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    The Eight Belles

    5.0 (3 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    2 years ago

    Great family run pub, good selection of drinks, food and very clean. Highly recommend.

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    The Betsey Wynne

    3.4(8 reviews)
    5.3 mi
    £££

    My family and I went here for an Easter dinner rather than staying home. As soon as we walked in…read morethe atmosphere was warmly welcoming and the service was impeccable. Our food arrived promptly with pub-like presentation which met expectations. The food was of good quality with a large range of dishes to choose from. Additionally, their accompanying wines were reasonably priced. However, the food was on the high side price wise for a pub but the menu suggests that it is catering as a restaurant. I would highly recommend this pub/restaurant for anyone fancying a nice night out with their family.

    The Betsey Wynne describes itself on the web site as an award winning country village pub, and…read morelooks like it has been there for a few hundred years, but looks can be deceiving. Despite the traditional village pub looks, the building opened in 2006 and is probably described as a gastro pub, certainly not a village pub. From what I can research it has won an award, but not for the food: it won the South East New Build category in the CLA's Rural Building Award Scheme. I find this rather misleading: if it has won any food awards please let me know and I'll update the review. We arrived on a fairly busy Saturday evening for a pre-booked table, booking looks like a good idea as it was very busy. The bar area is small, the pub is definitely aimed at diners, so we were happy that we'd booked a table so we could sit down to have our drinks. The draft beer and bottle of red wine were both nice. I asked the waitress for more details about the King Prawns in Garlic Butter (£7.95) starter, she went away to check and when she came back she described it as prawns cooked in garlic butter (duh!). Sounded fine so I ordered it and what we got was 6 large prawns, with heads still attached, in garlic butter with a little lemon and some fresh bread. Strange the heads on didn't get a mention when I asked for clarification it seemed like a key feature to me! We also had some additional bread (£2.95) some of which had been stood around cut, so the edges were dry and hard, served with an small dish with lots of oil and a tiny bit of balsamic vinegar hiding in the bottom: not impressive. For one of the mains we had an Aberdeen Angus ribeye steak with onion rings, tomato, hand cut chips and (a singular) mushroom (£18.95). Generally this was very good: onion rings were homemade, the steak was very nice. My only complaint was that the twice-cooked chips were soft and fluffy in the middle, but not crisp on the outside. The second main was Glen Falloch venison (£16.95) served with an orange and juniper jus, dauphinoise potatoes and spinach. The venison and jus were very good, the spinach was fine, but between the two some thinly sliced caramelised onions were a little too sweet. I wasn't too keen on the dauphinoise potatoes, I thought they had an odd after taste, but my fellow diner thought they were fine. We briefly dabbled with the idea of sharing some cheese for pudding, but after the waitress went away to check the selection (stilton, cheddar and goats cheeses) we decided not to bother. At this price-point the service was disappointing: the waitress didn't know details of the prawn dish, or know what cheeses were on the cheese board, and we had to ask to receive side plates and a steak knife. The Betsey Wynne is nice, but it is trying to be up-market and to do this the standard of the food and the service both need to improve. The building and car park are both good, but what goes on inside the building needs to improve.

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    The Old Red Lion

    3.5(6 reviews)
    3.2 mi
    ££

    The Waiter said that they have No Chicken dishes. This was…read moreat 5 o'clock so they had just started cooking food It took nearly 3 hrs from start to finish. It was to expensive. For an example one cheesecake £9:45, the seabass wasn't much on the plate for £20:45 Maybe go back for a drink in the garden

    Great food, Great views, Great beer. This pub is everything you could ever want from a village…read morelocal. Situated in the tiny village of Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire this pub is a great mix between hub of the community and classy country pub date material. On one side you have the restaurant serving up delicious local produce such as steak as well as a few spanish flavours (tony the landlord is from the canary islands) On the other side is the public bar with a few round tables and a roaring log fire in the winter months to keep you cosy. In the summer the garden is wonderful overlooking the beautiful countryside of aylesbury Vale. They also have various events throughout the year such as tapas nights and beer festivals. The drinks selection is good with some fine real ales and a decent selection of wines as well as some fine salty dog crisps to snack on if you're only there for a drink. Its also only 15 mins in the car from the centre of Milton Keynes so after a hard days shopping its a great place to unwind. Little known facts about this pub: the krays used to drink there as they had their countryside abode just across the road, Mick Jagger has had lunch there when researching the movie enigma. If you find yourself in this neck of the woods, i would heartily reccomend it.

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