BITE user comments - KevinD
Comments by KevinD
Had dinner bed and breakfast here. Very much food oriented with a small back bar for non-eaters. Good menu well executed and comfortable enough room (en-suite, TV etc) reasonable breakfast choice but would have liked to see some fruit. Three real ales Brakspeares, Woodfordes Wherry and a Ringwood brew. I'd go again to eat but would prefer more of a drinkers' pub if I were just out for a pint.
17 Dec 2013 12:10
Ye Olde Coach and Horses Inn, Melton
After walking past this place to drink elsewhere for nigh on ten years, under the previous owners, I started going back there about once a week when Deben Inns took over. As the previous comment states it's been tastefully re-furbished with a youngish, friendly team of bar staff. Adnams is the house ale but there's usually one or two guest beers alongside. Food oriented, particularly early evenings, but not so much so that you can't just enjoy a drink. I'm pleased that this pub has recovered from it's previous dire mismanagement.
22 Feb 2013 10:37
Drove past yesterday and noticed the place is offered for sale by Fleurets, who seem to specialise in licensed premises. Suffolk CAMRA website also list it as temporarily closed; so there may be hope that it will re-open as a pub. I'll keep you informed.
20 Feb 2013 11:32
This establishment has changed again, this time from the previously mentioned veggie restaurant to something called the "East Coast Diner". The signage up at the windows suggests that they do stuff like burgers, pizzas, hotdogs etc. They also advertise cocktails. Doesn't look like my cup of tea, but don't let that put you off.
20 Feb 2013 11:28
The Cherry Tree has been renamed "The British Larder" and is now very food oriented. It has won a number of local and, I believe, national awards for its cuisine. Not eaten there myself but usually looks fairly busy.
18 Feb 2013 08:52
Butley Oyster now, sadly, closed as from December 2012 and shows no sign of re-opening as a pub.
17 Feb 2013 12:07
An unpretentious village local with pool table, dartboard and a skittle alley out the back. Licensee took time to welcome my partner and me, a couple of strangers in his bar, which was a nice touch. A couple of cask ales available (Butcombe and Wickwar BOB), licensee is enthusiastic about guest beers so these will probably change. No reason not to pop in if you're in the area. Unsure whether they do food, didn't see any evidence of it, but wasn't after a meal so weren't paying that much attention.
16 Feb 2013 16:58
The Oyster Inn, Butley
The Oyster has been refurbished and re-opened after a four year closure I've not been in yet but press report can be found here:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/villagers_raise_a_glass_to_new_owners_and_landlords_as_butley_s_oyster_inn_officially_reopens_1_4938144
24 Mar 2017 11:00