Reviews of Black Horse, Climping
Review by Tony Mortimer on 8th May, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 29.04.2011
Visited this pub on the day of the Royal Wedding.
Was given a very warm welcome by the staff who were very friendly. Drinks unlike what another reviewer said, are not overpriced and comparable to other pubs, roughly a tenner for 3 drinks. Good selection well served.
Food - one word fantastic. If you want boil in the bag stuff a la Wetherspoons, this place isn't for you. Food does take a while to arrive however this is because it's freshly cooked from scratch. Our party started with a Prawn Cocktail, sublime Chicken Livers, and a delicious ham parcels stuffed with cheese. Mains were Pork Belly to die for, a brilliant lobster, incredibly fresh, and substituting the salad for new potatoes was not a problem at all, and the most succulent steak I have tasted outside London. It was roughly £20 per head for the food, so not cheap, but the quality made this not an issue.
Noticed they are also doing 2 meals plus wine for £20 during the week, which if it's as good as ours is a bargain
Great to see that the pub has got it's act together- we really enjoyed it and will be returning
Review by James Williams on 2nd May, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 30.04.2011
We visited this pub the day after the Royal Wedding.
We arrived around 7.30, trade was medium, we were served quickly and efficiently. Prices were reasonable - I can confirm a real ale, lager and cider were around £10.
There were lots of specials on the board all between £11 and £14 for mains, and included Smoked Haddock, Lobster Salad and Crab Salad, as well as a lamb dish and pork belly. The normal menu was also available with 7 or 8 starters and a similar number of mains.
I had the Prawn Cocktal special, which was a large portion of fresh prawns and marie rose sauce, with a salad and bread, my friends had the Chicken Livers, which were excellent, and the Deep fried Brie, which was good too.
Mains wise I orginally ordered the Smoked Haddock, but was then asked if I would like to try the fresh Whiting, which I hadn't had since I was a child, it was coated in a herby crumb, which was delicious, and served with pan fried potatoes - it was amazing. Juicy meaty fish that fell off the fillet, delicious. My friends had the Pork Belly with mustard mash which was superb, and the Goats Cheese tart, with salad and new potatoes. We could not fault a thing
Service was relaxed and informal, yes the meals took longer than the standard 9 minute pub chain usual, but on the other hand they were individually prepared, and cooked to order. Let me think a quality home cooked professionally served meal, or a boil in the bag special - which would I choose ????!!!!!! Not a difficult decision.
The pub was 2/3 full, mainly diners, and we didn't witness a single problem.
We were in the area on holiday, and will absolutely return.
One further thing, Monday to Thursday, they do 2 themed meals, for example Roast of the day on Monday, and Fish and Chips on Thursday, with 2 glasses of wine for £20. Excellent value
Staff were organised, focussed and very friendly btw
Review by tabbie on 26th February, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 14/02/08
Having been taken for a suprise evening out with freinds on possibly the busiest night of the year, i can honestly say the Black Horse @ Climping certainly knows how to look after their customers.
The place was absolutely packed out with not a table to be had if you hadn't booked.
All the tables were set with candles and roses and the food was to die for, certainly not the usual "ping cooking" you get in most pubs these days. All the meals were freshley cooked to order the staff all extremely freindly polite & helpful without that in your face "is everyhting alright" every to miniuts
Well done to everyone there i will certainly recommend you. ***********
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