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Lancaster Pubs : The Sun Hotel & Bar pub in Lancaster
'I agree about the music - this is a very "chatty" pub and it's very irritating having to listen to some crap from the jukebox. Apart from that though, a great place, and just shows how brilliant a real ale pub can be. '
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Lancaster Pubs : Metro pub in Lancaster
'Bizarre but fascinating design mix, halfway between bling-bling and a bad copy of a 70s bar, with its white floor and weird black baroque designs round the huge mirrors. It looks like it's aimed at prostitutes and footballers. I really like it! The nights with the band Get Carter are especially good.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Farmhouse Tavern pub in Lancaster
'No real ale, flowery carpet "Your Auntie" style of decor, very friendly and welcoming staff though. Mainly locals, easy-going enough. Just quite dull and formulaic.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Yorkshire House pub in Lancaster
'Longtime centre of the music scene in Lancaster. Great bohemian atmosphere, all sorts of interesting bands play upstairs. Pretty steep prices for Lancaster though - 2.50 for Abbot!'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Three Mariners pub in Lancaster
'What a great place this is turning out to be. Copper Dragon and various other guests on, friendly easy-going landlord, and no or very quiet music. At last, somewhere in Lancaster where you can have a conversation without shouting over muzak.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Merchants pub in Lancaster
'It's a lovely cosy little place with a nice studenty crowd, great place to watch the football, and it's good that they've made one bit non-smoking. If only they could look after the beer better. The Pedigree I had there yesterday was undrinkable.
LOL @ Samuel Soaper's comment btw :)'
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Lancaster Pubs : Penny Bank pub in Lancaster
'What a surprise! They've done it out in that trendy-London-brown-sofas way that all pubs are done out in nowadays. They've taken the TV out. Maybe it's going to improve now. '
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Lancaster Pubs : The Brown Cow Inn pub in Lancaster
'This place has gone downhill since Derek Gethin left. They've taken all the character out of it and done it out in the way that your Mum would do if she was asked to do the interior design for an 80s soul club. A sign advertises something called a "None Smoking Area". The staff the day I went consisted of bored-looking teenage girls in white blouses which hadn't seen an iron in weeks, instead of the interesting studenty types Derek used to employ.
Same old dull flavour-free Thwaites bitter as well.
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Lancaster Pubs : Stonewell Tavern pub in Lancaster
'It's gone back to being a basic unpretentious stand-around boozer. Hope they carry on the live music. No real ale on at all when I was there but they have bottles of Leffe and so on.'
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Aldcliffe Lance Pubs : The Waterwitch pub in Aldcliffe Lance near Lancaster
'Just wanted to say that the same day I read an article about Corsica's only real ale brewery, (Pietra) which makes beer flavoured with chestnuts and orange, I went down to the WW and there it was!
They've also started the European Passport competition again, which means I'll be drinking all sorts of weird Latvian beer and Icelandic vodka to try to win the flight to Helsinki of which I was so unjustly deprived last year :)
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Lancaster Pubs : The Bobbin pub in Lancaster
'I really like it in here. I alsways get a bit waylaid in here when I've just gone down to Sainsbury's. Good mix of younger goths and computer nerds, and ragged-looking old men. They also let families in with little toddlers in prams, which I'm not too keen on. The music is that "My life is agony, I want to die" stuff, which gets very loud in the evening. Nice approachable bar staff. Really delicious Black Cat on the other day.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Golden Lion pub in Lancaster
'The new people seem to be wanting to take this place downmarket: they've installed extra-bright lights, and have stopped some of the local musicians' sessions, preferring to take these "circuit" pub singers instead. Last time I was in there there were two men discussing their latest fights they'd had at the football. '
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Lancaster Pubs : Ring O Bells pub in Lancaster
'Good beer range, but it's been done in this weird pinkish decor, not the friendliest staff and it still looks really rundown despite the refurbishment.'
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Morecambe Pubs : The Smugglers Den pub in Morecambe
'I'd almost forgotten what a great pub this is, a wonderful oasis amidst the chaos and mayhem of Morecambe on a weekend night. It's a cosy den-like pub with lovely subdued orangey lighting, a nice sensible grown-up crowd, and - bliss! no canned music, just the hubbub of conversation. Several real ales, but the Kelham Island was so good we jsut drank that. At the end I asked the landlord for the number of a taxi to go home and without making any fuss at all, ordered it himself from his phone. I haven't been in such a comfortable, welcoming pub for a long time. '
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Morecambe Pubs : The Station pub in Morecambe
'Swirly old Auntie style carpets, brass handrails, overcold tasteless Tetleys, bright lights, staff don't remember the order you're queueing in, loads of little toddlers running around. Considering what a good job they've made of converting the old station, it's a shame that the pub next to it is just an awful "family pub" - as if you suddenly go off decent beer and comfortable surroundings as soon as you have children.'
