Reviews of Whole Hog, Malmesbury
Review by Jacky Martin on 21st July, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 18/07/2008
This pub is divided into restaurant and bar. They have a good choice of beer and the wine is OK. It's a pub for ordinary folk and has a good local following. Many like to sit on high stools facing out of the front window and watch the world go by the famous Market Cross and up the High Street (there's plenty to watch in this town!). I've popped in many times and sometimes eaten there at lunchtime and in the evening as it's always reasonably priced. There's no garden but it's central and popular.
Review by Paul Rispoli on 27th December, 2007
Add your review Date visited: 14th December 2007
We found The Whole Hog by accident looking for somewhere to eat in Malmesbury - and we are very pleased we did!
One side of the establishment is a pub/bar the other a restuarant which is very simply furnished, clean and unpretentious. The menu has enough variety to suit everyone and it was clear that the food was home-prepared. Main courses cost about £9 including vegetables and that night they had gilt-head bream for 9.95!! Our main courses were superb - belly of pork and a steak pie. After this, followed an excellent cheeseboard and the best banoffee pie I've ever eaten. They also were serving 'Santa's Revenge' bitter which was just too easy to drink! The bill at £33.00 for the two of us was top value, bearing in mind the perfectly cooked food.
Our waitress was efficient, friendly and went to a lot of trouble even though we were not regulars. It was a really good night out and we woudl highly recommend it. The only disappointment for us is that the Whole Hog is a long way from London!
Review by The bearded wonder on 23rd July, 2007
Add your review Date visited: within last 24 hrs
My first experience of the Whole Hog, was as deeply gratifying as all of the subsequent visits have been.
I have always been greeted by very nice female staff and very miserable male staff, I find this a combination that works very well as I do not really want to talk to miserable men.
The food gets better, the more beer you drink, the beer gets worse, the more cider you drink and the cider is awful!! At least it's not lager though.
I feel that i will not be returning to the Whole Hog until Tuesday as I have a flower arranging course starting tonight.
The locals are a bunch of social misfits with copious afflictions that mean they would not be accepted at any other establishment, without supervision. This, I love them for and can't stand 'stuck up' holiday makers who think it is their inalienable right to criticise all things that do not meet their own expectations.
Long live the miserable barman, oh, and where's yer glass!!!!
Review by simon and caroline daye on 1st July, 2007
Add your review Date visited: 09/03/07
The Whole Hog was recommended to us by some friends. We were on holiday in Malmesbury for six days. The first night we went there was wonderful. A very friendly young girl behind the bar and an efficient and helpful waitress in the restaurant. Two days later: what a change! We called in for lunch; the man behind the bar was rude and obstreperous; the waitresses appeared to be on a different planet and were either sitting about reading magazines or in the bar smoking. Apparently there were two chefs working, but our food (a breakfast and a jacket potato with tuna) took more than 45 minutes to arrive. The breakfast was colder than the tuna.
Review by Brian Connelly on 16th December, 2006
Add your review Date visited: 15/12/06
This pub is in a wonderful setting in Malmesbury, Wiltshire near to the Abbey and the centre of the market town. However, on my visit, the food was of very poor quality and a number of items advertised were not avaliable. Additionally the bitter was not very good either, it made be wonder when they had last cleaned their lines. On mentioning this to the landlord, but not asking for a refund or anything like that, I was given a very rude reception.
As such as a far better alternative I would recommend the Smoking Dog at the other end of the high street.
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