Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
Hidden away in a courtyard off St Mary’s St, we walked past this and went in The New Inn, with Google maps giving the game away while we were there. This is a hotel too, but the pub is very pubby.
Pleasant, traditional in some ways but with some modern, stripped-out decor. Great beer, pleasant staff, a real fire, and decent music too.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
Pleasant traditional pub. Entertainment provided by the landlady who was calling over the bar “Fatty! Come on”. When I said “how dare you”, she came out with a glorious chonk of a pubcat.
Decent beer, friendly staff, nice surroundings.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
Lovely traditional pub, and the taphouse for the Hop & Stagger brewery. Friendly staff, comfortable seating, nice murals on the walls, and a really pleasant place after The Old Castle.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
This could have been great, and looked it from the outside. Once in, however, it all went a bit wrong; we were pounced upon by waiting staff
We’re just after a drink, is that OK? Yes, but it’s table service, would you like to sit there?
and the whole place was clearly food-dominated, perhaps even more than The Royle. Added to that the most awful music selection I’ve heard in a pub for some time, and it just felt…lacking.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
Lovely, traditional pub in Low Town. Fairly traditional inside, but opened out (the landlady was enthusiastic about this, and it did seem to work, but I can’t help but think of places like Loggerheads with loads of little rooms and passageways.
Anyway, the beer was great, aforementioned landlady and the locals were pleasant. A great pub.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
It’s a ‘spoons. It’s in Bridgnorth though, so from the front it’s all traditional-looking, and it’s not bad at the front. As you progress back, it gets a bit spoons-shed. Other than that? Move along, nothing to see here. Cheap beer, cheap food.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
This was a bit of close call: pub or not?
It scrapes in because downstairs has a pub atmosphere and pub seating, and there’s decent cask ale. Upstairs, it’s definitely a restaurant, and a very, very good one too. Just make sure you book. The food is the main thing here.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
This looked like a very traditional pub, and it was, in one way: the building and layout was very traditional, but the ambience wasn’t; nothing particularly obnoxious, and the landlady was pleasant, but the football was on loud and on multiple screens, and the place felt again like it would be “vibrant” at the weekend. Bargain price and decent Banks’s though.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire:
The “Inn” is deserved as this was our place to stay for a couple of days.
Nice, traditional pub, owned by Holdens. Multi-roomed, good seating, good beer. No daytime food except cobs, but excellent breakfast if you’re staying. Our room was out the back away from the main building, and very comfortable. Nice staff too.
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Big Marston’s town centre pub, apparently originally two pubs now joined together. I was going to say spoons-a-like, but it’s not quite that; there seems to be entertainment at the weekend- so it’s a typical town centre pub that you can imagine it would be a bit “vibrant” at the weekend when full of the local youth.
As it was, it was quiet, the food and beer were both fine if unexceptional, and the staff were friendly, and the building was fairly historic, though that could be said for every pub in the town.