Historical version 7 of Sugar Loaf Inn, HP7 9PN (view current version)
- 01494 765579
- Station Road, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9PN (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
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- noon11pm MonSat; noon10:30pm Sun
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- HP7, Little Chalfont
Pub in Little Chalfont, very close to Chalfont and Latimer Station. A little bit posh but not pretentious. Quite focused on food, but you can come in and just have a pint (not sure if the dining room and conservatory are restricted to diners at busy times, though).
Comfortable seating, including a couple of leather sofas in the front bit. Proper pepper and salt grinders on the tables; thick (albeit paper) napkins; nice cutlery. The music is unobtrusive. There's a reasonably-sized (though not huge) garden out the back, through a conservatory set with dining tables.
Kake's first visit was mid-afternoon on a Tuesday in March 2007, when it was pretty much empty apart from a few locals. On another visit, late afternoon on a Sunday in September 2007, it was busier, and filled up even more before we left, though not to uncomfortable levels. There were a number of children, who were well-behaved enough.
The food's pretty good, if not cheap (photo of the menu); starters are around £5–6.50 and main courses around £11–15 (as of September 2007). Kake had the fish pie on her March visit; it was full of large chunks of tasty salmon and white fish, along with some prawns. Unlike most pub fish pies, it wasn't oversalted, it didn't have too much sauce, and it was served at just the right temperature, hot but not scalding. Good stuff. The herb buttered carrots on the side were a bit disappointing (slightly overcooked, and not very flavourful). Lunch was supposed to end at 3pm, and I was nearly half an hour late, but they fed me anyway, hurrah!
Food times as of September 2007 (confirmed via email) are noon3pm and 5pm10:30pm MonFri; noon4pm and 5pm10:30pm Sat; and noon9pm Sun.
Beers on offer are Landlord (Timothy Taylor), Broadside (Adnams) and Bitter (Adnams). A pint of one of the Adnams was £3 as of September 2007. They also have Hoegaarden and Staropramen amongst the usual lagers.
GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 6 March 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 499530, 197527, outside the entrance