A “great little pub” where “tremendous” food is as locally-sourced as you can get – chickens, honey bees and Tamworth sows, for example, are tended by the owners in the pub grounds; as there are only eight tables, though, it’s safest to book ahead.
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The critic visits a rural inn, that turns out to be one of those “labour-of-love joints that have you cooing with pleasure”.
Giles Coren (17th July 2007)
Meat/fish: 10/10 points; Cooking: 8/10 points; Caring: 10/10 points; Water: 8/10 points (tap offered first, Hildon if you ask); Score: 9/10 points
In his campervan, Giles visits a gastrpub that ticks all his eco-ethical boxes. But that’s not the only reason “the place had 10/10 written all over it”. Successes include “fantastic” steaks, a “best-ever” sticky toffee pudding with “unforgettable Devonshire clotted cream”. This place is “really, really special.”