The New Lowndes Arms, Milton Keynes

Official site of The New Lowndes Arms - www.thenewlowndesarms.co.uk

Official site of The New Lowndes Arms - www.thenewlowndesarms.co.uk

Recently under new ownership, this is a friendly village local that also appears to do accommodation in several rooms in a separate block at the rear. The pub is Tudor style with white washed stone work and black wooden beams, and there is a smallish beer garden at the rear with views across the fields. Inside it’s split in to two with a dining area at the rear and a cosier lounge at the front. It’s carpeted throughout and the lounge has an massive stone built fireplace at one end with a wood burning stove that was kept topped up by the friendly barman. Decor wise it’s fairly traditional with whitewashed plaster walls, a few black beams on the ceiling, a wood panelled bar and some pictures of the local area dotted around. Seating was a mixture of tables and chairs, stools at the bar and red velvet bench style seating, although arranged in a circular fashion rather than the usual straight lengths. The food offering was very much your traditional pub grub with dishes such as lasagne, fish & chips, ham egg & chips, etc., although there was also a selection of steaks. Most of the mains were around the £7 - £8 mark, and my Scampi & Chips was pleasant enough, if somewhat unexciting. But then, there’s a limit as to how exciting Scampi & Chips can be. Beers on tap were Marco Pierre White’s The Guvnor, London Pride and Tribute. The solitary cider was Aspall’s Suffolk.