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The Elm Cottage is a nice traditional community pub. There is a good selection of beers, lagers, and cider, including a cask conditioned real ale. The cask ale was in excellent condition when we called in. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. There is an outside seating area at the front and behind the pub. There is also a pool table and dart board in a lodge behind the pub.

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Andrew Nell . 2024-08-31

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Very dog friendly. Great atmosphere.

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Clint Lear . 2023-11-04

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Lovely pub very friendly people in there.

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John Faid . 2023-09-18

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Went to the Bon Jovi tribute , very enjoyable night

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Shaun Stoner . 2023-09-13

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I have lived in Gainsborough nearly my whole life and never stepped foot in the elm cottage....until a couple of weeks ago while waiting for a takeaway across the road. And now I love going in there just for 1 drink with my husband. It has such a lovely feel to it, the people are friendly. I don't live in town anymore but now call it my un-local local.

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Kirsty Wheater-Hart . 2023-08-31

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Fantastic place to relax the staff excellent service Fantastic ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ™ƒ

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Leslie Lepage . 2023-07-08

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Cracking night. Superb hosts. Proper pub.

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Malcolm Jones . 2023-05-31

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Visited due to the fire plaques on the carpark wall. Very active pub within the community dogs welcome and a good ale to be had well worth a visit

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Rosemary Chapman . 2023-04-03

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Great little pub next to the football ground. Although 150 mile from home this is my 4th visit and never disappointed.

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Billy Skipper . 2023-02-16

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Best pub in Gainsborough, good selection of beers, dogs welcome and a decent beer garden. Just wish it was within walking distance of me.

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Gary Walker . 2023-02-12

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Good pub with some great entertainment at the weekends ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Toby . 2023-01-28

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Best pub in town. Ale is always spot on and the service is amazing. Helen is lovely as are all the staff. Always a chat to be had. Would highly recommend.

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peter warner . 2023-01-11

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Always have a good pint of handpull beer

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John Kennedy . 2023-01-04

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Monday 2nd January 2023 Today I went to this great old fashioned real ale pub 2 minutes walk from Gainsborough Trinity football club Every thing good about place from locals service and atmosphere Would have hot 5 stars if sold another hanpumped real ale

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Darren Slingsby . 2023-01-02

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Brilliant pub and the staff are very welcoming!

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Charlii Guilliatt . 2022-10-02

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It was really nice and I would make it my local but sadly the prices there are a lot more than anywhere else in the vicinity.

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Colette coenen-hoyle . 2022-07-07

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Friendly bubbly landlady clean and good beer and food

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trevor cole . 2022-06-10

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This is our local, the licensee has done well to improve the pub in difficult times. The bar staff are generally friendly. A nice place to go for a quick drink.

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Debbie โ€œDebsโ€ Key-Reid . 2022-06-07

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Very friendly people, went for a drink during the day and back in the evening for a quiz night. Great fun.

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anne horrocks . 2022-06-01

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Would be lovely to see if the toilets are accessible thanks

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Helen Green . 2022-05-13

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It was Christmas quiz night and card bingo, great fun, great atmosphere, free food, (chicken stew and bread roll) was lovely. Such a friendly pub. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Suzanne Wildman (Suzi) . 2021-12-15

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Cosy pub with friendly staff and great priced drinks

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Darren Page . 2021-12-07

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Great welcoming place real local

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Dennis Brown . 2021-10-03

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It's OK, can't say anything is bad, it's just nothing spectacular. Friendly Pub.

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Steve Wharton . 2021-09-25

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Great afternoon the beer was great and the singer I think was called Crystal was amazing ๐Ÿ‘

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Dave Granger . 2021-08-28

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Good little local pub with bags of character friendly landlord and landlady good choice of well kept real ale and beers

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Harriet hall . 2021-08-28

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Lovely friendly staff and great selection of drinks

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Katie Tindle . 2021-08-10

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Good to see the new area, really nice and money well spent. S1taff need to realise that customers pay their wages, terrible service!

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Kathryn Hall . 2021-07-15

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Good beer good music and great friends

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Mike leighfield . 2021-06-26

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Open space pub and friendly staff

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Steve Jobe . 2020-10-11

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Definitely one that needs to be preserved a great little pub

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Gavin Parr . 2020-01-30

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Clean, quiet, extremely polite bar staff who may well have been the owners. Good selection of beers. Good prices. It's the first time I've visited but I'll definitely be back

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Gordon d'Andilly . 2019-11-27

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Good selection of real ales, nice atmosphere

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david beck . 2019-10-11

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They put a good spread on for my mum's funeral and it nice and quiet.

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Graham Cooper . 2019-09-04

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Lovely local pub with a pub dog but cash only

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Ben John Salter . 2019-07-06

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Fantastic atmosphere in pleasant surroundings

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Tamar H . 2019-07-03

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Champions league final what a great night guys

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Rick Clark . 2019-06-02

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Good old fashioned friendly pub.

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Mervyn Chadwick . 2019-04-27

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Friendly place. Good Beers. Near Gainsborough fc ground

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Philip Raybould . 2019-04-20

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There with Nantwich Town football club...place 100yds away from ground ...across car park and through gate ...good beer

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James Smith . 2019-01-11

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A verry friendly pub and bar staff ร nd the beer was cold I had a nice night drinking and friendly chatting .

