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The Chequers Inn, Retford
Ranby
Postal town: Retford
DN22 8HT
Served areas
Reviews of The Chequers Inn (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Chequers Inn
I remember coming here about 30 years ago, when we broke a car journey south from Leeds (my partner and our two very young girls) because I had seen something about this pub's canalside garden, probably in the Good Beer Guide. Nowadays there is a vast patio to augment what I remember as a simple grass bank, and the place was busy outside and in with lunchtime diners. I had cycled from Bilsthorpe, almost 20 miles by the route I took in an attempt to avoid main roads, and should really have had a glass of water to start, but I went for a pint of Pheasantry Ringneck, a beer that drinks better (NBSS 3.5) than the name sounds. (It's actually a descriptive name for a type of pheasant, not an instruction, which would have been spelt "wring" anyway.) It's good to see such a popular pub, but I was glad of the garden as the interior had a bit of a fried fish smell about it. I'm happy to have made a return visit after more than three decades, and to have found a very good beer, but I can't see myself hurrying back as it's not really my sort of place.
On 12th June 2023
- rating: 7
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes - In bottles only - last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 May 2016 by ROB Camra