The Scarlett Arms ... Walliswood
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OS Map : Landranger 187 · Map reference TQ 119 381
Description
The Scarlett Arms is a picturesque, white painted pub, in a secluded position, with a cosy bar and three interconnecting small rooms with an old fashioned but charming ambience. Flagstone floors, oak beams, wooden benches and large fireplace. Grassy garden with large industrial machine as an unusual plant stand.
Update July 2007: The pub was re-opened after refurbishment.
There is more information about this pub on the CAMRA East and Mid Surrey website.
How to get there
By car
Find Walliswood from the A29 between Horsham/Warnham
and Dorking. Driving north, turn left [signposted Oakwoodhill] after
Warnham. Follow the road, past the Punchbowl
Inn, and you will reach Walliswood
after a mile or so.
Cycling
Walliswood is a small hamlet about 1.4 miles
[2.2 km] west of the A29 between Horsham and Dorking. Cycle from Horsham
-> Warnham
and then to the Rowhook roundabout on the A29. Take the Rowhook Road
and follow this uphill past the Chequers where
the road bends right.
After another 2.25 miles [4 km], at the second junction, follow the road to the right and then next left [signposted Walliswood] where the pub is 0.25 mile [0.4 km] on the right. This is about 10-11 miles [16-17 km] from Horsham.
Suggested routes from here
Quiet country lanes in this part of Surrey between Oakwoodhill, Ockley and Ewhurst. The A29 can be busy but you can avoid it for the most part.
Other pubs in this area include the Wheatsheaf at Ellen's Green, the Parrot at Forest Green and the Punchbowl Inn at Oakwoodhill.
Your reviews
Josh T says: 
| 24-August-07
We had a fantastic meal at the Scarlett. Food was delicious with a great variety of things to choose from. Had a wonderful monkfish dish and the most amazing mussels in a curry sauce. The waitress was charming and the refurbishment was great - really brightened the place up, just what the pub needed. Well worth the trip.
Ken Lawson says: | 24-August-07
We visited at the weekend and found it to be a lovely pub. Food was superb. Would recommend to anyone
Tony Wright says: 
| 13-July-07
Having heard that the Scarlett had been refurbished, my wife and I decided to give the pub a second chance last Saturday night. The refurb is OK but the service was non-existent and the food was slow, cold and very poorly presented. I shall never return.
Sandra says: | 19-April-07
Don't go for an evening meal! Four of us ordered our meals just after 7.30 pm - we were served okay, meals okay - but we were never offered a dessert nor coffee and we were the only people in the pub and this was before 9 pm. So, obviously the chef had a very early night! The food was nothing to write home about and I certainly would not recommend this pub. Very unfriendly and not welcoming at all.
Roshelle says: 
| 3-April-07
The pub is now under new management and doing very well. The food is wonderful and reasonably priced. The owners are friendly and polite and I feel that the pub is the best it has been in a long long time! Anyone who had a bad experience last year - I'd advise you to go back!
Mark B says: | 20-September-06
I am amazed to read some of the other reviews. This is a pub that could be great, if it were well run. Unfortunately, it is let down by a bad-tempered landlord and his surly bar staff. The food was expensive for what it was, and fried to oblivion and straight out of the freezer. My advice is eat before you get there!
David H says: | 24-August-06
The food was excellent and served by friendly staff. Excellent ale and a warm welcome.
David S says: | 22-August-06
Having heard that the landlord was a grump, we've avoided this pub for quite a while. Well, perhaps the grump is gone because the chap there now is excellent. We ordered Sunday lunch today on a not particularly busy day, and the food arrived almost far too quickly! And it was excellent - Sunday roasts are all too easy to get wrong. My beef was very tasty, pleasingly rare, with vegetables nicely lightly cooked. Obviously not "microwave heaven" here.
Of course, I've ruined this place now because you're all going to rush there....!
Older reviews
Darryl says: 
| 28-December-05
I can't put my finger on it but it's not as good as the sum of its parts. Should be an absolute belter but the ale is only OK and the interior ambience fails to deliver against initial expectation. Food is fine but nothing more.
Pub score - No Good · - Excellent