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Frank Preston . 2018-12-22

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Brilliant service, smashing pint & the food was fresh. Highly reccommended

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Scott McCarthy . 2018-12-19

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This is a great pub! Always a warm welcome from Carol and Dave ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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John Burrell . 2018-11-20

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Very friendly service. Good home cooked food. Friendly atmosphere

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Mag Beale . 2018-11-18

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Great food, would recommend people to try it

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Stephen Stanton . 2018-11-17

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As always welcoming and a good pint

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jason warriner . 2018-11-10

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Absolutely fantastic night brilliant group.

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Lloyd Doel . 2018-11-04

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Brilliant night, beautiful food. Many thanks xxx

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Carol Townsend . 2018-11-03

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Lovely pub. Great atmosphere and good choice of guest beers. Most Saturdays have a live band/singer on, seen some really good bands here. Not the biggest of pubs but makes for a cosy atmosphere.

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Philip Jones . 2018-10-10

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Nice establishment. No loud music, a very nice pub where you can hear yourself talk. A very good selection of beers and spirits with a rotation of real ales. Clientele are of the mid to older generations so a pleasent place to visit.

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Andy Smith . 2018-09-29

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Very nice gd evening drinking with gd friends.

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April Johnson . 2018-09-23

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thanks for a great evening out, love the food and atmosphere, will be back for sure.

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Joshua Winters . 2018-07-17

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Good real ales do a belly buster Sunday Dinner 2 Yorkshire pudding beef pork gamma chicken mash potatoes and seasonal veg as much gravy as you want recommend it good service

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George Carnall . 2018-06-17

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Good beer, great atmosphere and great service

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Shaun Metcalfe . 2018-06-09

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Won 9 - 0 on the darts there last night. Top boozer.

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Ben Jones . 2018-06-08

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Great place. With a good selection of alcohol

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Callum Barnes . 2018-05-27

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The food was really good quality and had really good homemade style to them. The live TV was spot on and the staff were just the nicest staff you could come across. The whole family enjoyed it.

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Braiden's Wilkinson . 2018-04-21

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Great place, friendly staff, nice food

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Scott Stewart . 2018-04-15

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Six of us went here for a meal and a few drinks. We did book the table because they only have limited space here. Black pudding and fish bites were ordered for starters and these were rapidly demolished by our group. Various selection of main meals were all accompanied by dishes of vegetables, gravy, bread and condiments. Very large portions and very tasty food. Only slight criticism would be the chips were a bit overdone and no crackling on the pork belly. Overall though, we enjoyed our food and drink and would recommend a visit here.

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dave pelton . 2018-04-09

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Great Bands, great food, great atmosphere

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Katharine Jack . 2018-04-02

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Great selection of beer and cider. Food portions are large and prices are affordable. Very tasty meal indeed. Would go again.

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Daniel Magill . 2018-03-31

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Good selection of beers ๐Ÿบ and food very good.

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neil marrows . 2018-03-27

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Nice little place and birra moretti on pump win win

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Ben Sylvester . 2018-03-17

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brilliant place to socialise great for drinks

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Adam Bernard . 2018-03-12

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Best pub & live music venue in Gainsborough.

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Peter Martin . 2018-02-27

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Our party just had 3 meals chilli con carne, hunters chicken and sirloin steak all meals were fantastic- beautifully cooked and there was loads on the plate. John happily adjusted our orders to our requirements. Would recommend The Elm to anyone.

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Lorraine Thompson . 2018-02-22

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Excellent well looked after. Can't fault it.

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jess Irving . 2018-02-14

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Love it Carol and Dave & Staff are excellent

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Katharine Jack . 2018-01-27

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Nice pub, good selection of real ale

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The Artist formally known as Dick Dastardly . 2018-01-13

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Spot on service shame about the result afterwards

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Peter Stockill . 2017-12-24

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Very good service with nice polite staff and music Saturday night always good

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Alan Drayton . 2017-12-19

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Free friendly place excellent cook

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Ron King . 2017-12-13

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Heard a lot of praise for the food now being served here, thought I'd try it. Great food, great service, great pub will certainly go again

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kevin harding-hubbard . 2017-10-27

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Great Food served good beer welcoming staff. Old style pub great atmosphere

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Chris Farr . 2017-10-22

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Lovely meal tonight at the Elm. Curry chips and rice excellent. Someone's trying the 32oz steak challenge and is nearly there.

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Mandy Snee . 2017-09-29

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Lovely night had for my birthday brill

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Pam Burgess . 2017-08-19

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Fantastic venue with great live music

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Tom Bainbridge . 2017-08-19

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Really great beer and friendly staff.

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claire sims . 2017-07-25

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Best pub in Gainsborough,great bar staff and great atmosphere

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Steve Waring . 2017-07-09

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Great music, great atmosphere, and the beers good to๐Ÿบ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน

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Miranda Snee . 2017-06-04

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Nice atmosphere,plenty of real ales ,live sports on 2 tv's.

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dale ayris . 2017-03-20

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Great atmosphere and the locals are friendly.

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Donald Sweeting & Associates . 2015-11-05

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