Well I have to admit, I don’t remember much of the stags Salcombe journey to the final pub, The Fortescue Inn. This was mostly because myself and another one of the guys walked on, while the stag was pointed in the right direction by a couple other members of our party… And to be honest…. From the looks of it the stag insisted on having a chat with anyone who took a slightest interest in the stag party.
The Fortescue Inn was a nice little place, split into two this is a pub that is tailed for many different people. One half, it’s a Very gentle looking pub, serving Otter. Now anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis should know, serving Otter is one way to get my love!
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Not much to say on the Beer front… Tetleys or Carlsburg is what you get. BUT if you can stomach either of those beers, this is a fantastic little cafe to chill out in for a pint or two with a mate.
There is a good selection of wines, good menu, and a great welcome from the staff.
As far as the food is concerned, if you like burgers, you have to try The Living Room Burger. Its an Exmoor burger, with cheese, three onion rings, and a slice of bacon. Beautiful!
One word. Helusky.
Based in London. These guys will ship Czech beer (and other foods from the Czech republic) anywhere within the UK.
Fantastically quick, they use Google check out – which makes it easy to pay and track your order, and the crate itself was really very well packaged.
Well recommended for any and all Czech food and drink needs!
(Gambrinus Review coming after I’ve sampled a few)
I would hate for people to think we were paid by Skinners to push their products, but I thought I had to follow up my review of Skinners Cornish Lager, I posted a few days ago.
If you find yourself in Exeter City Centre, The Old Well House on the Cathedral Green has it on tap!
Its beautiful and thirst quenching, but a little pricey – but it is a pricey pub anyway…
By the way if anyone from Skinners (or anywhere else) would like to send us beer to review -please feel free to use the above link to contact us!
We’ve just got back from camping at Carnon Downs. The camp site itself is more pricey then other places but the site itself is very nice, and the location itself is great. Part of the reason why the location is so good is that its just over the road from Carnon Inn.
Last year we found the food was great, and the service was fantastic. Sadly this year it wasn’t so great. We didn’t have any food or beer – so we cant comment on those, but the service wasn’t great.
During our first evening there we got served a bottle of wine that must have already been used – it seemed a large glass down. Sadly we only realised after we had already poured a few glasses and saw that it barely poured four small glasses worth! During our second evening (a Friday night) we had to wait an age to get served, while after we did get served there seemed to be some confusion with our tab! It was confusing and a little embarrassing at the time, but it did make up for lack of wine on the first evening!
Well even though the staff arn’t as fantastic as they once were, the view from the pub garden is still fantastic, and is worth a visit as somewhere to chill out and relax. It is very much a chain pub, so I would suggest going elsewhere if you want somewhere more traditional.
Yesterday I went to the Bowling Green with two people I support. Being their local pub, I thought it was worth seeing what the meals were like there.
Beers: I was pleased to see both Otter Ale and Jail Ale on tap!
Food: They had a board with the meals they serve. There was a good choice of meals, including many that were homemade, like the beef burger, lasagne, steak and ale pie… lots of pub grub. I noticed that the prices were really decent, with many under £6, and when we saw the size of the portions, we saw how good a price this was. I had the Thai fish cakes, with sauted potatoes and salad for £5.50. My only negative was that it said sauted potatoes and I got curly fries, but then I love curly fries, so not a worry!
Atmosphere: It was OK. We sat in the top section, which kept us away from some of the noise of the people at the bar, and not close enough to the door to the outside smoking area to be affected by breeze or smell. I really enjoyed the music playing.
Vote: 7/10.
Last note: I couldn’t find any pics of this pub online! For those who don’t know it, it’s on Blackboy Road, Exeter – near to the Odeon.
Tired now. Will probably have a fuller review later, but in brief, if you end up at Princetown in Dartmoor have food / drink at the Prince of Wales Inn not the Plume of the Feathers (unless its sunny in which case the beer garden at the “Plume” wins).
Now I’m liking the look of this! Sadly its on over the same time as the Exeter Food and drink festival, so I’m a little worried about the wallet – and the diet. But I’m thinking a little bit of time in the Imperial beer tent may need to be done.