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Lancaster Pubs : George & Dragon pub in Lancaster
'On Saturday me and two friends made up over half the total clientele. Bizarrely inappropriate drum and bass music was being played over the PA, and children kept wandering up and down the stairs to the flat. There were six "Sold Out" signs on the pumps. Things can only get better.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The John O Gaunt pub in Lancaster
'I want to be buried in the vaults.'
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Flookburgh Pubs : Hope & Anchor Hotel & Public House pub in Flookburgh near Grange-Over-Sands
'Thought I'd call in for a pint on my whilst out cycling. A monosyllabic miserable old bloke behind the bar served me the worst pint of Cumbria Way I've ever had. It takes a lot for me to leave a drink but that stuff was going to make someone ill. Posters everywhere warn you about the multiple perils of Flookburgh nightlife. "Behave or be Banned" "Watch Your Drinks - They Could be Spiked!" What a gloomy place.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Lounge pub in Lancaster
'Faintly Wild West feel in here sometimes - a girl threw a glass of coke over someone who complained about the group of idiots she was with who were chucking ice cubes around. I quite like it though - it contains an assortment of oddbods, so I fit in well. No cask ale but the San Miguel's not bad.'
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Lancaster Pubs : George & Dragon pub in Lancaster
'I'm 42 and I'm getting to that age where everything seemed better in 1875, but I do feel faintly depressed at yet another invasion of the dreaded brown sofas (which are impossible to get up from at my age). There was only one real ale on last week when we went, and you have to talk over the muzak. Can we have more pubs for regretful old farts?'
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Lancaster University Pubs : Furness Bar pub in Lancaster University near Lancaster
'Before you go here, just switch off your aesthetic sense because it is the Pub That Style Forgot, but then start enjoying the friendliness of the staff and the customers, the interesting range of out of the way beers and ciders, and the great social mix of 50something lushes from the staff, the more interesting and slightly more grown-up type of student, and desperately sensible-looking PhD women-friends huddled over their theses in the corner. A great place at any time of day or night.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Borough of Lancaster pub in Lancaster
'If angryman was in there yesterday, then I regret having missed meeting the great man for the first time (and I don't mean Gordon Ramsey).
Anyway, superb drinks - the Hen Harrier is nectar. Still not quite sure about the layout at the front because if there are more than 3 or 4 groups in, then there's nowhere for a newcomer to sit. And (loobyloo, aka "scratched record" time) I wish they could turn the music down. But these are quibbles - it's great place, especially at 5pm when you want to "pop out for a quick one", then end up saying (in the immortal words of Homer Simpson) "Oh well, 1am. Suppose I'd better go home and have some quality time with the kids".'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Three Mariners pub in Lancaster
'I don't recognise this pub from paulton's description. It's one of the friendliest and most civilised places around, which is attested by the fact that on a typical night you'll have people from 18 to 80 in there. As to the male bar staff being unfriendly, well, last time I was in there I had a long chat with one of them about his degree and the uni in general, and before that I've had all sorts of conversations about traffic problems, football and other issues of major geo-political strategic importance.
And as to regulars sitting around the bar - how shocking - what dreadful behaviour in a pub!'
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Wray Pubs : George & Dragon pub in Wray near Lancaster
'This is a great pub: a small selection of first class ales, great food, friendly owners and a really nice atmosphere. And where else could you go to take part in Maggot Racing? '
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Caton Pubs : The Ship Inn pub in Caton near Lancaster
'Done in the Your Mum swirly-carpet style so favoured by Mitchells, this pub's a bit schizophrenic. The staff are nice enough, but the Jennings tasted of cardboard (so bad that we had to return it) and the Moorhouses was almost as bad - stale and tired (we were there on a Wed dinnertime). Perhaps try to sell fewer beers but look after the ones they do sell more carefully?'
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Claughton Pubs : Fenwick Arms pub in Claughton near Lancaster
'Can't comment on the post-Gordon Ramsey food, but the Black Sheep was in tip top condition. Attracts an elderly crowd - men who never take their ties off and women in beige, but it's comfy and warm. The one downside is that drinkers are rather shoved into the small room at the front as the restuarant's taken over the large room now. I didn't notice the attractive young female staff in their quite fetching black T-shirts, either.'
