Pen & Parchment, Stratford Central, Stratford-Upon-Avon

A splendid looking GK pub, with a comfortable modern interior. There was a large outside seating area out front, which was busy on our visit. A couple of usual GK suspects on the bar, with Poet's Ink being their special. Food specials were two meals for a tenner.

Great Pub even better since the refurbishment after the terrible water business, always welcoming, many a morning I have visited this pub only to be greeted with a smile, beers are GK ales and are always served correctly and with a smile. Coffee is on the menu to compliment the great meals offered, the big red bus can hide this pub but in any case outside tables for the summer plenty to choose. Good day Sheila worth a visit DC......

This is a picturesque detached Old English Inn chain pub and eatery in undressed brick, though clad in creeping ivy, or some other climbing plant, next to the bridge and River Avon, with a nice front patio The interior is an open plan L-shape around the serving bar that faces you on entry. It is laid out for food, with a slightly raised area to the right on entry, so there is no bar as such, but some tables do have comfy seats and an odd bar stool! The décor is a mix of cream, beige, green, white, undressed brick, with a few ceiling and support beams. There is a part wood floor, around the serving bar, with the rest carpeted. I didn’t eat here, but there were 2 for £10 selections and the food looked fine. There were a few old photos and bits and pieces on the walls and I am glad to say I saw no evidence of a ‘slagging off’ notice board and the service I received was fine. The music was mixed and at a decent level and the TV was on silent, with the news on. Beer; tap stuff, with a Greene King owned range on handpull; Sunchaser, Abbot, IPA and Hardy & Hansons’ Olde Trip, which was decent This place is tidy enough, but is aimed at the food market really, which often gives me a feel of a place being soulless – however, I preferred it here than at the Red Lion – I would return here to eat, but unless I go out onto the patio, I wouldn’t simply want to drink.