BITE user comments - Murivance
Comments by Murivance
Another difficult pub to rate. Owned by a big "cheese" but run by a succession of tenants this is not a bad pub - if you like wall-to-wall TVs.
Caters for the chimney pots nearby ( of which there are many and especially as the Severn Stars nearby churned out it's drinkers after being "suddenly" closed last xmas).
Very recently repainted inside (not refurbished) it's pleasant but can get a bit rowdy especially as it's en route to the football club (and back).
Beers are really well kept and tend to be of a more national take rather than local with some interesting varieties.
Beer garden is a bit like being in an extremely small exercise ground inside Colditz and is in reality a fag-break area.
Not everyone's cup of tea but somehow it work.
1 Oct 2016 18:57
Nice pub shame about the welcome - or lack of it. Small single bar pub which is nicely kept and some good real ales which are also kept well. There the compliments end.
Strangers enter and are greeted as if they have two heads. The majority of the locals huddle around the end of the bar by the TV and worship the landlord who must have extreme arthritis as he seldom seems to move from his spot.
Horse racing days are particularly (non) interesting as locals in various degrees of drunkeness shout loudly about the donkey that just backed that should have pi**ed it coming into the final turn.
To be avoided unless you've been consecrated into the the following.
1 Oct 2016 18:38
Old style "proper" pub that looks like a pub and attracts a lot of locals and travelling gangs of CAMRA wannabes. Propensity to deal in a lot of local fare beer-wise which is quite dull and samey, save for anything from Salopian brewery which tastes like something dreamt up in a GCSE chemistry lab and completely bolloxed by chucking a lemon tree into every brew.
Boasts some historic building framework which also makes attracts travelling hoards of nerds every now and then and is reputed to have some ghosts (yawn) which similarly attracts some ghost tours in the winter.
The only poltergeist I've come across is in the gents toilet which must contain something dead underneath - either that or it needs sorting.
1 Oct 2016 18:15
Another quite sad Marston's pub in need of a serious make-over. Complete decor is dull and worn and wall-to-wall TVs make conversations difficult - if you go there to talk.
Toilets - at least the gents are disgusting and in serious need of some major work as they absolutely stink. IN fairness they have done for years even after a little work a few years ago.
It's a community pub and packed when big footy games are on and being relatively close to town they are a town-crawling starters pub.
Best avoided if you (a) want somewhere to talk (b) want to go to the toilet without a nose peg and (c) want real ale that's not wedded to the Marston's stable.
29 Sep 2016 18:50
The Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury
Another freehold pub hooked on selling local ales which is great if you like them but some are an acquired taste (Salopian - every one tastes right lemony - they even have one called Lemon Dream) but all tend to go for the same market - IPA ish so the lot tend to be quite boring. Could be a nice pub but quite dark and if you sit opposite the bar in their window seat you can suffer the dreaded vibrations from the washing machine below.
Quite clicky too........
29 Sep 2016 18:43
The Red Lion, Myddle
Forget about previous reviews the pub has undergone a substantial and very tasty refurbishment since then. Divided into three areas; dining room, bar and lounge type area all are nicely decorated with lovely furniture. As you enter it oozes class and that's what you get in it's totality. Probably a bit pricey for some but it does tend to keep out the riff-raff. Food is really good and if you like steak try the fillet - they do it perfectly to your liking, but the variety is spot-on and the menu changes subtlety every now and then. Unless you live in Myddle you have to drive to this one but believe me it's worth it.
My only one issue is the real ale selection which tends to focus on local offerings but to my salvation they usually have something from Big Shed which are really good.
3 Oct 2016 17:15