The Apple Tree — Restaurant in England

Wow. Popped into here on a Thursday night on my own, super cheery and polite. Walked up the bar with my wallet open ready to buy a pint and the old fella behind the bar gives me a smile. Before buying my pint I said: "Hello mate! I've parked my van in the little car park over the road, do you think I'll be alright for the night?" His face turns from ruddy friendliness to the suppresed rage of the Shropshire elderly gentleman. "You're not sleeping there?". "I was thinking to, yeah". "You're not sleeping there, no." "Oh OK not to worry I'll move it". I cross the road and jump in my van and drive up the road to park up (totally legally) at the kerbside. At this point the old fella comes out of the pub, red faced with fury. "you're not parking there." "Mate, with respect you don't own this bit of road, if I want to park here I can" "Well you're not coming in my pub".

A staggeringly hostile interaction with an unbelievably unpleasant man. Do yourself a favour and spend your money somewhere less...

Visited to meet my brother and exchange my mum back to him from a visit . Very local pub, it felt a little uncomfortable because of that, we were put in a back room separately which was fine as we had a dog with us . The food was good, and well priced for what it was. It felt like a proper pub in as much as it hadn't been made 'corporate ' like so many places are nowadays. So why the three stars , it was just something you couldn't quite put your finger on, whether it was the signs everywhere that were 'funny' but sort of felt as if they meant them , or just that it was a 'local pub for local people ' if you get my drift. Anyway we don't live locally and won't be rushing back, but maybe if we did we would feel differently. Everything else cleanliness...

Off the main road, but well worth taking the turn.

The Apple Tree is just off the A49 at Onibury, between Ludlow and Craven Arms in Shropshire. It's easily missed, needing you to turn off the main road just by the level crossing, but make the effort.

It doesn't look like a pub, having spent a good deal of its existence as the village shop, but it's back to being a pub now, albeit with big windows. The main bar is the the 'shop' area, with scrubbed tables and a very chatty, conversational atmosphere. There is also a side lounge, offering a more homely feel.

Beers are from the excellent Ludlow Brewery, and there is a tasty...