Old Town Hall Vaults in Shropshire

Visited the weekend. The Joules beer was spot on!! Friendly bar staff. The interior is beautiful. Would highly recommend.

Cosy but spacious pub in a lovely little town. There's a great atmosphere, wonderful staff and tasty beer! I saw my friend, a musician called Connor Pursell play here and it was a wonderful evening. Especially when I mentioned to the bar staff I would love to play there myself, they said they were booked all year, then at the end of the night asked me to play a song instead of checking me up online, which was unexpected and wonderful however I was slightly drunk and very unprepared... Hallelujah still went down very well but that's easy with such a great crowd! Thank you 💛

Great pub in a nice location with a beer garden as well. I particularly enjoy the cocktails and the bottled cider selection, but they have a wide range of lagers, ciders, ales etc on tap.

We're big fans of Joules ales and couldn't pass up the opportunity to pop into the Old Town Vaults during a visit to Whitchurch. Good, friendly service and the live music was fab. Thank you.

Very nice pub with lots of old features. Try out the toilet

Thank you to Sammie for looking after The Cross Keys Chester brewery tour. Beautiful pub and superb service!

Great pub. Welcoming staff. Great landlady

Brilliant. A really nice experience. Good drinks and athmosphere. Lots of i teresting history.

My favourite Whitchurch pub! Great cosy atmosphere with friendly folks and staff alike. Good selection of local beers and top brands. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

Gorgeous old pub, real fire, fab beer and great atmosphere

I have been visiting The Old Town Hall Vaults, (affectionately known locally as “The Backies”) since it taken over by local brewery Joules about ten years ago. This is a real pub with a good crowd of regulars, great selection of beers at sensible prices, regular feature nights inc. live music most Saturdays. Best of all wonderful staff, give it a try, you may become a regular !!!

Met the nicest of people did not eat had a lovely evening

A good place to go for a pint or two and a chat with friends.

Great 'proper' pub. Cosy & welcoming.

A lovely pub to visit.. Very welcoming and cosy. Joules brewery . So nice choice of ales 🍺 Warm log fires The Halloween decorations were amazing, A big effort has gone into it. Sad I won't get to see the Christmas ones. We would like to visit again.

Great places amazing food and drink great staff

Great pub, great beer, esp the Green Monkey. Manage by a friendly young couple. Well behaved dogs are welcome. There is an open coal and wood fire in the winter.

Lovely pub full of character , lovely landlady very knowledgable about her beers and gins , excellent pint of beer , well worth several visits 😊

Very friendly pub with good beer

Not doing food at present. Range of beers and other drinks are great. Wonderful atmosphere with very friendly staff and clientele.

Like the slumbering monk and the wife likes the pork pie. Dog welcome

What a great find brilliant atmosphere unlike the sudo Spanish coffee shop in the high street. Very authentic and dog friendly. Nice smiley barmaid.

Excellent pub with good beer and food.

Didn't have food but had a few pints really nice friendly pub the couple who run it were really nice and keep the beer very nice ....its off the high Street but we'll worth a visit...will defo go again

Very chilled everyone enjoying 😉

Lovely pub in the centre of Whitchurch selling a decent pint and good local vibe. Live music when I visited on a Saturday night as well.

The Slumbering Monk is good, I can down a pint of it in one.

Was recommended by a fellow boater to visit this pub, so we stopped on for a drink and snack on our explore of Whitchurch. Had a selection of their ‘backies bites’ and a ploughmans platter to share after a long day on the canal. Wonderful!! Highly recommend the chicken dippers too - the batter was divine. Really friendly service, good selection of drinks in a lovely old style pub. And to top it off, dog friendly too so we all had a great time and will add this to the place to visit on our next trip here.

Good beer in this lovely old pub, which was the birthplace of composer John German.

Amazing place to get some pints with friends, and have fun!!! I can't forget to thank the owners who were very kind and helpful 🙂.

Lovely beer , they could do with having the heating on !

Lovely pub very clean both inside and out and the beer is well kept the way a pub should be run

Lovely proper pub, real fire and great ale. What more could anybody want?

Great little pub. Has a really nice atmosphere and interesting decor. Live music inside with a beer garden to the rear. Staff are all lovely and they're also dog friendly (have an endless supply of dog treats for them!)

