Kings Head, Bonsallback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Surprised by comments below, found this a cracking little pub with very friendly land lord who gave me lots of tips about the local area. Batemans on top form. I was the only customer at the time but would certainly recommend.
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Surprised by comments below, found this a cracking little pub with very friendly land lord who gave me lots of tips about the local area. Batemans on top form. I was the only customer at the time but would certainly recommend.
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I've spent two very pleasant evenings here, but many years apart.
On the first, the landlord was a proud trade unionist, and the wall was adorned with commemorative china plaques and plates from various historic industrial disputes.
More recently, all trace of this past had gone, but the locals were still convivial and the beer fine. One of them went through his routine of trying to sell me a chicken coop, which he does on first acquaintance with everyone I'm informed. You've been told.
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This is one of those handful of quirky Peak District pubs where the personality of the landlord or landlady defines the character of the place. Think 3 Stags Heads at Wardlow Mires, Quiet Woman at Earl Sterndale, Barley Mow at Kirk Ireton. They run the pub on their own terms. Real pubs run by real people - warts and all, and all the more interesting for that fact.If you don't like it there are plenty of generically "nice" clone pubs around.
Two areas - the tiled-floor bar where dogs and muddy boots are welcome and the eating lounge where they aren't and the landlady, with her forthright Australian attitude will tell you in no uncertain terms if you transgress. The bar is cosy and intimate with a limited choice of ale. Only Batemans XB on tap when we went in as she hadn't done the cellar work that morning but the XB was fine,if nothing special. Unsurprisingly the landlord wears the pinny and cooks the food.
I had tuna sandwiches,chips & salad - good food at a fair price. The beer and tea was not a fair price. �6 for a pint of XB and 2 mugs of tea. Two more tourists had regular meals which looked good, (certainly not microwave rubbish) and they praised the food as such.
The landlady on this occasion was very friendly, disposed to chat freely with her customers. She gushed over a dog we brought in, rushing over with a chew for it, (though the dog looked a bit frightened of her) and how many pubs have a notice on the outside allowing hikers to come inside out of the cold to eat their packed lunch in the pub - so is she really as fearsome as previously described ?.
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First visited lunchtime for a pint-- it wasnt great-- or was the beer soured by the landladys scowls? Sucking a lemon springs to mind!! However the food menu looked good so we bit the bullet and returned in the evening for a meal. Tried hard to make conversation and found some common ground. Enquired if certain items were homemade and told NO-- we,re a pub, not a restaurant. Sadly this wasn,t reflected in the prices!!. However we were assured that the chips and veg were "real" God , it was awful!! even the frozen peas were inedible-- food overcooked and tough, and the chips were an iceland cheapo special. Now, no disrespect to Iceland-- they do some good stuff , but this food was appalling. When I complained , a couple of locals were asked if they had ever had a bad meal. They cowered in the corner and said no. I suggested they may be scared to venture their true opinion due to the icy demeanour of the landlady, at which point they cringed even more. Enough said-- appalling-- however they were good enough not to charge us. Generous considering most of it was still on the plate.
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This was probably the best of 10 pubs we visited in Derbyshire yesterday. The Batemans beer range is nothing spectacular - GHA, XB and Miss Lapland. But what makes this pub special is the cosy atmosphere inside. The location at the centre of the village is good and during the snow yesterday, it was like a scene from a picture postcard. Parking was a little difficult. Didn't try the food.
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Sadly a couple of the Decent pubs in the area where full, strangely enough not this one...or so we thought...
This is probably the worst pub in the area. The food is fresh � from the microwave and almost thrown at you. The land lady she verges between hostile and at best just just plain rude! depending on who she is serving. The beer was OK but each glass was soured by the grimaces from the owner as she begrudgingly served each of the sparse customer, A really pretty pub from the outside but an absolutely grim atmosphere inside not surprising they had plenty of tables when all the other pubs where full...avoid...unless your idea of fun is being scowled at and micorwave meals
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Fabulous old pub. Very friendly, in a "WOW" village! The place is so steeped in history, it makes you dizzy. Only been in the summer - when the dogs were made as welcome as i was - but i should like to see it around Christmas - very, very cosy atmosphere. Might get cut off tho' - they have plenty of snow.
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