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Southwold, Suffolk

The Blyth

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Southwold:

Whatpub Link

A hotel, but it’s in Whatpub and the bar feels pubby.

Originally The Station Hotel, this is a fine Edwardian building, opposite where the railway used to terminate, and is seemingly one of the few licenced premises in Southwold not operated by Adnams (though they apparently retain the freehold).

Outside looks a little bit faded magnificence, inside has clearly seen a fair bit of work and is pleasant, light, and bright. This could be fabulous, but clearly costs a lot of money.

Friendly staff, decent beer choice (Adnams, unsurprisingly!). It did have a bit of an air of struggling to me, which was a shame: the restaurant opening was sporadic and the phone went to voicemail, though email was answered promptly.

Lancashire

The Little Bare

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Bare Village, Morecambe:

Whatpub Link

The first totally new PubBlog entry for around eight months, and a cracking micropub.

This was actually open last time we visited Morecambe, but we didn’t know about it 🙁 , so we thought we’d better remedy that error.

Great beer, a really pleasant proprietor, and a nice atmosphere. The owner stated he’d tried to make if feel a bit less like a bar in a shop, and he’d hit the mark on that. Nice, under-cover outside space too. A really good example of how to do a micropub well.

West Sussex

The Claremont

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Bognor Regis, West Sussex:

Traditional-looking pub just a short way back from the front, near to an ex-pub now homing the Bognor Regis Museum– where we found that The Claremont is rumoured to be haunted.

Inside, it’s been modernised, but it’s not stripped all the character from it, and it’s clean and smart. There wass cask ale, but I missed it and had posh lager instead. We were hoping for food, but they don’t currently do that midweek. Staff were really friendly and pleasant.

West Sussex

The Regis

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Bognor Regis, West Sussex:

A Brewer’s Fayre right on the seafront, and presumably trading on position alone.

I’ll start with the good: the staff were pleasant.

Nothing much else was: the solitary ale was Doom Bar. The place felt a little grubby throughout, and things were tatty- the fireplace with bricks missing, for a start. The pinnacle though, were the toilets: there was a notice saying they were regularly checked: presumably to check they were filthy enough: apparently the ladies was strewn with toilet paper, and had one broken seat and one broken door lock. The gents had every urinal bagged over, and no bog roll in one of the two cubicles.

While I’ve seen toilets as bad elsewhere, and kind of like tatty pubs, I’d expect the trade-off for a family feedbag to be that if the drinks choice is a bit crap and there’s no atmosphere, at least the place is clean….

West Sussex

The Waverley

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Bognor Regis:

Seafront pub. A look at the coherent Google reviews (click the map) will tell you most you need to know: it was Ok when we visited but I guess it could be a bit “vibrant” at times. Staff friendly enough, lots of outside space, but drinks prices a bit high.