Amazon.co.uk Review
Room at the Inn is subtitled
Eat, Drink & Sleep at England's Plushest Pubs, and the chances are that just the briefest dip into David Hancock's very useful book will have you planning to take an odyssey around Britain, sampling the highly tempting venues detailed here. If you have a taste for top-of-the-range cuisine and the best wine lists (or even a taste for real ale) followed by a night in a boutique-style bedroom with striking ensuite bathroom -- in one of Britain's many interesting cities -- then this is the guide to take with you. If your view of pub cuisine and accommodation remains fairly basic, you haven't been getting out much lately: things have changed, and radically at that. Gone are the days of flat beer and a greasy pie, and every one of the 80 striking (or quirky) entries listed here offers cuisine that rivals the very best restaurants. Along with the requisite eating and drinking suggestions, atmosphere is considered here along with all the other elements. And if you're not seduced by some of the striking photography of the various inns here, you are clearly someone it takes a great deal to impress. Also included are AA mapped walks near to each inn, along with suggestions of places to visit and interesting shops. --
Barry Forshaw.
Product Description
This title features 76 great inns hand-picked for their food, drink, accommodation and atmosphere by expert David Hancock. "Room at the Inn" is a weekend-away guide based around nearly 80 of England's plushest pubs, hand-picked by pub expert David Hancock and his team of independent food and travel writers. The food, decor and ambience of the inns are lovingly described and illustrated with full-colour photographs and the book has a funky, upmarket design. The selected pubs have top-class chefs, impressive wine lists, a choice of real ales and boutique-style bedrooms to rival any top hotel but the atmosphere is informal: muddy boots are welcome in the bar and you needn't dress up for dinner if you don't want to. And to make a weekend away for a discerning couple complete, each inn review is supported by a mapped AA walk and a page of specially selected shops, activities and places to visit in the area, making this the ultimate guide for a short break in England - great food and drink, followed by a night in a luxurious bedroom and the next day spent exploring the best the area has to offer.