Quarryman's Rest - Table reservation

We had to travel to Devon to pick up my son's pooch as we're babysitting her for a few months. The perils of being a parent! Having driven all day from N Wales, we were looking around Bampton for somewhere for an evening meal and a quiet drink. Bampton has some posh and very expensive eateries, but none of these really appealed to us, so we wandered up the hill from our B&B to The Quarryman's and stuck our head through the door. What a lovely surprise! A proper pub with a roaring fire , comfy table to sit at , friendly landlord and locals, dogs welcomed and an unpretentious reasonably priced menu. Heaven! I thought such places had disappeared with the advent of the gastro pub and TV Chef bri...

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Our experience of this place was not good at all.There were 5 older men sitting at the bar when we arrived who clearly didn't appreciate four adults and two young kids disturbing their early evening pint. One of them had a really nasty look on his face and said something about keeping the kids under control we'd literally just walked through the door. We ordered food at the bar and the order was given to the same man who walked off towards the kitchen! We really should have told them to forget the food and left at this point. Anyway, the food that came out of the kitchen was mediocre at best for example, my wife ordered a prawn cocktail which was presented in a large glass bowl containing a...

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We stayed just one night on our way to a family wedding. Upon arrival, the landlord was polite and helpful, taking us straight to our room. Room was plenty big enough, nicely furnished, quiet and comfortable, with a clean and tidy bathroom, good shower and lots of tea and coffee. We didn't eat dinner here as we'd mad alternative arrangements beforehand. Breakfast in the morning was freshly cooked to order, hot and tasty. The buffet breakfast was ample as well. Plenty of coffee. Dinner menu was staple pub food.

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Not particularly good, had a pork chop and my partner had steak. My chop was quite chewy and although they asked howy partner wanted her steak cooked, it wasn't.. service was very friendly and polite and dog friendly.

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Nice place called as a couple passing through relaxing on our holiday, wasn’t too busy was just right

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