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The Three Horseshoes, Duton Hill, Great Dunmow

Duton Hill
Great Dunmow
CM6 2DX
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Three Horseshoes

The Three Horseshoes was one of those pubs where the curtains were twitching as I arrived into the car park. I entered into a fairly busy pub, but with nobody behind the bar. A group of bar hoggers were sat along the length of the bar meaning I had to stand a fair distance from the bar to await service.

I waited and waited until one of the bar hoggers became aware of my presence and turned around to tell me to call the barmaid over. Not even knowing who the barmaid was, I looked in the general direction he was pointing and made eye contact with the barmaid who was chatting with the woman who had been watching me entering the car park.

Eventually, instead of going behind the bar to serve me, the barmaid approached me to ask "can I help you?", to which I replied "yes please - I'd like a drink if possible". Whether she expected me to be a delivery driver, a salesman, a debt collector or something similar, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe they are not used to seeing strangers here. Either way, the welcome felt more like being challenged than anything else.

After this off-putting experience, I chose between the 2 real ales (Mighty Oak Jake The Snake & Shalford Draught Horse) and sank (almost literally) into a sofa-like seat in one corner.

Locals continued to arrive and congregate around the bar, whilst the barmaid and her twitcher friends remained at the far end of the pub, their daughters playing pool at the other end. I did notice though that locals got served considerably quicker than I did.

There's plenty to admire around the walls and ceilings, not least a collection of postcards and tankards above the bar, Guinness items in another corner and all sorts of other cabinets and displays.

Being Essex, locals tend to use some quite fruity language which might offend some, despite the obvious presence of children. This was a pub that I would normally enjoy visiting, but the obvious customer service failures here would deter me from a further visit. It's clearly a locals pub only meant for locals, which makes it all the stranger that it appears in the Good Beer Guide. God knows what sort of reception the local CAMRA bods get when they arrive.

On 24th March 2023 - rating: 5
[User has posted 2442 recommendations about 2441 pubs]

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Stansted Airport, 4.91 miles, 1 hr 34 min walk (show)
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Latest updates View all updates for The Three Horseshoes, Great Dunmow
24th Mar 2023, 11:45
Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy
 
11th Mar 2013, 16:01
Request to add pub to area Duton Hill by ROB Camra approved

Pub Details

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  • Beer Festivals : Yes - May - last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
  • Beer Garden : Yes last updated 24 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
  • Car Park : Yes last updated 24 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 24 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
  • Pool Table : Yes last updated 24 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
  • Real Cider : No last updated 24 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
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