The Oxford Guide - Differences between Version 4 and Version 3 of Gardener's Arms (Plantation Road)
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<b>Note:</b> As of 18 May 2005, the kitchen here is closed for a couple of weeks while the chef recovers from a broken hand. I'll update here when he emails to let me know he's back in action. The pub will still be open, just not the kitchen. --Kake |
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Not to be confused with the Gardener's Arms (North Parade).
This is a lovely pub that is just as it should be. Its location makes one think you are in a small village rather than a town and there is no snobbery (inverse or otherwise) about the clientele - just a lovely mix of people. Inside the pub has two front rooms with a variety of table sizes and only a modest nod towards pub-tat. At the rear is a games room (pool table and darts as I remember), an extra couple of tables in the conservatory and a garden: currently closed so that grass seed has a chance to germinate.
One thing that makes this pub is the food; perhaps the headline would be that it is all vegetarian, but the real story here is that it is freshly cooked on the premises to a really high standard. Even this habitual carnivore stops noticing that it's all veggie and simply enjoys what is among the best pub food he knows.
Beer was good too, but I obviously drank too much of it cos I can only remember the Black Sheep which was on, but wasn't what I was drinking.
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