August 2025 by Isabelle Payne
Beautiful old pub, cosy and so welcoming! It has just been taken over by a very enthusiastic team and we can't wait to go back and sample the food once the restaurant opens. Friendly staff, great surroundings and very dog friendly too ?
August 2025 by Tom Hughes
Such a brilliant new era for The Carps. Local microbrewery Heathen Soul have taken it over recently and done a awesome job renovating. Kept the old charm. Just doing drinks for August, their own brews plus local ales and ciders.Already packed with friendly faces.
The live music has been spot on too. Opening weekend had Wasson Shout singing and last weekend the Kit Hillbillies were great. Really nice to see the pub back in the community. Food is set to start in September and I?m already excited for that!
August 2025 by Gill Court
What an amazing transformation! A true local pub with fabulous people, fabulous beers and fabulous customers ?
August 2025 by Gavin Court
Fun evening super friendly staff great variety of drinks.
July 2025 by Nicholas Palmer
Well, it's not open yet but I know the people who'll be in charge and it should be great. They have a micro-bewery for beer supplies and they've roped in a former chef from the Crocadon restaurant (1 Michelin star + 1 Michelin green star) to advise on the menu.
One of the 'head honchos', Jim Mackenzie, runs the highly environmentally principled (and fully accredited) 'Reco Energy? based in Kelly Bray nearby - so find out about installing solar, heat pumps, battery storage, EV charging etc while you down his handcrafted beer in a beautifully restored old time pub with a kick-ass menu in the restaurant!
January 2025 by Conrad Corrigan
Amazing pub with a great atmosphere ????
November 2024 by Rose Sheppard
Lovely quaint pub. Friendly staff
September 2024 by Matt Jones
Lovely atmosphere and kind people. We enjoyed the evening there.
September 2024 by Andy Tolan
Lovely little olde pub
September 2024 by Simon Light
Great pub and highly recommended for food and drink
August 2024 by Molly Cholakov
I?m not just saying this, but quite frankly the best country pub we have EVER been too! Not just country pub, but pub in general!
The staff who work here are lovely, made us feel so so so welcomed, they were so polite and talkative so a massive thanks for that.
It is a dog friendly pub which is a win win, they gave our little doggo treats too which she was very happy about.
I ordered the Carps loaded burger and my partner ordered the chicken fillet burger, we haven?t stopped speaking about it since we had it; it was possibly the BEST burger we have ever tried and the portions are massive for such a great price!!!!
Unfortunately we don?t live near by we are just visiting for a week but we will be back for sure.
Thank you once again for being so lovely to us and the great food!
Also a mini gift shop inside which sells really lovely things and even doggo ice cream ?
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Vegetarian options: This place does vegetarian options
Parking: Parking outside of the pub
July 2024 by Angelika McDonald
We were staying for a week in the area. The pub is 20 min walk from the cottage we stayed in. It was recommended my the Landlady and it was a first choice in visitors book recommendation. We walked there on Wednesday evening 7ish for some food and drink but was told kitchen not open mid week. We had a drink and was told they are closing at 8pm and we were asked to leave. We did look on Facebook before we went there but there was no information to say that they don?t serve food midweek or closing early that day which would save our time going there. It was quite a lot of effort to get there so we were very disappointed.
July 2024 by Jamie Cook
delicious food and great value for money.
Friendly staff and help to help at any point.
I will definitely be back again soon
July 2024 by Steven Gibson
Quaint village pub. Very dog friendly.
Only stayed for one drink but definitely worth another visit.
Parking: About 8 spaces directly in front of the pub.
May 2024 by Helen Elworthy
Called in for a drink and mingled with the locals. Very pleasant sat outside in the sunshine.
