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The Cricketers, Rickmansworth
Sarratt
Postal town: Rickmansworth
WD3 6AS
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Cricketers
I'm normally a fan of Brunning & Price pubs but this one wasn't as good as most others I've visited. Situated on the village green, it has a typical interior of the chain. The bar area is supplemented by a couple of small rooms to the left, one to the right and a larger room to the rear left. Rooms are bare boarded with rugs. Walls are covered with pictures. Toilets are upstairs and there are quite a lot of outdoor tables to the front.
The house beer is St Austell Brunning & Price Traditional Bitter. 3 guest casks were Siren Tempo & Memento & Tring Fanny Ebbs. A fifth handpull was unclipped with a label saying "coming soon". Camden Pale was on keg and the cider was Aspall's. I'm used to seeing a traditional cider in this chain but the friendly barman said that Weston's Old Rosie had been discontinued a while back.
This place seems to be more for food than drinking. Background music was playing quietly and wifi was available. For a meal, I could imagine this is a fairly reliable place to go but for the drinker, the Boot is a better option.
On 3rd September 2026
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Cricketers
Paid a return visit to this one some 9 ½ years after my previous visit and in a fast changing world found it virtually unchanged. It’s still run by Brunning and Price, it’s still more of a food led restaurant than a pub but it still does a good range of ales. For this visit these included Vale Brewery Red Kite and Redemption Brewing Kazbek Blonde alongside the usual Brunning and Price Traditional Bitter (brewed by St Austell’s) and a couple of others. The difference with this visit was that we actually came here to eat and try it as a pub restaurant, and in that respect it didn’t disappoint either.
On 1st November 2022
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Phantom Pigeon left this review about The Cricketers
Very much a country gastro restaurant rather than a pub.
Having said that, the food is excellent, as is the beer, and not too highly priced for what you get.
A definite candidate for future visits.
On 15th September 2013
- rating: 8
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Cricketers
The Cricketers is set back from the main road through Sarratt and from the outside has a traditional exterior. Inside though it has a large modernised interior which is largely a Gastro restaurant and any traditional country pub feel has disappeared in previous modernisations. But there are a couple of comfortable sections to the right of the bar with plenty of dark wood and comfy armchairs and a nice open fire which are for drinking only. And then there are outside seating areas both to the front of the pub overlooking the green and in the pleasant garden and patio area out back.
There is a bit of a cricketing theme to some of the decoration, most notably in the pub sign and the boot scrapers outside the front door, which are in the shape of wickets.
The pub clearly has an emphasis on food to pull the punters in, but there is also a serious focus on Real Ale as well and the pub is listed in the GBG13, primarily because there are five ale hand pumps on the bar dispensing a range of guest ales from regional and local microbrewers.
Alongside the Westerns Old Rosie Scrumpy and the house Ale of London pride, there were Brunning & Price Original Bitter, Cottage Western Glory, Titanic Black Ice and Oakleaf Dragon on the Floor on for my visit.
I guess most of their clientele come from people visiting to eat (for which you can get their experiences on Trip Advisor.) But although not the type of place you’d be comfortable staying in all evening, it’s still definitely worth stopping at if in the area for a decent pint, especially if the sun is out and you can use one of the outside areas.
On 8th July 2013
- rating: 7
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