Kings Arms, Church Strettonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A much better pub than the previous reviews had led me to expect. The barman greeted us with a nice line in cheerful humour and served up a cracking pint of Joules Slumbering Monk (also on offer were Blonde and Pale Ale from the same stable). Food - my wife had sandwiches and I a panini - was plentiful and tasty. Unlike other pubs of similar vintage - it is over 400 years old - the interior, including the wooden floor, mantelpiece and the cushioned settles, were in keeping with the age of the building. Great eclectic music selection too.
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Unpretentious pub to put it mildly, but not necessarily a lot wrong with that. Certainly far fewer punters in here on a warm Saturday than at the Buck's Head over the road. Several of the few drinkers were out the back in the small but tidy beer garden. Dart board a shade close to the beer garden door.
The Buck's Head beer garden was well-populated.
Top notch couple of pints of Timmy Taylor's Landlord. Bombardier also on tap, but nothing exotic. Nobody eating while I was in there, but there is a great cafe just over the road.
Gents bog was very clean.
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Nice pub frequented by locals and walkers alike.
Take no notice of the earlier againstyobbery post. It's the landlord from the Bucks Head who is upset that the Kings food is better and cheaper. They do it all the time in the Bucks, slag off and spread rumours about the other pubs in the town and generally cause mischief when it is not needed. Come in and make up your own mind.
Cumbo - 17 Nov 2012 19:58 |
Had an acceptable Timmy Taylors on when I visited recently. I found the pub friendly and unthreatening for a single female of a certain age even on a Saturday night. Does simple bar meals during the day (untried). Unpretentious interior, which appeals to me, at least it's still a pub not a restaurant. I was going to swerve by the pub when I saw the previous reviews, but as I was staying across the road for the weekend it was too handy not to try it.
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A pretty basic pub with no good real ale or any redeeming features. Go to the Bucks Head over the road instead.
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Yes, stop in almost any evening for an impromptu-BNP, or "EBF" (English Border Front) meeting, hosted by some of Britain�s best football yobs. The locals are unfriendly and hostile. The landlord is probably a racist and so are most of the regulars. Just ask for Stan, Mappy, Chris or Tim. Tim just loves kicking people when they�re on the floor because he�s too cowardly to stand up to them. Look for the ones speaking furtively out the corners of their mouths and glaring at you. Get beaten and kicked for no reason at all. For the time of your life, visit �The Kings Arms�, Church Stretton. 2010
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Bombadier and Spitfire seem to be standards. Quite popular with the locals.
anonymous - 18 Dec 2006 23:38 |
Visited 2nd September, YET another change of landlord.................cold and cheerless and the beer is expensive
anonymous - 24 Sep 2006 17:59 |
Seems to suffer from regular changes of landlord, and very smoky inside. Food expensive and nothing special. Beer garden, though, is a real haven of peace and quiet, lovely, particularly in an afternoon. Only downside is, if you're a "solo traveller" it's a long walk to the bar and leaving a back-pack in the garden whilst you do it feels quite "risky". There again, carrying it back to the bar when getting a refill looks stupid !
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