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The Gate Inn, Great Missenden
Bryants Bottom
Postal town: Great Missenden
HP16 0JS
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Komakino . left this review about The Gate Inn
Eight years on and Steve's review of 2013 remains an accurate description of this country pub. Deceptive inasmuch as what appears a wide building is a rather cosy L- or staple-shape internally depending on which way you look at it; an entrance-facing "thrust" bar contains three counters which may have served multiple rooms in a distant past (the 4 x handpumps were located on the right-hand counter, so necessitated a journey to see what was on). There's plenty of outdoor seating in terms of benches in a garden to the pub's right in addition to the bench seats on the patio out front (which are a decent suntrap on a good day) albeit a hilly field opposite is the only thing to look at. 2 x Rebellion brews in the form of their IPA and Overthrow pale ale with a London Pride clip reversed. The fourth pump was unclipped. The Overthrow was in good nick for what is probably a 'new normal' price of £4.40. Quiet on a Saturday afternoon visit, this started to slowly fill up as I was leaving, so they're doing something right here.
On 4th July 2021
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Gate Inn
The Gate Inn is a traditional family run country pub situated in the pleasant countryside village of Bryants Bottom located in the middle of nowhere in the Buckinghamshire Chiltern Hills somewhere halfway between Great Missendon and Princes Risborough .
It is a former wheel-wrights cottage dating from 1864 and looks good externally with the whitewashed façade festooned with hanging baskets. There is bench seating to the front of the pub and then a large garden space to the back which includes a large secure children’s play area that would put most local councils to shame. Internally it is still two bars. The public bar is wooden floored with a large open stone fireplace and the lounge bar is mainly set to table seating for diners. There is also a separate function room available for hire.
It’s a free house and has four ale hand pumps on the go. Two of these have the regular ales of London Pride and Doombar and then according to the Landlord the other two have regular guests from local breweries such as Vale and Rebellion. Unfortunately for my visit the two additional were GK IPA Reserve and McMullens Country bitter, so I timed that completely wrong then !, although the IPA Reserve does give proof that GK can brew a decent beer if they put their mind to it.
There was a decent looking food menu but cannot comment on this as it was not tried.
On 2nd May 2013
- rating: 7
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