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Fox & Barrel

Pub Details

Address
Foxbank
Cotebrook
Cheshire
CW6 9DZ
Telephone
(01829) 760529
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 11 (10.30 Sun)

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Fox & Barrel, Cotebrook, Cheshire, CW6 9DZ – The Good Pub Guide
Pub Details | Good Pub Guide Recommended | Good Pub Guide Food | Good Pub Information |  Rating | Comments

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Pretty white cottage rejuvenated with a stylishly airy décor and an enterprising menu

Since reopening in 2008, this pub has shed its cluttered appearance and in its place it has become much lighter and airier. The licensee is well known to us from his days at the helm of the Grosvenor Arms in Aldford - a longstanding and several times award winning main entry. The original bar is dominated by a big log fireplace and a bigger uncluttered dining area has attractive rugs and an eclectic mix of period tables on polished oak floorboards, with extensive panelling on the walls, which are hung with a couple of hundred framed old prints. Outside is plentiful seating on a terrace and in the garden, which contains old fruit trees and a tractor. Real ales include Caledonian Deuchars IPA, Thwaites and a couple of guests such as Brains Bread of Heaven or Exmoor Hound Dog; good array of wines, with 24 by the glass.

Good Pub Guide Food

The changing menu has imaginative snacks and sandwiches, and might include starters such as cider soused mackerel, oysters, or goats cheese soufflé, with main courses ranging from pubby standards like steak and ale pie, beer battered haddock, steakburger, and ploughman's to more imaginative dishes like roasted cod loin with curried mussels and dishes served with their ‘Café de Paris butter' - the menu lists its 22 flavourings.

Bar food times: 12 - 9.30 (9 Sun)

Good Pub Information

Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bar

Rating

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3.5/5 (75 votes cast)

Reader Comments

spider.newth

Tuesday 01 June 2010 4:50:04 pm

Friendly service with attention to detail, excellent wine list, nice range of well kept ales and great food. Very popular with the Cheshire ladies that lunch!

CheshireLife

Wednesday 27 January 2010 4:05:12 pm

As a visitor of pubs throughout the Cheshire region predominantly, I have found the Fox & Barrel to be a jewel within Cheshire. As a family with 2 children under 5 (which can possibly be quite testing to some landlords), we have always been made to feel welcome at the Fox & Barrel and I delight in visiting this pub/restaurant with my children. The childrens menu is superb & the food never disappoints. The unique selling point for me with the Fox is that I can visit in the day with the children & have a great time....however I can also visit in the evening and experience a wonderful dining experience in a beautiful Cheshire Restaurant.....and everyone needs a little adult time....see you soon Fox and Barrel...

captainjack

Tuesday 17 November 2009 4:32:22 pm

This was a pub we used to like - but no more.
We went for a light lunch. A request for a chicken sandwich to come without mayonnaise was refused "because the sandwiches were prepared in the morning." When they finally arrived (despite the above comment) after about 20 minutes, they were terrible. Sliced white bread and a small helping of tired salad

zoerainbow6

Monday 12 October 2009 10:19:28 am

We didn't have a chance to sample the food as we were practically thrown out the moment we got through the door! What had we done wrong? Well, we'd had the audacity to bring our son in - in a pushchair! I'd told the pub we were bringing a baby for Sunday lunch, and they were fine with that - but my one year old son had fallen asleep in the car and, pretty reasonably, we thought the best plan was to bring him in, whilst he slept quietly in his pushchair - but no! We'd hardly stepped over the threshold when the landlord basically threw us out: he wasn't even remotely apologetic and just shouted 'no prams or pushchairs!' and made us feel completely humilated. We will never go back here and recommend that anyone with children (or even without for that matter) gives this pub a very wide berth...

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