Stephan Langton Inn, Friday Street, Dorking

As Malden man noted below, this pub is ideally situated for walkers and cyclists amongst heavily wooded hills.The pub itself is fairly modern,having been rebuilt in brick following a fire in the 1930s. We visited early on a warmish Saturday lunchtime in March,and managed to bag one of the beastly posing tables in the front bar.We ordered food and drink,but were then rather astonished to note that they ceased taking food orders from "walk-ins" by one fifteen,on the grounds that the restaurant was fully booked, and that they didn't wish to run out. Much trade was lost by this policy.Walkers beware! Our burgers were tasty, and competitively priced for Surrey. The three working hand pumps dispensed Dormouse, Falls Gold and Hop Troll,all from the nearby Tillingbourne Brewery. Dormouse (funding a Dormouse recovery project)was a dark amber and malty bitter with a curious metallic back taste.Hop Troll was much better-£4.20 per pint, but no hop monster.Standard fizzy beers were available,together with the currently ubiquitous gin. A bit on the clinical side, then, and my ongoing search for a proper pub in the Surrey Hills goes on.