Loved the history of the place. Birthplace of a great composer and a great pint of Slumbering Monk. Bliss.

Also aways a warm welcome and good, locally brewed beers.

Just a brilliant boozer, full of lovely people

Great staff, fantastic ale's and good weekend event's, and fantastic mid-week quiz

Proper English pub.not restaurant that sells drinks

Great family pub. Pet friendly.

The local ale is well worth the visit 👍

Friendly local pub. Joules ales kept in very good condition.

Took my mum here today for lunch very friendly people and a lovely lunch will definitely be back

Thursdays trip out to Flint saw me whining to my companions that I was thirsty and would they stop somewhere,anywhere for a pint.Seeing that we were only a short distance from Whitchurch and knowing that Joules had an outlet there we `phoned and checked they were open and called in.What a result,a lovely little pub tucked away in an attractive side street we were greeted by a charming member of barstaff who served us two pints of a well kept Royal and an Aspalls cider,we felt so comfortable and the beer was so good we stayed for another two pints each and made our way home to our Joules local in our home town,Thanks OHTV a great visit.

Just stopped off for a drink. It was friendly and welcoming. I’d definitely come back and try food

Stumbled in here by chance and was pleasantly surprised. Nice selection of ales in a traditional pub setting. There just happened to be a few people jamming with accordions and other unusual instruments in one corner which gave the evening a great friendly feel. Marvellous atmosphere.

Fantastic pint of monk. Lovely old pub

A fantastic traditional pub with a good atmosphere and a great selection of cask ales and lagers. Staff are very friendly.

Great pub fantastic beers great staff 👍

Dirty tables and toilets. Nice beer.

Great local pub with log fires. A good range of beers and friendly staff. Cocktail menu looked good though we didn’t have any on this occasion. Bella, the pub dog came to say hello. Food only served til 3:30 on a Sunday so we didn’t eat.

Best pint I have had for a while ,slumbering monk a lovely dark beer, served perfectly by a nice landlord or manager, but a great pub wish it was my local as a being a Lancashire Camra member. On holidays.

Great drinking pub. Nice friendly staff.

Called in on the off chance, got a lovely surprise pleasant staff and dog friendly. Welcoming coal fire, the food we ordered was excellent and good value for money, we'll definitely be back again.

Simple food well cooked and presented. Excellent beer. Excessively loud music.

Best pub in town, friendly atmosphere

OK but the meals were nothing special considering the price paid

Great little pub the hosts were very friendly and helpful the beer was good. The open fire made it very welcoming

Stopped here for light lunch on a journey from Stockport to Shrewsbury. This.pub was just the job. Small and welcoming, open fire and Bella the dog. After I'd drunk 2/3 of my pint of Joulrs Pale Ale, the landlord decided to replace it with a full one. Top marks 😊

Great beer and nice and relaxing. No TzVs blaring out. 👌

Fab little pub just off the main street. Had walked in from or caravan site and were in need of refreshments. Made very welcome by all of the staff, and Bella, the pub dog, welcomed Macsen, our pooch into her home. Great value food and a great pint of Joles Kolkata. Very impressed and will be back.

Very friendly staff. Clean warm Pub. Good town centre location.

A friendly town pub with excellent range of beers

Lovely place for a meal and drink. Friendly stuff, lovely atmosphere.

Gary and Caz run a cracking pub, awesome atmosphere & ale. Best in town!

Great little pub. Friendly staff made you feel welcome well worth a vist

Friendly "old style" pub! No TV's and subtle music so you can hold a conversation without shouting! Excellent beer, prices and hot pork baps! Highly recommended!

Visited on a weekend stay in the area. As we say in Yorkshire, "That'll do!". My first try of Joules beer ( a pale ale ), definitely worth a second, if I we didn't have to drive back to base. Very friendly staff and pub dog!

Joules are doing a fab job of making nice venues into lovely pubs. This must be a flagship and has attracted the right staff too. Lovely drinks, film cast customers and an ambiance you couldn't pay for. I could wax lyrical for pages. Just go there and you won't be disappointed.

