The Colpitts Hotel, Durham - pub details
Address: Hawthorn Terrace, Durham, County Durham, DH1 4EL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5404) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Durham (0.4 miles)
Brewery: Samuel Smith's
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> Current user rating: 7.5/10 (rated by 34 users)
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user reviews of the Colpitts Hotel, Durham
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| I'll wager very little has changed at this pub in over fifty years - and I mean this as a positive. If there was room at the bar and the roaring fire wasn't so overpowering on an unseasonably mild January night I would have stayed all night swapping unfeasible tales with the regulars. Instead I slotted on to an end seat and soaked in the relaxed, social atmosphere. Samuel Smiths is not a personal favourite, but at these prices and when kept in such good condition who could find any genuine cause for complaint? Served very nicely to by an attractive lass behind the bar just to complement a delightful mini session. Definitely worth the trek up and down the hilly back streets. ILooklikeme - 8 Jan 2012 17:21 |
| As usual with Sam Smith pubs, the atmosphere is pleasant & the beer is about half the price of elsewhere in town at £1.54 per pint. The downside is the choice of ale - Sam Smith OBB only. Now, I like this beer, but it isn't one I'd wish to drink all night. jjsint - 26 Jul 2011 12:31 |
| My best pub discovery this year. Straight out of a Harold Pinter 'kitchen-sink' drama, it has genuine 20th century northern charm...and a genuine coal fire which really throws out the heat. I would never have expected tarnished glory such as this to attract the pre-club crowd, They were all there in one corner (most wearing eye-wateringly short skirts) having a whale of a time amongst the more senior regulars. The Sam Smiths is very well kept and of course good value as you'd expect from the slightly barmy Smith family. It's the staff and crowd that make this pub: warm and jovial. Think Coronation Street (circa Ena Sharples & Elsie Tanner) brushing lightly with Hollyoaks. Brilliant Grunthos - 28 Oct 2010 09:13 |
| Sam Smith's Old Brewery is not my favourite ale, and there is no other choice, but it must be said that it is cheap and the pub itself is a proper old-fashioned boozer with good service and a pleasant atmosphere created by a varied and good humoured clientele who obviously appreciate the place as it is. Clean and tidy, worth a call whenever in Durham. One customer was making great play about eating his "twelve bob packet of crisps" whilst I was there. Stamfordian - 14 Aug 2010 10:34 |
| Great traditional pub, very cheep beer and a good crowd. Nice mix of locals and students. Off the beaten track and better for it Robdurbar - 13 Jul 2010 16:45 |
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