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Barrow-In-Furness Pubs : The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel pub in Barrow-In-Furness
'We came up for a reccy from Lancaster the other day and this is going to wipe the floor in Barrow. It was quite amusing to see gruops of chavs wander in, loko amazed at the transformation and walk straigth out again. It looks quite similar to the Sun in Lancaster (for obvious reasons) but there's more room to sit down. Massive potential, 2 mins walk from the station - I can see this becoming a semi-regular awayday. We had a Hook Norton stout whose name escapes me and Batemans XXXX. Both delicious.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The Sun Hotel & Bar pub in Lancaster
'First of all, I love this pub. *But* could someone tell some of the younger more girly-girly staff to try to remember the order people come in? Sometimes I'll be standing at the bar and when someone younger or better-looking walks in (not difficult, if you saw my photo) he or she gets served first.
Secondly, could they sort of the internet access out? It's not been working for months. So why bother?
Having said all that, I do like it here.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Brittania Hotel pub in Lancaster
'The Brit has now been taken over by the people who run the Gregson. It's now almost hip, with a DJ on Saturdays, live music on Thursdays, a bring-your-own tapas bar upstairs and an incredibly glam barmaid. It's much more popular now and is attracting an easygoing crowd of mainly young and middleaged folk, including many people who seem to be refugees from the Gregson. Slightly off-putting blood-red decor and light fittings from the age that style forgot, but nothing too unbearable. '
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Lancaster Pubs : The John O Gaunt pub in Lancaster
'When it rains the water runs in as a steady stream via a live electrical fitting. There's going to be a spectacular piece of theatre here any day soon when the bulging bin liner which is taped over the hole finally gives way, and I want to be there when it does. I've never seen anyone die in a stream of electrocuted water before but I bet it's a sensational sight.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Stonewell Tavern pub in Lancaster
'The Stonewell's been taken over by two Italian blokes who have injected a bit of Latin style into the place and have started doing what looks like an excellent menu - there was baby octopus and squid on when I was there. Live music some nights. '
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Lancaster Pubs : The Bobbin pub in Lancaster
'I went to the re-opening last week. This is either the worst example of an interior decor makeover since the Great Brown Cow Disaster of 2006, or is an incredibly subtle move on the part of Mitchells to make the pub so awfully hideous that it will win some sort of award for Hideous Pub Interiors of the Year.
There's a parquet floor and acres of that blood-red paint that Mitchells are still trying to use up. On the walls are prints which must have cost all of 2.99 down Wilko: stylised New Orleans bands, a picture of a euphonium, that sort of thing.
The poor girl behind the bar struggled with an airlock in the Everards stout and everyone was too busy to help her. I took pity on her after about teh ninth go and just accepted it with about an inch of head.
I just hope that the clientele will scuff this place up a bit and can turn a blind eye to the decor.
Seriously, I think that the next time Mitchell's wrecking squad are let loose on a great pub like the Bobbin that we need to co-ordinate some sort of action committee to stop this happening again.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Horse & Farrier pub in Lancaster
'I had a very unpleasant experience here yesterday. I was in the Golden Lion which was as friendly as ever, but left after a while because they weren't showing yesterday's World Darts final. I decided to watch it in the Horse and Farrier. What a mistake.
I was sitting there at the bar minding my own business, watching the TV. The barmaid swept my drink away with about an inch of it remaining. "Hang on a minute, that's mine," I said. "Alright, don't get your knickers in a knot," she said. Not, "I beg your pardon" or "Oh, sorry."
Then there was a ruckus as someone was bundled out of the pub. A man sitting near me said "Get out of my fucking pub, get of out my fucking pub." How pleasant.
Moments after fininshing my second pint, the charming barmaid was back, poking me on the arm. "Would you like another?" "Yes, in a minute," I said. "I'm sorry, but if you aren't going to have another drink, you're going to have to go, now."
Against my better judgement I did order another half just to shut her up but I felt so unwelcome and the atmosphere was so hostile that I left my drink and walked out. The place has this atmosphere of latent violence all the time. Not always latent either - readers of the Lancaster Guardian will know of course that there was a massive fight there during a recent funeral and that the police were called on New Years' Eve because of more fighting.
You know things are getting bad when you wish you'd gone to Walkabout.'
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Lancaster Pubs : The John O Gaunt pub in Lancaster
'Well, that came out of the blue! I was in there on Sunday which was the last night it was open before a "closed until further notice" appeared in the window on Monday. Speculation is rife but I only hope we see the place open soon.'
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Lancaster Pubs : Golden Lion pub in Lancaster
'What a delight it is to see my beloved Whittle rescued from the badger-haired "blondes" who ran it for a while last year. There's excellent real ale, a clientele which provides conversation that runs the full gamut from odd to weird (but always amusing), there's football and rugby on the TV, and as if that wasn't enough, I gather Jon's in high-level negotiations with a pie supplier and Macy's had a boob job.'
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