The Albion in Central Bedfordshire - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Yeh good in here. Nice beers. Closed very early though (Sunday 6pm🤔). Is it a pub, or a pub in disguise? Either way, definitely worth a visit.

Real alepub in Ampthill. Serves selection of ciders & craft . No jukebox or pool table. Small garden area

Great staff, excellent service . Lovely relaxing environment. Great entertainment on offer. Very warm and welcoming

Proper pub, dog friendly, friendly staff

Excellent pub with great service and atmosphere. Spent the afternoon here a few weeks ago with my husband and the dog and we had a great time.

Great pub. Good selection of Gins and beers. Staff were very helpful and accommodating, dog friendly too

Great pub with a wide range of decent real ales always on tap.

Quite simply the best local pub I've ever frequented..its all about the quality of the beer and the staff are excellent at serving it

Probably the best pub in Ampthill

Great beer and cider selections on tap, with many non mainstream options available. Very popular on a Friday night!

Amazing staff, friendly and always nice to pop in and say hello.

Friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Everyone in there seemed like a friendly bunch. Will be back

Love this place. Perfect old school pub with great beers

What an excellent choice of beers and gins

I did some live music for these guys last night, and we all had a blast! 🤘 The bar is stocked with whatever you need for beers, wines and spirits (which also includes guest ales), and the pub frequently plays host to external food companies, such as last night's visitors Fold Me Close Pizza. The pub also features an assortment of classic pub entertainment such as quizzes and open mic nights. The locals are all big characters who love a good party. Here's to many more wild nights of live music at The Albion! 🤠🎸

Fine pub with a really good selection of aled

Friendly pub, good service, really fantastic beer selection. Loved it.

Good pub for craft ales Popular with the locals. Nice atmosphere Friendly staff Nice little courtyard at the back (accessible from inside)

A great pub with a lovely atmosphere, wonderful open mic night on the third Monday of the month.

Always friendly with great beers. Good atmosphere, no TV or music, which is good for a chat with friends.

Lovely land lady , very reassuring, she's keen to make this place work as a social hub in these hard times.

Lovely atmosphere great ales friendly staff

Beautiful old school boozer with emphasis on rotating guest ales / beers. Had a decent selection of beers on. Staff were really friendly. The place has had a good square up since it’s changed hands A lot of “passable” pubs in Ampthill but The Albion is the only one I would bother heading to.

A fantastic pub! Top service with a smile. Great range of choices including Gluten free.

Excellent range of real ales, including a few from Everard's brewery. Bus stop right outside (Bedford direction), or across the road (Flitwick direction)

Good selection of beers at reasonable prices. A great place to share a drink with friends.

A good, old fashioned pub - no fruit machines, no food and only (sometimes) very low background music. But you do get real ale and good company, which is exactly what a proper pub is all about!

My partner and I called in on Sunday 16/01/2022 at about 4pm Inside - we stood by the bar and waited for the barman to finish serving someone in the other bar. We heard a lot of swearing with no attempt by the barman to ask the swearers to be quiet. After some time the barman came back from the other bar, moaned to a couple at the bar and swore about the other customers, then poured out some beer. At no time did this rather arrogant Barman even acknowledge our presence. After 5 minute standing at the bar like lemons we decided to go. Even when we walked out this rude chap didn't say a word. Safe to say, I would give this dump a wide berth, whoever was serving up beer on Sunday needs a few lessons in manners, customer retention and how to talk to potential customers. There are lots of other pubs that are happy to get our trade and would make people feel welcome. I don't know who the owners of the Albion are, but they need to get rid of the clown from Sunday as soon as possible. He is not an asset.

Good choice of real ales local shefford brewery as well as porter beer nice pub

It’s always had a fantastic range of real ales, now sadly down to 9 in COVID times, always stunning well cellared. It’s not got great ventilation, as some **** painted the windows shut, but it’s clean and open enough to feel safe and the beer makes up for it. (As does the pub dog.)

A good pub for real ales and ciders. Also allowed us to bring our kebab order in to eat in the back room!

Still a favourite B&T pub. New land lord, same great service. Not as many real ales as before covid but this could change.

Great pub with a brilliant selection of domestic and imported beers.

Lovely pub & nice atmosphere... made very welcome.

Great traditional local style pub

Superb service in these present times . Josh & staff doing a great job all well organised

Josh and the team are doing a great job with covid regs - probably never seen the place so clean😂 beer is still great even if the atmosphere is a bit flat with table service only. A small price to pay to support a great pub.

Best pub in the area for cask ales

Traditional pub, nothing but good company and ale.

I've been a few times since reopening post-lockdown and it's getting back to normal with more custom and 7 handpumps on the go - thank goodness! New landlord Josh appears to have it all under control, well done mate😊

Just had a new paint job brain's S A very nice

Proper old fashioned pub how they used to be.Also not serving food a plus as plenty of places for eating.....in fact far too many.

Its clean at last. Looks good. Just waiting to try the Sunday lunchtime snacks next. Unfortunately they haven't refurbished the landlord or his head barman!

Brilliantly poured pints. High selection of brews in a newly decorated interior.

Great ale, great staff, welcoming atmosphere

Great atmosphere in a traditional pub.

Nice place to go for a drink and a chat

Down to earth pub with friendly locals. Straight forward establishment with a good selection of beers. Helpful staff with knowledge of the products they sell and always willing to chat too.

