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Nice warm pub on a cold winters day and a good place for a good lunch. However, regular ale, albeit good ale, at £4.20 excludes this place from becoming a regular watering hole! Why so expensive?
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Situated about 1/2 mile from the main shopping centre. Inside the low ceilings and small windows makes it rather dark. The small lounge warps around a central bar with a very traditional decor that includes plenty of wood and a large fireplace. Seating is of the church pew type with cushions and is reasonably comfortable. There is a small patio out front and a useful shaped car park. good selection of real ales including Skinners Cornish Knocker which was very nice. Well worth a visit.
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Nice friendly atmosphere in this old pub with original features that haven't been mucked about with. Pleasant barmaid served us with a smile. Lunch-time menu choices limited to about five or six items but the bacon, sausages, eggs, peas and chips that my brother and I had, went down a treat with a nice pint of Skinners Cornish ale. The Brakspears Bitter tasted flat by comparison. Will definitely visit again.
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Nice attractive beamed pub, beer prices are the most expensive in Bookham unfortunately the barmaids was a bit surly and the gents toilets are really run down bordering on disgusting.
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Great little pub, nice and cosy especially with the fire going. Really good food at lunchtimes, and very good value. Not sure why people are complaining about prices on here, its not as expensive as The Bell down the road. All round lovely pub.
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Paid a visit early Sunday evening a coupe of weeks ago, nice interior and quite quiet when I was there. Five real ales on including Surrey Hills Sheer Drop (�3.40) and Harveys Bitter (�3.45) both in good condition but pricey!
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Great little pub, under new management. Good food at lunchtime, great chips. Will visit again soon. Might even try the quiz night.
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Shere Drop, London Pride, Harveys Sussex Best, Courage Best and Directors. Shere Drop was excellent. Attractive low beamed pub with seating areas surrounding the central bar. Locals seemed friendly enough. Decent.
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The �3.20 is a guest bitter, the bitters start from �2.90 which is fairly standard in this area.
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�3.20 A PINT OF REAL ALE !
Are you off your head!!!!!!!!!
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could use a refurbishment, don't change it just tidy it up
could be a great local
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nice little village pub beers ok food good if a little limited
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I would like to thank the Anchor for onece again taking in us waifs and strays from The Oak while the refurb was being done!!
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I LIVED IN BOOKHAM A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAVE RECENTLY RETURNED TO FIND A FEW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. CERTAIN PUBS ALLWAYS WERE FAVORITES AND THE ANCHOR WAS ONE! ON A RECENT NIGHT OUT I SAW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THIS ONCE WELCOMING PUBLIC HOUSE! THE BAR STAFF AND MANAGEMENT SEEMED MORE THAN A TOUCH UPTIGHT LEADING TO A STALE AND UNWELCOMIG ATMOSPHERE I WOULD ALLWAYS RECOMEND THE WINDSOR A FAR SUPPERIOR EXPERIENCE
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BOOKHAM PUB CRAWL 7
Starts MIDDAY at THE ANCHOR, BOOKHAM
The route:
THE ANCHOR
THE CROWN
YE OLDE WINDSOR CASTLE
Finishes with...
LIVE COMEDY! FOR FREE!
20th SEPTEMBER 2008 from 8PM
at THE DOUGLAS HAIG, EFFINGHAM
Featuring...
IMRAN YUSUF
HANNAH GEORGE
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Beer seems to be on the decline the selection of five is good but quality is always preferred over quantity.
I would rather have one well kept Ale than five bad ones.
It's a shame as this is one of my favourite drinking holes
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The Anchor seems to be losing its shine a little beers still good but not enough variation still a good local but not the best ale pub in the area
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A nice period building.
Decent ales on tap. Coke from the can. Decent array of crisps.
Middle-aged to older crowd with the occaisional group of younger cyclists.
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just heard theyve appointed a new manager yippee
good luck paul
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just pray that the idiots from the Crown don't descend on this place. If they do, well, that's it for Bookham; sad really, because it was my home village before I sodded off to Canada.
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love this quaint little pub
but when are they going to appoint a permanent manager to give it direction it needs it
anonymous - 17 Nov 2007 16:11 |
Just like to thank the Anchor for taking in all us lost souls from the Oak!!
