Dumfries:
Allegedly the best pub in Dumfries, and certainly very nice. Almost feels like a bistro at the front, and it is popular for food, but the back feels like a pub. Excellent beer, including Abbot and 3 guests.
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The Pub
Valletta, Malta:
Well, it isn’t often you can say “I’m going to The Pub”, and for that to be precise, but it is here.
This is the pub where Ollie Reed famously drank his last, with an impressive bar tab.
It’s a tiny, one-room place, stuffed with Ollie memorabilia, and is a proper pub (as opposed to a bar) in the middle of Valletta. It’s popular with British sailors, so there’s a lot of RN stuff about too. No food, but there’s Bombardier and Guinness as well as the local stuff, which isn’t at all bad.
The Golden Lion
Rochford, Essex:
A`positively lovely old market town pub. Loads of real ale, nice atmosphere.
The King’s Head
Rochford, Essex
Moderately grim, with the locals staring from under pork-pie hats (I kid you not). Not actually dreadful, but not that nice either.
The Castle
Southend:
A pretty average pub- Moe’s family feedbag style, right on the seafront and with great views. Friendly enough, and quiet on a Thursdasy afternoon, but the IPA was a bit duff (again). With better beer it would be quite a nice place to sit and watch the sea.
The Borough Hotel
Southend.
Old Victorian seafront pub with benches on the front, where you can eat your own food if you buy a drink. It’s less grim than you’d expect for a seafront pub, but the beer was a bit duff. Staff pleasant enough though.
The Cornucopia
Southend:
Allegedly the smallest pub in Essex. A Victorian corner pub with a bar area that is ceratinly small. Beer was pretty good, for Southend (we had a run of duff beer), and the landlord freindly. Right on the seafront too.
Closed: The Farmers Arms
Edit: Now closed, demolished, and replaced by a new pub, The Inn at Huxley]
An overnight stop near Oulton Park saw us eating and drinking here on a Saturday evening. It’s a lovely, proper country pub with excellent food, and thankfully the restaurant is in a couple of separate rooms, to the benefit of both. Excellent food (not cheap, but excellent value), beer, and wine, and pleasant staff. It’s in the middle of nowhere, unless you stay at the nearby B&B, which also isn’t cheap, but very good.
The Goat and Tricycle
A nice Victorian pub tucked away in Bournemouth. Lots of proper beer on offer including Dizzy Blonde (nom). Good outside space as well. Well worth a visit.
The Crown
Stockton, Warwickshire.
Pleasant local pub. Nothing remarkable, but nice enough.