For some reason we haven't eaten out for several months. Red Lion at Bradley is one we've been to on quite a number of occasions. The Seven Stars at Brocton was fine on the one occasion we've been there since its new guise, we sometimes get dragged into the Chetwynd by a couple whose only consideration is the low cost, I wouldn't chose it for either beer or food personally. Sometimes make it as far as the Greyhound at Burston. Both the Saracens Head & Woolpack at Weston are fine. George & Dragon at Meaford was fine the last time we were in there but that was some time ago. Fox & Anchor at Coven seemed ok when we were taken there just before Christmas. Clifford Arms is fine whenever we go there, more for lunch that an evening meal. Don't think I want to mention some of the places the kids drag us to at times and it has been quite a while since we've been to other pubs.
Coincidently we haven't eaten out since early March.
For what it's worth ;
I find the Red Lion at Bradley - and other Lewis Partnership pubs - and Seven Stars at Brocton - and other Oakhouse Inns - expensive and not worth the extra cost.
I recently agreed with a "food was decent enough at the price" comment about the Greyhound at Burston adding that when twelve of us had a meal there at the end of February and "the food took nearly an hour to arrive", not that that was enough for any of us to call the management "arseholes"!.
I think Marstons offer decent quality at a fair price. It's a couple of years since I've been to the Chetwynd Arms but we've used the Woolpack nearly as often as the Swan at Whiston and I occasionally get in the Knot and Plough.
So often disappointed with Punch pubs I've not been in the Saracens Head or Clifford Arms for years, chatting with you having a coffee being my most recent time in the latter.
I've not been in the George and Dragon at Meaford for ages, nor the Fox & Anchor at Coven although a friend of mine has worked there on or off since the mid 1970s.
It's a long way but we've often been to the Bhurtpore at Aston, equally good for food and beer.