The Trooper, Tring

Without the restaurant extension on the back this old country pub is quite small with low beams, an inglenook at either end of the bar and not a straight wall in sight. The extension is large and stretches up the beer garden at the rear which is a good size and well kept. There are even some small climbing apparatus at the back to keep the kids amused on a summer’s day. My Guinness was very nice and although there was only a limited standard draught selection available there was a good ale offering of Pride, Skinner’s Best, Brakspear and Trooper Ale. I thought that the helpful woman behind the bar was friendly and apologetic when explaining that my choice of lunch was off the menu. I ended up with a nice substitute and the wife was happy with hers, it was a shame though that my daughter’s pasta was inedible and the sauce looked like the liquid that is found at the top of a ketchup bottle that hasn’t been shaken. Unsurprisingly it didn’t taste very nice either and I wondered why it ever left the kitchen. On the whole I liked this place as it made a change from the London boozers that I usually find myself in, but I wouldn’t make another special trip to visit again.