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The decor is very bare, with exposed floorboards and wooden tables, and it's quite obviously a gastropub. A piano sits in one corner. A couple of what may initially appear to be open fires seem from the pipework to actually be gas. There's a marquee/conservatory-style extension to one side, with an adjoining courtyard space (this can be [http://www.thecanburyarms.com/contact_us/functions booked out] for functions).
[[bob]] visited on a Monday afternoon in February 2008. Beers available were HSB (£3.10/pint), Doom Bar, Sussex Best, Scrum Down, and Landlord.
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Despite the gastro-ness, there are five handpumps on the bar, stocked with reasonably interesting ales on both our visits. In February 2008 they had HSB (£3.10/pint), Doom Bar, Sussex Best, Scrum Down, and Landlord. In December 2011 they had Hogs Back TEA, Surrey Hills Ranmore (£1.95/half), Timothy Taylor Landlord, St Austell Tribute, and one other (possibly from Otter brewery), as well as a couple of ciders (Stowford Press and Aspalls).
The decor is very bare, and it's quite obviously a gastropub. Seems to have a marquee outside on one side.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in December 2011. It was quite near Christmas, so a member of staff stopped me as I was entering and warned that most of the tables were booked; however he managed to find me a small table to sit at. I was probably lucky that I got there relatively early (a little before noon), since the place did fill up during my visit.
Breakfast is served 9am-11:30am Mon-Sat; full English breakfast is £8.50. Lunch is served noon-3pm Mon-Fri, and dinner is served from 5:30pm Mon-Sat (I think there's also food of some kind available on Sundays).
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As of December 2011, food is served almost all day, with just short breaks: 9am-11:15am, noon-3pm, and 5pm-10pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11:15am and noon-10pm Sat; and 10am-11:15am, noon-9pm Sun. The menu is quite interesting, and there's a specials board too; see <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157628620464501/ Kake's photoset including menu photos]</small>.

In December 2011, [[Kake]] tried one of the lunch specials, pork hash with fried egg (&pound;5) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6595707253/ photo]</small>. This was very good for the price; a generous portion of both meat and vegetables, a rich onion gravy in the bottom of the plate, and a nicely runny yolk on the fried egg. I detected parsnip and carrot as well as potato, and the meat was a mixture of sausage and pork cuts, possibly also a bit of bacon. The vegetables were a bit haphazardly cut, leading to different levels of done-ness, and it wasn't clear whether this was on purpose. I'd happily order this again though.

Ketchup was provided in a kilner jar, and tap water in a swingtop bottle. No service charge was added, though, and I ordered and paid for my food at the bar.

Handily, they make their child-friendliness policy very explicit, with a full page of explanation in the menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594179661/ photo and transcript]</small>, and they also have a separate children's menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6594174323/ photo and transcript]</small>. One of the cubicles in the ladies' has a pull-down baby changing table and a nappy bin.

Accessibility: A step to get in at both entrances.

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summary='Gastropub in Kingston, with five real ales.'
summary='Gastropub in Kingston.'

Gastropub in Kingston.

bob visited on a Monday afternoon in February 2008. Beers available were HSB (£3.10/pint), Doom Bar, Sussex Best, Scrum Down, and Landlord.

The decor is very bare, and it's quite obviously a gastropub. Seems to have a marquee outside on one side.

Breakfast is served 9am-11:30am Mon-Sat; full English breakfast is £8.50. Lunch is served noon-3pm Mon-Fri, and dinner is served from 5:30pm Mon-Sat (I think there's also food of some kind available on Sundays).

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Last visited by bob, 25 February 2008. Opening hours and food times and prices taken from the Canbury Arms website, February 2008.

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