After driving past the Fleece multiple times during our stay in the area, we finally decided to have dinner there. It's a charming, traditional village pub with friendly and cheerful female servers. The establishment was well-maintained and clean, including the restrooms. We were impressed by the generous portion sizes of our delicious meals. My husband's moules mariniere starter was so hearty that he could have easily had it as a main course, and the broth/sauce was delightful. I opted for garlic mushrooms on toasted brioche, which was fantastic, especially the sauce – I even used some of my husband's bread to soak it all up (though I wished I had more brioche slices). For our main courses,...
I visited this restaurant for lunch, having made a reservation that morning through the website. The service was fantastic and ran smoothly despite being very busy. The staff were all smiling and super friendly, clearly proud to work there. The food was excellent, with no faults. We ordered belly pork, liver, a burger, pie, and Cumberland sausage, all of which were exceptional. For dessert, we tried a few puddings, with a special mention to the gooseberry crumble tart, which disappeared in seconds. Although it's a bit of a drive for us, we will definitely be returning.
This is a homely welcoming village pub offering good food offerings. We had a selection of starters from excellent pate and prawn cocktail to a special of broccoli and cauliflower soup. For main we can recommend the sea bass and especially the pies which were superb and accompanied by good chips. I can also recommend the liver and bacon which was well cooked. Good well kept real ales available too. Well worth a visit if walking at the nearby reservoirs.
We visited the pub on a busy Sunday evening and were seated in the restaurant which felt a little neglected and lacked the character that the rest of the pub has. The food was average at best. The roast meat I had beef and my husband had pork) was very dry and served with what tasted like gravy made with granuals. The veg was cooked nicely and not too soft, but this didn't make up for the rest of the meal.
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My wife and me booked for breakfast. We both ordered the full breakfast which came with unlimited tea or coffee. The breakfast certainly was a full one with two of everything. Also toast was included. Both managed to clean our plates. Didn’t need much else to eat for the rest of the day. Good value for money, can’t wait to go again.
My first visit to The Fleece! It was busy but we got lucky and managed to get a table. The staff were all working hard to serve the busy indoors and outdoors area. We had the filled baguettes. My beef baguette contained so much meat! This is a proper pub doing proper pub grub!
I was staying in the area with family. Had two meals, both excellent. The staff were friendly and helpful with being intrusive and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Would definitely recommend and the meat pies are some of the best I've every had!
Amazing food, service and atmosphere plus dog friendly with a shop on the side which sells pies cakes and takeaways, what more could you ask for. We've had the pie and the cod topper both amazing go there hungry!!!
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What a lovely village pub. Great home cooked food and excellent service in cosy surroundings. We had the fish and chips, the sea bass and the steak and ale pie and all were delicious . Portions were huge.
We visited The Fleece for lunch today. Great lively atmosphere, friendly bar staff and incredible food. Would definitely recommend. Dog friendly too!
