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The Trooper, Tring
Aldbury
Postal town: Tring
HP23 5RW
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ROB Camra left this review about The Valiant Trooper
Currently operating with very limited hours. See their Facebook page for details.
On 5th September 2021
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Quinno _ left this review about The Valiant Trooper
Located in a picturesque Buckinghamshire village this is a pretty, multi-roomed low-ceilinged pub that is in the 2018 GBG and is the local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year. So I was expecting great things at the bar to match the surroundings. Alas, it was not to be, despite an excellent ale (5) and cider (9 +1 perry) selection. The barmen were muddled with service, struggling to do basic orders and any simple maths (isn’t that what the till is for?). As the beers started coming out, there were winced looks on some faces as it transpired the liquid dispensed was more suitable for fish & chips – two of the five were literally undrinkable. We then entered peak faff to get them replaced which caused more confusion at the bar. Eventually we ended-up with three drinkable beers, one of which was in excellent form (Chiltern Bitter), Tring Side Pocket (fine) and the Aylesbury California (OK). The offending two ales (Ilkley Mary Jane and Farr Pale) appeared to not be taken off either (though we saw no-one attempting to order them for the hour we were there – which might explain the state of them to start with). Eventually we decamped to the pleasant rear garden to wonder what the local CAMRA branch get up to during the week. A real shame – this could easily have been an 8/9 rated place.
On 10th October 2017
- rating: 5
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Phantom Pigeon left this review about The Valiant Trooper
This is a really nice pub, with a really nice garden. That's where nice ends..........
The food is excellent. You have to wait a bit, but it is cooked to order. No problem with that. The service was good, friendly and efficient.
There were six beers on the pumps on our visit. Fullers London Pride,Tring Side Pocket and Ridgeway. Can't remember the other three. I had the Ridgeway, which was kept very well and served as a full measure. Very nice indeed.
A return visit is definitely on the cards. I am awarding a very rare 9/10.
On 3rd May 2013
- rating: 9
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train man left this review about The Valiant Trooper
Tring Trooper and, on back-bar, Brakspears, Pride, Youngs Ord, Tring Blonde (unfortunately gone – reverse clipped), Betty Stoggs. Enter to very low whitewashed ceiling, wood burning stove on the left, straight on to large rear dining area with light wood tables & chairs (empty yesterday 15:30), squeeze right to the bar, set in a somewhat narrow corridor formed by a couple of tables opposite, on again to a room with 3 decent sized tables. Another stove here beneath what may be a mounted Lee Enfield rifle(?), there is a high servery here from the central bar. Mostly wood-floored throughout, but matting to rear.
On 9th May 2010
- rating: 7
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Steve C left this review about The Valiant Trooper
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.
On 2nd February 2010
- rating: 7
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