Popped in here last week for a lunch on a blustery, wet and dank Tuesday, had no booking and was passing by, plus had wanted to try it for a while, and so glad i did, turned into ma fantastic last minute lunch. The Inn is cosy, well furnished and despite having had a makeover retains true to it's roots as a village pub, Castle Combe is tricky, inhabited by tourist's and passers through mostly, or people staying at the Hotel or playing Golf. It's got no locals apart from a handful in the village, who generally stay indoors as the Tourist masses can feel very invasive. It's beautiful, but i wouldn't want to live there. Service from a young team was mostly good, friendly, informal and fairly quick, had a Lovely Asparagus, Egg and Mayonnaise starter, a Spring lamb dish which was ambitious and mostly worked, the Lamb was slightly over cooked, but that apart was a lovely dish, the real high light was a stunning Warm chocolate pudding, with a crispy toppeing, malt ice cream and toffee sauce, easily one of the best dessert's ive ever eaten, rich, decadent, textured and executed perfectly, would not have been out of place in a Michelin starred fine dining restaraunt, let alone a village pub, stunning. Was not cheap, or expensive, starter and main both £10, main course £30, about right, didnt'e have coffee as none was offered, the only hiccup service wise, by the time i left it appeared fairly obvious the team were in wind down mode, but that aprt a really excellent lunch overall.
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