Welcome to the Salisbury Pubs website. We hope you enjoy this little taster of our 4 wonderful pubs: The Alford Arms in Frithsden near Berkhamsted; The Royal Oak in Bovingdon Green just outside Marlow; The Swan Inn in old Denham Village and last but not least The Old Queens Head in Penn between Beaconsfield and Wycombe. We would love to hear your feedback on either the website or the pubs and look forward to seeing you for a drink or some eats in the very near future.

BREAKING NEWS!

The youngest in our family, The Old Queens Head was awarded Les Routiers Pub of the Year 2008 in December. Les Routiers noted that they had visited several times over 4 or 5 months and that they were impressed by the consistency as well as the great service. The Team at the "OQH" do a fabulous job and the award is very well deserved.

Then, before the excitment had had time to die down, "Eat Out" Magazine voted the Old Queens Head as one of its Top 100 food pubs in the UK ....Hurrah!

Also our lovely pub, The Royal Oak near Marlow was awarded the Buckinghamshire Dining Pub of the Year in the Good Pub Guide 2009, which was published back in October. Hurrah!

Described as an “extremely well run and civilised old pub”, the Guide went on to praise The Royal Oak for its “genuinely warm welcome”; “quick, helpful service” and “good, interesting food”.

The Alford Arms, Old Queens Head and Swan Inn are also all main entries in The Good Pub Guide and were recognised as sharing “the same high values and warm atmosphere”. Well done to all!

Between our four pubs, we have now won seven County Dining Pub awards, which is quite an accomplishment in its own right.

WHAT'S UP?



Hurrah, At long last Summer is in the air! Our gardens are looking quite lovely as they burst into leaf and flower and are perfect for whiling away a few hours. The food is the same both inside and out and our gardens are nearly (but not quite) big enough to lose your kids in. The menus have a scrumptious mix of lighter dishes, whilst keeping some of those lovely earthy favourites best suited to chillier days. (What global warming?) We're out picking wild garlic in the local woods and making the very best of new seasonal produce like Jersey Spuds, Sorrel and Spring Lamb.

If, like us, you're determined not to let the doom and gloom get you down, you'll feel right at home in our pubs. Whether you're just out for walks with the dog; taking advantage of our free WiFi when the journey to work seems too arduous or in need of a good celebratation, we'll help you to warm your cockles and feed your soul as well as your tummy!

Our wine list has garnered much press and praise by offering not only 22 yummy wines by the glass, but also sourcing them all from Europe. 'Old World' may be the geographical terminology, but there’s nothing old-hat about our wines and we have even managed to find a couple of quality bottles from England, no less!

BUT we are most excited to have taken delivery of "Frithsden Vineyard" Chiltern White '08, a stunning, fruity little number made by Simon Tooley just yards away from The Alford Arms in sunny Hertfordshire, no less! Regulars, locals and staff all joined in the "vendage" over a few weekends in late September and early October and it doesn't get any more local than that.

Recently we tweaked our food times, so that you can simply turn up after work, have a drink while you check out the specials and then order at 6.30pm. Also, it's great for the kids at the weekend, you can give them a nice little supper and still have them tucked up in bed at a reasonable time. Quite a few of our dishes can be adapted into smaller portions and our chefs are always happy to put something together if nothing quite suits them on the "grown-ups" menu.

Further news on the green front is that all our menus and wine lists now come on recycled paper and at long last we can now recycle all our glass bottles. (& that's a lot of bottles!)

Please click on the images below to go to the pubs individual websites