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What a fabulous village hub! A warm and cosy shop, deli and P.O. with cafe, all rolled into one. Super friendly and welcoming staff. Stayed at Kozicot (Air b&b cottage behind) with Uni friends. Had dinner with drinkies (they have a licence and are open late ay weekends)one evening then brunch the next day with superb hot chocolates. Tasty food with lots of menu options at reasonable prices. Would definitely return. Only wish my village had this successful amenity! Higgly recommended. Thanks all.

Amazing food and atmosphere. Will go again.

Myself and my now husband got married here on 10.05.2025! We had been planning this wedding since 2023, as soon as we went to the Lower Lode Inn we knew that it was where we wanted to host our special day. Sam helped us so much throughout the planning process and gave us everything that we wanted and more! The day was everything we dreamed of, and all of our guests commented on how beautiful the scenery was and how amazing the staff were. We had a buffet style ‘sit down meal’ and burger van for the evening, which were both done by Sam and her team. We had a marquee on the grass in front of the pub and held our ceremony down by the river. We will continue to come to this pub and remember the special day.

Visited in past week as not been here for some time; just drinks. Still looks like the back garden area needs some TLC/weeding etc; plants in pots with labels still on and furniture needs upgrading or re-staining. Menu seemed quite pricey for the place, would expect great setting too if paying prices. Might try again if tidied up etc.

We've been customers for years but our last visit was appalling. My mother is terminally ill and in a wheelchair, we arrived for a carvery and found somewhere to sit in the bar which we didn't realise was reserved because there were no reserved signs, only cutlery laid out (which apparently substitutes a reserved sign, whereas most restaurants have cutlery laid out on tables anyway, so how is one to know the difference?). We were then told to move by a red-headed woman with glasses who was the picture of apathy with her attitude and very surly when I challenged her on the lack of reserved signs (apparently cutlery being laid out on a table means that it's OBVIOUS the table is reserved) well, it clearly doesn't suffice or we wouldn't have sat there. I had to move my wheelchair bound mother to sit by the toilets on a table that was raised too high for her to sit at, which clearly wasn't suitable. We were appalled at the servers surly attitude - We would have been happy to move if placed at a suitable table and asked politely. I'm afraid this establishment has lost us as regulars.

Not enough choice of food a good local village pub ruined