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Very well kept beers - asked for a sandwich at 14:03 to be told they stop serving at 2 - not very friendly. Very popular though due to the other two pubs down the road being right tips.
anonymous - 6 Sep 2007 21:13 |
the headaches continue. Still love the place
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Great place.......... great fish..........
anonymous - 18 Jul 2007 12:19 |
A locals pub for local people, though worth a visit � occasionally. Ale generally good with the usually available guest ale, so long as it has not run out. Food not inspiring which reflects on the general ambience of the place. If busy (and not that busy as the interior is tiny) you'll have to fight for a seat / table / standing room as the interior layout is not well planned � it is very old though. Landlord / owner usually efficient but I believe you'd have to be in regular attendance for some years before you'd be considered a 'regular'. Don't remark about the cooking / chips (possibly oven chips) as you may be asked to take your custom else where � very English! Come on the smoking ban to make the air breathable.
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Lunched here on a crowded Wednesday - snack food was good and cheerfully served, main menu attractive, and the atmosphere friendly all round even when one of the two babies with us had a tantrum - quickly removed and soothed, but even so in some pubs would produce an unwelcoming atmosphere.. Beers well tended, and served with an eye to a full pint.
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I make a point of getting to the Anchor, downing a few, and braining myself on the overhead beams, whenever I am in England. Love the place.
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Very friendly welcoming local. 2 Courage beers + 1 guest. Should be the other way around, but the pub, garden & charming staff make up for that.
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The Anchor continues to be an excellent village pub. Well done to all concerned.
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It may be a great pub, but I didn't get a chance to try it. Who doesn't serve food on a Sunday???
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Nice to see The Anchor at Number One, where it belongs!
anonymous - 28 Sep 2005 11:03 |
I come from Bristol, but I went to the Anchor after coming down to Surrey for a wedding. Lovely old country pub.
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Friendly staff, good beer (courage best esp.), and although slightly pricey, I would rather drink here than any other pub in Bookham. Really enjoyed myself here last Christmas Eve, where the locals join together for a sing-song of Slade, Podgues and other Xmas classics!
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A nice pub. A nice selection of ales, and the lager isn't watered down. The fruit machine is generous and the locals even sing carols on Christmas Eve!
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Also got add that the pub quizzes are superb.
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I really like this pub. Nice selection of beers and wine. The staff are really friendly. The garden is great to sit on a sunny day.
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....and tuesday pub quizzes are Legendary.
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Best pub in Surrey. Great in the Summer. And first pub on the Bookham Pub Crawl!
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Great little pub. Best one in Bookham.
Superb in the summer when you can sit outside and enjoy the sun.
anonymous - 16 Sep 2005 14:47 |
If you expect Bookham to be a typical Surrey-type village, and therefore expect The Anchor to be a typical village pub, then you won't be disappointed.
A good choice for a summer's evening, and no oiks to boot. Very pleasant.
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Splendidly charming and welcoming traditional pub - everything I was hoping The Bell down the road in Fetcham would be, but sadly isn't.
Highly recommended
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Small and charming, a pub with real locals!... but outragesously stuffy and smokey in winter... supposed to have an extraction system but doesn't work.
Minimal selection of real ale nowadays.
Good, well kept garden at the front for the summer.
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Lovely old fashioned, clean pub. No children allowed in the bar, only in the garden during the summer. Has character and charm, excellent food at lunchtimes but gets busy. Great Place for a quiet drink, by far the best pub in the area.
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This is a proper adult pub - free house, decent beer, food at lunchtime only, tele on only when the clientele ask for it (and its tucked away)no muzak, excellent air extraction and a fire in the winter. Oh, and the staff are friendly.
Rob Alder - 14 Jul 2004 14:28 |
real ale never right.
gets v hot with fire and stove going.
puss in pye corner - 1 Dec 2003 12:19 |
best Pub around
anonymous - 25 Oct 2003 22:16 |
Tiny, olde worlde cottage style pub with decent real ales.
Ray
Ray - 11 Oct 2003 13:52 |
we love the anchor especially tuesday night's quiz, also they do good, non expensive lunches too
Local Youth - 22 Aug 2003 16:59 |
It is indeed the nicest pub in Bookham. But that's not saying much as the rest are all rubbish. Friendly staff and locals and a decent pint.
Angus - 20 Apr 2003 13:50 |
Trip over the bar as you go in, but nice in both summer and winter. Easily the most pleasant pub in Bookham.
Matthew - 20 Apr 2003 11:29 |
