Favourite Pub?

[BSwiss]

Simple question, really.

And, a simple answer from me - Sinclair’s Oyster Bar in Manchester.

Classic cheap Sammy Smiths pints, lots of outdoor seating. Used to get served there as a bairn. Watched 2 hammer-wielding blokes pinch expensive jewellery from Selfridges from the beer garden.

Now, I’d like to know yours. I’m going to be lenient with my description of pub, to an extent.

 

[DiogoJ42]

The older the pub, the better.
Ideally, it should be a timber framed building, without a single horizontal or vertical reference point. The layout should be cramped and confusing. I should have to duck through every door. I should be looking around for the hooded stranger in a corner who hands out quests.

I often meet a mate in The Mayflower in Rotherhithe, named because the dock out back is where the ship of that name departed to America with the "pilgrim fathers".

 

[rob666]

OK, apart from Crevettes, obviously...
Narrowboat in Skipton (happiest town in the country allegedly).
Very close to the Skipton junction of the leeds liverpool canal.
Four or five cask beers, half a dozen lagers, and a good basic food menu...with an upstairs gallery thrown in.
No chain, very local, full of walkers and dogs.
Met mates from north yorks there for a couple of decades.
Warm and welcoming, and lots of lancs/yorks leg pulling.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

The High Corner Inn, in the middle of the New Forest. It's a must, especially if you're down that way for Paultons Park.

****. Did I just enact my own law?

 

[Vik]

I have many, there are some fantastic places in Chester and Liverpool, but if to choose just one probably Cavern of the Curious Gnome in Chester. Great Selection of Beers, some interesting references telling Putin where to go dotted around the place. A nice place to end a day of drinking good beers by drinking a good beer before heading for the train home.

A shout out to The Station Tap located at Chester Railway Station. A great starting point for those pre noon beers and a good breakfast too.

 

[Alix]

Theres one in Sheffield. Has a comfy sofa, plays decent metal and rock, and serves strong cocktails. Sadly can't remember the name for some reason...

Other than that, whenever I have visitors I always take them to the Hatchet and/or The Gryphon in Bristol. Comfy seats, decent music, large selection of drinks, and fires in winter. And the skin door at the Hatchet, of course.

 

[NuttySquirrel]

The Boat Inn at Whitebrook on the River Wye in Monmouthshire. Lovely pub on the banks of the river, 50-odd types of local cider, quirky terraced garden with lots of secluded benches looking out across the river valley. First discovered during a kayaking expedition on the Wye and has since become a mandatory stopover on the way back from anywhere west of the Welsh border. An additional quirk is that you have to park in Redbrook, which is in England, and walk across a footbridge over the river into Wales to reach the pub.