The Kings Arms, Saffron Walden

Official site of The Kings Arms - www.thekingsarmssaffronwalden.co.uk

Official site of The Kings Arms - www.thekingsarmssaffronwalden.co.uk

2nd of the GBG pubs in town. This would be my local if l lived there. Full of charm and rooms, hanging off other rooms. Bustling on a Sunday Lunch - food looked great, Sunday Newspapers and roaring fires. What more could you want? Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2lCLRJ1

This is clearly quite an old pub. It consists of several small rooms with a small bar counter in the middle. Wooden floorboards and beams sum the place up. It was quiet on my Friday midday visit with a few people in for food. The bar has five hand pumps which sadly just had a fairly mainstream selection of Pedigree, Adnam's Mosaic, Oakham JHB, Doom Bore and Woodforde's Flagondry. I went for the Mosaic (£3.75) which on a hot day was a bit on the warm side but not a disaster. I think that this place would be better on a cold winter's day when the open fires are lit. Despite that it's a nice old pub and well worth a look. It's GBG 2015 listed.

A multi roomed pub selling a fair range of real ale but nothing outstanding. I was in there today at lunchtime but unlike 2011 I was the only one in there. Lacks any atmosphere.