The Durant Arms

I notice that any poor reviews here relate to the food, not our experience, but this is also the place for reviewing it as a ‘hotel’. An immaculately clean decent size bedroom at the front of the pub over-looking the village memorial. Tea and coffee facilities, good WiFi, tv we didn't try and bathroom toiletries. A comfortable nights sleep. Breakfast is a little inconveniently standard at 09.00 requests for a different time are best requested the day before. Breakfast was a freshly cooked choice. I went for my usual Full English Breakfast, with thick bacon, good sausage, black pudding etc it was very good indeed. Helen with less of an appetite opted for a simpler, but similarly well cooked, scrambled eggs on toast. Dinner had a very good selection of food, not your usual straightforward pub choices but some more inventive dishes. Both our were tasty, a very good rich large pie dish and a cheesy broccoli bake with apple and walnut salad, both good choice. Wines started around £25 a bottle.

Very friendly welcome, great pub with awesome atmosphere and clearly very good food although I could only watch plates go by since I had already eaten. Set in an idyllic village this is far from the madding crowd and even has an electric car charging point

We ate at this superb restaurant twice during our recent holiday. Without doubt the highlight of both meals was Sunday lunch. Absolutely superb. Meat cooked to perfection, great roast potatoes and excellent vegetables. Accompanied by some of the best Yorkshire puddings I have ever had at any establishment. Our second meal was equally as good. A great selection of starters, mains and desserts. Overall well worth a visit if you are in the area, but you will need to book in advance, especially for Sunday lunch.