Amazing Roast dinner yesterday, great food & great friendly service! Highly recommend.
So happy that the packhorse has re opened great place and food staff are excellent too !
Grew up in South Stoke. This is an excellent authentic local pub. Strongly suggest any visitors to Bath check it out. Only short drive from Bath city centre.
Such a lovely place with friendly people and a beautiful view��
I love my new local! A beautiful community pub nestled in the quaint Southstoke village. There is a great atmosphere, as relaxed as it’s setting - sometimes live music too. It’s decor is stunningly tasteful and unique. Always friendly staff, a cosy fire, great cider and flat white - really looking forward to eating here with family & friends soon :-)
First drink at the Packhorse- so excited to be back after several years!!
So happy I contributed to saving this lovely pub x
Great place to visit highly recommended
Lovely coffee and atmosphere, I’ll be back for food soon!!
Lovely beer garden and setting!
What an amazing place to visit, we entered the village from above and descended past the church and beautiful village. Parking is limited so get here early for lunch. The welcome was warm and the staff exceptional. The ever changing menu made it difficult to choose what we would like and the portions were very generous. The camembert was a lot for one and the Ham and rabbit terrine was beautiful. We shared that too. If you can get here I would highly recommend you do. Interesting building too
Amazing place love the atmosphere ❤️ mother lived here with her husband George and her sister shilla & colin who ran the pub in the early 90s🍺🍺
We had a really lovely time, our waiters, Alex and Louis were excellent, very attentive, and gave good recommendations. History of the pub was very interesting too! Definitely will return!
Wonderful location excellent service by smiley young lady. Food was excellent and worth the money.
Will have to come back for lunch to appreciate the surroundings more.
Just had a lovely hog roast at the annual “Packstock” festival - amazing community occasion in a beautiful village. Fun bands and all ages there. Super dog friendly and attentive staff. Will be back to try the wider menu. Five Stars!!
What a brilliant pub! Oozes history and tradition, set in a stunning village location.
Food was superb and service excellent.
We were well looks after by Alex who made us feel very much at home
This place rocks!
I've always loved this pub which is run by locals. Always helpful staff and well kept real ale. Charming garden at the rear. Don't spoil the village by driving here, try and walk.
Such a beautiful place. Had the best beef roast I have had in years! We were waited on by a gentleman called Louis. Please look out for him if you go in, he is such a wonderful chap and very efficient! Thank you for a lovely experience today :)
A trip to the Packhorse is NEVER a bad thing. On a sunny May afternoon in the sunshine a glass doesn't last for long. We want more ..
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02/09/23 Edit - I'm sad to say that I'm having to revise my previous review of The Packhorse and dropping it by a *. We have been for dinner and lunch a handful of times in last last few months, and where we used to be confident in the comfort that we would be getting a great meal that ticked all the boxes, it seems something has drastically changed in the quality of the food that is coming out now in comparison to this time last year. We had hoped this may have been a 'blip', but it's clear this just isn't the case.
Examples - Pies underfilled (1 small piece of meat), batter on fish anemic with size of fish significantly reduced in size, portions of chips with no potato in them, overcooked chicken, different garnishes provided on the same dishes.
The portion sizes are also noticeably reduced compared to what they used to be.
I really hope the kitchen and management see this and can improve going forward, as it would be a shame for us not to want to come here to eat any longer considering everything else that is still so great about this pub.
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Everything about this pub is done so well, from the food (quality and portions are fantastic), to the setting which is what you would call a traditional country pub (but a lovely one at that).
Staff are excellent and very accommodating. Can't fault them.
We have spent many a summers evening here with our dog (they are very dog friendly), and can easily say it is our favorite pub in Bath.
Nice old community run pub retaining loads of original character. 3 ales on tap.
Keep clear the woodstack.
If you have front wheel drive and venture onto the gravel, be prepared to spend longer there than you intended.
Notwithstanding the good attentions of staff and patrons, I needed the AA to eventually get me out.
But this was good in a way. Plenty of time to acquaint myself with this fine old pub with character and history wrote deep.
The duty staff, Andy and Molly, we're affable and attentive and the beer was in excellent condition. Well worth another visit.
(Steering clear of the woodpile though)
Local Honey's cider is knock out : )
Stunning views, large landscaped garden, lovely olde-pub feeling, community/share-holder owned for what it's worth. Staff were friendly and a good selection of drinks on offer including alcohol-free options. They had live music and a taco van out front on our visit. A very welcome stop after cycling up the killer hills.
Unfortunately we went 20 minutes before the pub closed at 5.40pm, so I don't have much to say apart from the place and garden being beautiful. I wish the staff had informed us they were about to close before we placed our order.
Very good good food and nice place. heartwarming welcome for French family like us
Fantastic pub, stunning setting, great food and 5 star service! would 100% recommend.
Lovely community owned pub. 1st time of being there, great food, friendly service. Garden out back was nice with great views, good sun trap. Will definitely be back.
Had a fantastic gluten free roast on Sunday. Absolutely lovely. Staff are amazing and we were served by a very nice guy called Louis. Thank you for a fab lunch.
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