Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire:
Historic pub in a medieval building sympathetically converted in 1996. Originally gifted to Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII as part of her divorce settlement, apparently.
Traditional inside and out- beams, tapestries, low doorways, stone floor.
Pleasant staff, cask ale and alcohol free on offer, good food, nice outdoor space. Very busy on a bank holiday Sunday lunchtime, but we got served in a reasonable time.
Enderby, Leicestershire:
Traditional pub in the village centre. Pleasant landlady, traditional inside and out, decent outdoor space, cask ale and alcohol-free available.
Enderby, Leicestershire:
Our nearest pub while on a short break. Near as in “opposite our rental property”.
This place impressed from the start. We walked in at 13:55, and were still able to order food (the kitchen closed at 14:00), the landlady was friendly and pleasant, there was decent beer and an alcohol-free choice.
Inside is multi-room and traditional, and there’s outside and semi-outside space (a roofed-over area at the back). Outside is traditional and thatched!
Fantastic pub with great food: they only usually do food at lunchtime at the moment but are trialling evening food. Opening hours aren’t all-day every-day, being more like traditional hours, so check before visiting.
Hinckley:
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It’s a Wetherspoon. Not a bad one, by all accounts, and we got decent food on a Sunday evening, along with decent beer. Staff were pleasant, and the place was clean.
Hinckley:
Just round the corner fromthis craphole, what a difference. Clean, pleasant, with a nice landlady who helped us find somewhere to eat on a Sunday evening, and great beer. It’s won CAMRA awards recently, with good reason.
Hinckley:
Unlike the last one, we didn’t warm to this. A craphole, dirty, noisy, with a foulmouthed barman and his mates, including two girls that seemed under ages. The bogs were filthy too. It’s a close second to this shithole for ‘worst pub on pubblog’.
Hinckley:
This didn’t give a good first impression: England flags, loud, vile dance music, and no ale. However, giving it a chance, we warmed to the place. Evidently an old pub, very traditional town drinker’s place. The landlord was very friendly, and sorted the music with something better from the jukebox. There might not have been ale, but there was Stella.
Hinckley:
Just-out-of-town traditional pub in a residential area. Decent ale, nice atmosphere, and pleasant staff. There’s TVs, but they were off when we visited on a Sunday, thankfully.