Exelby Green Dragon, Bedale

Official site of Green Dragon Inn - www.exelbygreendragon.co.uk

Official site of Green Dragon Inn - www.exelbygreendragon.co.uk

Friendly welcoming staff. Food lovely and service quick and efficient. Menu has somthing for all tastes. Pub could do with a good clean - skirting boards very dusty and surfaces had a greasy feel.

Pleasant village pub and eatery listed in the Good Beer Guide 2009. Interesting interior with several distinct drinking/eating areas, a large dining room in a well executed extension at the back and also provides a beer garden. Each side of the front door has access to the bar although definitely split into two or three areas. To the left, through what looks like a well appointed kitchen, (there is a range and leather sofas), is what appears to be a public bar, to the right a rather twee room with a nice fireplace, brasses etc and tables, then behind a foreshortened wall is the bar area with a sitting area containing a dresser complete with china dogs. I liked the iron wheels set into the walls acting as snob screens between the two bars. One pump in the left hand public serving Landlord and four in the right hand lounge with Black Sheep on both the new light up gizmo pump and a straight forward handpump, Theakston Black Bull on another, while the third was unused. Landlord was fine but a little softer and rounder than usual while the Black Sheep Bitter had a slightly peculier taste for Black Sheep. Service was friendly and fast whilst the pub was not particularly busy except with a few diners and a solitary local.