The best pub in Bedfordshire, amazing range of beers, great atmosphere in a proper authentic pub. Hoping the refufb won't change too much

I love this pub because it has a great choice of real ales it has no loud music and no TVs or machines to distract its customers,it’s a proper wet pub but recently I have noticed the place is looking really grubby and dirty there have been cobwebs in the same place for weeks,but this last time I was there in between Xmas and new year I took some relatives there for a drink I was really disappointed in the place and in fact embarrassed I took them there after telling them how good it was,first of all a note on the door said they were not excepting bank cards as the machine was not working but that was fine for us as we all had cash,but then we were told there was no draught lagers or any bottled available, the place looked absolutely filthy rubbish everywhere on both sides of the bar no heating on at all and it was quite chilly and then the last straw was some of our glasses were filthy, this is not acceptable I don’t know what’s going on lately but it needs to be sorted out before it goes down pan

Love this pub, but it was a bit of a polava yesterday when the card machine didn't work and had no lager! Bar staff were great though!

Great ales, old fashioned drinkers pub.

My local. My favourite. Great pints of great beer.

Excellent ale pub, a big range to choose from

Another good pub in Ampthill. Dog friendly if you like that sort of thing. Good range of beers, and friendly bar staff.

Best local for real ale by far!

Lovely pub no dart board no pool table no juke box no food just good real ale fantastic

Such a great little boozer. Brilliant beer and atmosphere. Best pub in Ampthill easily.

Banks & Taylor pub with good selection of real ales.

Not my kind of pub it needs a refit it has a great selection of beers wine and soft drinks there are 2 large rooms and one small one with a tv books and games, there is no car park there is a road at the side of the pub which leads to houses its pot luck if you fine a space.

A pub how it used to be, that's not to say its old fashioned just that it is nice & cosy, with a great range of real ales on offer, spend a lovely Saturday afternoon with friends putting the world to rights while sampling the plentiful ales on offer.

Only been once to listen to the music Would go there again.

Proper traditional, friendly pub. As non locals made us feel we were.

Very dirty beer not the bestm wont use again

Good atmosphere but not enough seats and overpriced.

Friendly pub, good range of wine and beer.

proper pub, proper beers, pork scratchings to die for and awesome staff. Should be more places like this - proper pub with no tat or nonsense!

Very old ,outdated,not the best..

Decent local with a wide range of real ale.

A fantastic ale selection (12+ hand pumps that are regularly chamged) with many beers you probably haven't drunk before. Unfortunately, often a lot of them aren't great beers but when your spoilt for choice and they will let you try you can almost always find something g to your taste.

Good beer,proper old school boozer

Large, older style public house. Very wide range of beers on handpumps very welcome. Pleasant staff. Dog friendly with a dog biscuit box handed round. Very well recommended.

Good vibe,excellent beers,happy staff.

A traditional ale inn no crazy screens/lights etc.... enjoyed a few selection ales. Get those window frames cleaned & obscene graffiti in the loos!

Want real ale and friendly atmosphere look no further.

Excellent friendly pub with a good selection of Beers

Very very busy. Got a table for four. Stayed about 45 mins. No issues.

Good selection of reasonably well kept ales. The whole pub is dirty. Window frames are covered in black mould, bottles on top of shelving are thick with dust, whole pub smells stale. Wouldn't take too much effort to resolve.

Great beers and excellent atmosphere

Great beer, lovely staff and dog friendly. What more could you want?

Fantastic range of beers. Friendly staff ... Heaven !

Great little pub, incredibly charming with a fantastic selection of ales.

The atmosphere is friendly and the beer is varied, some good bitter on tap, which is great to watch the football or sport on the big screen in comfortable surroundings.

Lovely local pub with a great selection of rotating ales. Great place for a lazy afternoon pint.

Outstanding range of real ale especially but lots to choose from if you prefer something fizzy. All welcome. No food but good range of snacks

Possibly the best pub ever. No need to write a load of gubbins about it's ambience and unbelievable selection of beers , ciders, wines and spirits. Rather, just visit it. You won't be disappointed.

Great pub with an excellent selection of real ales.

Excellent traditional pub serving a good range of real ales.

Always a huge choice of real ales. Great atmosphere. Well worth a visit.

A great little pub with real character Good selection of real ales and quirky outside seated area

Great pub, cracking selection of real ales

Love this pub.... so much that I'm even okay adopting it as my local in spite of the 2 mile walk!! Great atmosphere, great selection of guest ales to try and lovely bar staff.

Great small local pub, nice old fashioned vibe and always a great large selection of beers. Plenty of seating inside as well as out back for some fresh air.

Old style boozzer..Real ales etc ...

Nice staff and a lovely shaded garden area. Whole place needs a good clean though. Also card machine is a minimum of £10 which is a bit of a pain.

Great selection of ales, including B&T

Amazed to see no continuation of Pub of the Year after 2014. Heard it was a place to be for a gathering pint. Why no more awards? Sat next to wood burner - area around was dusty and full of cobwebs. Door open to stairs from bar was full of bric a bac, a certain Health and Safety issue. Toilets were a disgrace. The only sliver of saving grace was the bar person, she was friendly and efficient, with a great smile.

Great pub, great vibe and the music was on point took a trip down memory lane...

Traditional pub. A good vibe. Dog friendly

Good beer what more do you need