Harden's survey result
Summary
This “popular gastropub stalwart” is “always busy, even if you were to go on a Tuesday lunchtime”. It occupies a listed 300-year-old former courthouse which featured in a Sherlock Holmes story, ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’. The food here is consistently well-rated and commented on as being “better than average”.
Summary
“It’s difficult to get a table” at this top-class gastropub around the corner from Chelsea FC’s training ground – it “really earns its popularity”, so regulars “learn to book ahead”. “We’re so lucky to have our local pub serve great food – and there’s a super garden too”.
Summary
A “best-kept secret” – although enough locals know about it to ensure that it’s “always busy” – this gastropub is “really consistent and thoroughly enjoyable”: “I’ve never had a bad meal at the Old Plough.” A 300-year-old listed building, it was formerly used as a courthouse.
Summary
“Tasty pub grub in a buzzy atmosphere”, a “great” outside space (a boon during the high watermark of the pandemic) and “very lovely staff” are among the charms of this former courthouse, whose rich heritage includes a role hosting Sherlock Holmes and his doctor-sidekick Watson in 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band’.
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Have you eaten at Grill at The Old Plough?
2 Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon, KT11 3BN
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always | £27.95 | £32.95 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Pudding |
|---|---|---|
| £9.90 | £18.95 | £7.95 |
| Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £23.95 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.10 |
| Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
2 Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon, KT11 3BN
Opening hours
| Monday | 10 am‑10:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 10 am‑10:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 10 am‑10:30 pm |
| Thursday | 10 am‑10:30 pm |
| Friday | 10 am‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 10 am‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 10 am‑10 pm |
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