please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Previous positive comments are stil valid for the York CAMRA Pub of the Year 2014. John Smiths Cask and one from Timothy Taylor's (Boltmaker) are still the regular ales with Theakston's Cresset, Caledonian's Flying Dutchman, Daleside's Blonde and Goose Eye's Blackmoor the guest ales on Friday (although the last three had been changed for different offerings by Saturday evening). All the pints I tried over my two visits were in excellent condition. Food was excellent with large portions at good prices and the welcome was very friendly. An excellent pub.
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High quality pub. 4 consistently well kept guest ales plus 2 permanents. A wide choice of other drinks for the non-real ale drinkers. Food three nights a week is good value and enjoyable in a pub grub style. The pub is nearly always busy and illustrates if you offer the right thing then the pub trade is still viable. Well worth a visit if you've never been.
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i will always love this pub, if you are in the local area its a must visit a british pub at its best
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Excellent pub, great choice of beers and well kept. More pubs should be like this!
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Extremely pleasant roadside pub on the A19 where it crosses the bland flat plain. Two rooms, one with a pool table and some seating, the other larger room with some bench seating and tables and chairs for dining although the food side is not too intrusive. Six handpumps serving �Locale� cask ales, John Smiths Cask, T. Taylors Best, and four guests, on this occasion Grantham Dark, Acorn Barnsley, Goose Eye Barmpot, and York Constantine, my Dark was excellent. Usual range of kegs: John Smith smooth, Carlsberg, Fosters, 1664, Stella, Guiness and Strongbow. The main bar is decorated with the traditional plates and pictures but has an interesting and eclectic collection of 'stuff'. There is a large collection of modern beer bottles but also drinking steins, mincers, woodwork tools, and more. There is a small library of Good Beer Guides and other books including the alluringly titled �Toilets of the World� and some children's books. The pool room has a small collection of RAF memorabilia commemorating crews stationed nearby during the Second World War. The staff and customers are friendly, and all the hallmarks of a good local pub are apparent here. 8/10
anonymous - 14 May 2009 18:29 |
Undoubtedly one of the better village eateries round her ... in a typically Yorkshire "chips with everything" sort of way. But they are good chips! Good beer too.
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Doesn't look much from the outside, just another run down roadside pub, but on the inside a great atmophere, good beer (3 or 4 guest beers) and good value food.
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A great british pub,real ales,friendly and homely atmosphere,must be one of the best pubs in the area.
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Characterful pub with a dedication to quality real ales and great value food. I would recommend the Sunday lunch and ales (usually at least one available) from the local Brown Cow Brewery. Cheers!
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i'd heard a lot about this place and its all right, lots of pubs in the area seem to try too hard at times, lots of gimmiks. great beer, great food, great prices. Easily the best pub in in the area. as arnie said "ill be back"
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a great british pub serving real ales, very friendly and a great homely atmosphere definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.
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Very nice say if yo want a half pint of Black sheep and you are driving in a Rover 75 (or vauxhall vectra)with Steve Barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrri tillage sef or marb on the way to castleford or donny dome. it really is a very good and convenient pub. oh and stop off at the QV on the way home. Hiya
anonymous - 1 Jul 2006 04:10 |
Ahem. The previous comment should say April 2006!
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Another successful beer festival! On the heels of the "official" 5th Selby Beer Festival held at the Sheaf in November 2005 Andy organised a festival at the end of April 2005. 11 different real ales (though perhaps with a littletoo much emphasis on golden bitters) were available at a very reasonable price, together with tasting notes, butties and excellent pork pies. Well done, Andy!
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Nice pub, had lunch there last summer.
Just found out my great-great-great-grandfather, William Firth, was an innkeeper in Burn in 1841 so it looks like it might have been here. William is the only 'innkeeper' in Burn on the census returns for 1841, but there was a Thomas Collins who was a 'publican' in Burn - I would think the 'inn' would be on the main road, as the Wheatsheaf is, and perhaps there was another pub on one of the roads off the main road.
If Ian the landlord (or anybody else) knows any more about the pub in the 1840s I'd be glad to hear from them.
I'll be back next May, mine's a pint of bitter and Yorkshire pudding with sausages and gravy please.
Kim
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A wonderfully friendly pub, with an excellent atmosphere and a warm friendly welcome. The selection of beers and lagers is excellent. It also has the best selection of malt whiskeys outside Scotland
Ian - 20 Jun 2004 21:08 |
Cracking little pub, with a wide range of guest real ales on handpumps. Ian the landlord of this free house organises regular CAMRA beer festivals in the nearby town of Selby. Food is also good (Friday is Fish & Chip day with the option of an enormous jumbo haddock), but you'd be advised to book to eat in the evening or on Sunday lunchtime as the place gets booked up very quickly
Tony - 11 Nov 2003 16:45 |
