The Duke of Cumberland Arms, Haslemere

Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Duke of Cumberland Arms

The Duke of Cumberland enjoys a delightful location on a hillside, with a beautiful terraced garden featuring lots of nooks and crannies. The interior of the pub is fairly small. There is a small sub-divided bar area to the front which possessed plenty of character, with another small room up some steps to the rear.

Beers are dispensed by gravity with the casks being found in the right-hand section of the bar. We were served in the left-hand section, where there were no pumpclips, just a blackboard listing the beers and other drinks were available. Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter & Langham Hip Hop are the 2 regular beers. I'd just had the Hip Hop at the Langham Brewery itself and I'm not a fan of Harvey's. So I enquired as to what the guest beer listed on the board was. The barman simply said they didn't have one and was quite curt about it. So, I ordered a soft drink instead. I did also note Tiny Rebel Clwb Tropica on keg.

This seems like quite a popular pub. It was mid-afternoon on a Saturday. So, I think food service hadn't long ceased. I got the impression that food is its mainstay. Although there were also a few young, local drinkers present.

Lovely pub where you could probably while away many hours relaxing in the peaceful garden. Just a shame about the service. It's probably one of those places that has become a victim of its own popularity, where they can get by without pandering to passing drinkers.

On 2^nd June 2025 - rating: 6
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