Wonderful place and great staff

A gem of a pub, friendly landlord and staff, great atmosphete, really relaxing, recommend this.

Very helpful. Good prices. Friendly

Lovely friendly atmosphere whilst abiding by covis rules, well done x

Very friendly staff and very covid safe. Just a great pub.

Lovely pub, lovely staff. Well organised with social distancing. Nice pint

Dog friendly qwerky pub. . We did go in thinking served food but heard the waitress telling another table no food. So we settled for drink. Great pub, super dog friendly even a bowl full of doggy bickies. One was system, sanitizer on entry track and trace. All social distancing. Lovely yard area too. Well done. Do have question do you serve food? Did we come at wrong time?

On a walk around Whitchurch checking out the local pubs, I found The Vaults up a side street. Very quaint and serving Joules ales. Sampled a couple of halves and they were delicious. Didn't realise this is where Sir Edmund Germane was born. Also their were heritage protected toilets out the back. All in all, a nice wee spot to stop by for a drink

Really friendly, and felt safe in the current climate. Full table service only until corona situation disappears

Great pub, working very hard under current circumstances. Exceptional service and very safe. Easy in and out and very friendly and welcoming.

I had a pint and lunch here today and it was great. The pub is homely and friendly and the beer and food was really good.

Cracking pub. Friendly landlord and locals. Beer is really nice and a roaring fire. Dog and kid friendly

Great pub with an open fire, and good food

Live this little find in ehitchurch,its a proper local and the beer,ambience and staff are fab.cheap to,live it

Great pub beer and food excellent

Good beer, good, surrounding's, and pleasant staff.

The pub is brilliant. Really friendly. Makes you feel at home.

Went on a Saturday night in December - great pub serving good quality beers and ales. True old fashioned pub - clean nice and tidy pub full of characters - would definitely visit again for what I am told are exceptional sausage rolls on a Friday. Only downside was a lady fast approaching sixty grinding in the corner on a man in his fifties. Not necessary in public so perhaps a quiet word from the manger in future but other than that a fantastic old style public house

Great atmosphere, with friendly locals dancing to super live music on a Saturday night. Decent range of beers.

We were truly delighted to find this Joules pub on our canal boat holiday. It had an excellent selection of real ale and a big beautiful open fire that we were lucky enough to sit next to. A great place to sip a pint in esp fans of real ale.

Busy little pub with great beer and a roaring fire going on a cold winters day. Perfect .

Totally great old style pub. Has really good beers and lagers from the well reputed Joules Brewery. Very friendly staff and a good atmosphere. Big log fire when it's cold. A good range of pub grub too. Nice outdoor area, some of it covered for the smokers / outdoor types. It also has a loo that is a listed building dating back to 1830!! If you have trouble finding it, just ask anyone in High Street, they will know!!

Good food, beer and staff, good atmosphere

Great atmosphere. Superb hosts

This is a Joules pub just off the main street. It serves Joules ales - say no more. It has a real fire. No juke box or blaring TV. I understand there are complimentary sausage rolls available on Friday night and that this is common in many Joules houses. It is a comfortable pub and has the added attraction of listed Gents toilets!

Great pub great beer food was good had sausages egg beans and chips very good value

You have to look up side lanes to find this place but it’s well worth it! Excellent pint of Joules Pale followed by a tasty & reasonably priced sandwich served with garnish,served up by friendly & pleasant bar staff. Warm & clean,friendly customers! Would be my local if I lived there!

Friendly staff, proper old pub, nice atmosphere made to feel welcome. Reasonably priced drinks, didn’t eat but looked good. Worth a visit.

great pub always a friendly welcome & good beer x

Nice pub located down a side street in Whitchurch.It served mostly Joules beers (brewery pub) on hand pull and a great selection of gins and wines for the wife.We did not eat as we were eating with friends in another pub later, but we did get to sample their free sausage rolls !!On a friday afternoon they provide free sausage rolls for their customers, something to do with the brewery and a local farm, anyhow they were delicious, so much so that next time we are in Whitchurch we are going to make a point of eating here.A really great friendly pub.Thank you to Garry the landlord for his fine hospitality.

Very friendly and obliging host. We only wanted a sandwich but it was no problem and very fresh. Would highly recommend.