcomed. Wadworth's beers here are expensive and not particularly well-kept. You'd do better to walk along the road to the Brewery inn in the village. JimmyRibble - 5 Aug 2010 13:33 |
| Visited here today in a party of 5 and had a lovely experience! Our visitors from NZ were very impressed with the location! We booked in advance and asked for a table with a good view of the canal and that's exactly what we were given. Booking seems advisable as the pub was pretty busy for a Monday lunchtime. The mainly young staff were friendly and welcoming and very attentive. Our food was on the table 20 minutes after ordering, was well presented, beautifully cooked and delicious! Requests for variation to meals on the menu were accommodated willingly. I'm consider myself pretty fussy when it comes to eating out, and on the strength of today's visit would be happy to recommend this pub - I will definitely be visiting again - this is echoed by my fellow diners. Having read the comments made by previous visitors to this pub we felt we needed to post our experience - it's not the cheap end of the market but you expect to pay for quality and that is what we got today. Judi.Bev - 5 Jul 2010 16:19 |
| A pretty location beside the meandering Kennett & Avon canal. A large beer garden, well kept Wadworth ales and a good selection of wines. I can’t comment on the food, as I have not eaten there but it looks pretty good. That is the upside, now the downside. The apathetic, miserable bar staff (average age 18) especially one young man, kill the place stone dead within seconds of your arrival. It is a great shame really, because with some professional customer service training and a short course on how easy it is to smile and be civil, the pub could have everything…alas not so. Come on Wadworth! Wake up and train your staff or get shot of em. Warning; the Barge does get a bit noisy weekends lunchtimes with the invasion of families with children. So my advice is, should you visit on these days, pack a set of ear defenders. willows - 24 May 2010 20:19 |
| Ate here in September - late Saturday lunchtime. Food very good, imaginative and high quality. Beer in good condition, I stuck to the IPA. The dining room is typical of Wadworth's extensions to pubs in the 70s/80s and is a bit noisy but overall I was impressed. Wasn't asked to pay up front unlike a previous reviewer. alecstewart - 4 Nov 2009 20:08 |
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