The Odd One Out in Colchester

This real ale bar on outskirts of Colchester is amongst the best real ale pubs in this town very impressed with pub owners and clientele Visited 10th October 2022 Thursday, 11th of january 2024, i again visited this fantastic good beer guide pub in Colchester This pub is a terracd pub proper local with a great husband and wife owners the staff are superb a friendlly bunch of locals Pub is a wooden floored last centuary coronation street like pub The Beers are absolutely great kept and delicious this pub is a must to find and visit when in Collchester The brewer makes the beer and his wife sell it Saturday 15th November 2024 Today, we again visited this fantastic real ale pub. This pub is still as good as previous visits. It is a great choice of local and rare beers that offer drinkers superb choice. Staff fantastic atmosphere is easy going in an old fashioned pub. This pub is an essential visit for drinkers of real when Collchester

Best boozer in Colchester Lovely Landlords Great Ales Amazing garden (best in town)

You can easily miss this pub from the roadside, but worth the effort finding it. An interesting selection of beers, warm atmosphere inside. On a fair weather day the outside back garden is lovely. There is obviously a group of regulars so the vibe is very welcoming and friendly. Worth a visit for a personal and traditional pub!

Came here on a solo journey. Absolutely amazing cask ales from Colchester Brewery, especially Raven porter. Fairly quiet on a Wednesday, but absolutely loads of space. Definitely worth a visit.

A great local pub with an unexpectedly fantastic beer garden. My favourite pub in the area!

Nice pub just out of the town centre. Good choice of beer and well kept.

Our absolute favourite local. Love to come down and enjoy your beautiful garden with a tasty selection of ales. All the staff are friendly and feel like family. Very dog friendly too. Still great prices!

Small and cosy with cheap beverages. Didn’t try any food, but atmosphere was good.

Wonderful pub, one of my favourites in Colchester. Wonderful land staff and generally Wonderful vibes. Great alcohol selection, very reasonably priced and locally brewed ales. The beer garden is a surprising anomaly as you wouldn't expect it to be tucked away behind a seemingly small pub, from an outside perspective.

Proper old fashioned Pub with good local beer. Precious few remain. Very happy to recommend.

They don't do food. Absolutely amazing pub. Tom and Bex who run it are a fantastic couple. So many different events going on there, and a wide range of people who go to the pub. Excellent garden space as well. Highly recommend.

One of the Best Colchester pubs

Great old fashioned pub good beer and staff,

Colchester's hidden gem with lovely staff and garden. It also has the fireplaces going during the winter times which is cosy and lovely. Big up The Oddie!!

Proper pub with old fashioned fireplaces serving good beers,ales,ciders,spirits etc well worth the visit run by colchester brewery

Very nice and welcoming pub with a nice garden

Monthly visitor for brewkelele wednesday, great fun, great beer, great night.

Lovely little local pub, proper quirky in a great way with lovely helpful bar staff. Decent range of beers, better than most pubs as it is a freehouse, which makes it even better. It's a little outside of town, but nothing bad in that. Colchester Brewing Company range of beers on top as well as other brewers. Well worth venturing outside of town to see how great pubs used to be!

This pub doesn't look much from the road, in fact most of the time I have walked past it looks closed...! Much brighter when you go in, and loads of choice of drinks. There is a garden area at the back with a few benches, and with it being at the back of the pub, it hides a bit of the road noise.

Most beautiful traditional pub in Colchester

Proper pub, lovely garden, excellent beer

As far as I know they don't do food, but really nice staff and good beer selection

Great little pub, nice atmosphere, and great beer!

If you like real ale this is the place to drink,a really nice and friendly old fashioned type of pub!

This place has been almost a landmark in Colchester for as long as I can remember. There have definitely been some improvements of late, the garden is really lovely. Just wish they'd get Guinness on then it would be perfect

Old school pub lovely beer garden and friendly resident dogs 😁😁

If you like TV, fruit machines and gourmet food, don't go there! However, if you like excellent beer, friendly staff, clean toilets, friendly dogs, niche areas.....then do visit.

Had a truly 'local pub' atmosphere, staff chatting away with patrons and sharing many laughs. Great choice of local ales and ciders. Delightful beer garden to sit in on a sunny day.

First time I've been there in ages. Beer was very good and the young lady behind the bar was very pleasant.

Fantastic pub, one of the best around. Great beer and fantastic staff. Perfect place to relax.

First visit ever and really enjoyed it. Lovely ambience with all the candles lit and it was very clean and tidy with no clutter. The Ladies toilet was gleaming! I was so impressed! Great service from Lesley who loves working there. My Partner thoroughly enjoyed his pint! Definately going to go back!

Splendid real ale pub with excellent beers. Always best to check opening times, especially earlier in the week

Went yesterday (Thursday evening). You have the loveliest of bar staff. She took time to talk to my brother about dogs, and really seemed interested. An absolute asset to your pub . Thank you.

An outstanding traditional pub serving great cask ale and real cider. Has a real fire plus an outside marquee.

Real ale friendly staff home from home atmosphere love it

Always a great place to have pint

The beer is always top draw at the Oddie. Colchester best pint? Discuss....

Gorgeous friendly pub with enclosed gem of a beer garden.Great selection of Colchester Brewery Ales at affordable (non-london) prices! Very centrally located a stone's throw from Colchester Town station, very reasonable parking in Napier Road Car park nearby. Highly Recommended!

One of my favourite real ale pubs in the whole country. Always visit when seeing friends in Colchester.

Probably the best ale house in Colchester. Its a hidden gem but don't let the map fool you its only a few minutes walk from town. Very old fashioned looking pub with a good ale and cider selection. Only thing I miss is they used to have a little glass snack cupboard on the bar with things like tunnocks tea cakes which has now gone.

Traditional pub garden was nice

Excellent locally brewed beers. Wide range of ciders. Beautiful and spacious dog friendly garden. Efficient and friendly staff.

Friendly pub with great beers and lovely outdoor space.

Such a fantastic place with an awesome beer garden. Staff are very friendly.

Beer is very well kept and garden a great new addition.

Well-lead Pub with friendly staff and people who seem to know well how to keep a cellar. The pub is comfortable and clean. Outside you'll finde a rather large and beautiful beer garden. Certainly one of the best pubs in Colchester.

A Colchester institution, it wasn't always to my taste, but over last few years has changed for the better, still has the character and good beer, but now feels welcoming, and is a great place to hang out and relax. Beer garden is gorgeous and perfect place to spend a summers afternoon.

Good selection of well kept beers and possibly the best beer garden around

Nice pub. Friendly bar staff. Great selection of beers. Almost always a new stout/porter on tap.

A proper honest pub. Great beer. Very friendly and welcoming landlord & landlady. Would highly recommend a visit.

Colchester hidden gem. Can’t fault it

Entering my top 5 old school boozers with a bullet. This is a beauty. A free house, cosy, with fires for winter evenings and a garden for summer afternoons. Perfect.

Very old fashioned pub. Great for ales. Friendly.

Wow@ what a lovely beer garden, you wouldn't believe you are so close to the town centre, it's a little heaven...

Friendly, intimate pub, with a sun catching beer garden. Really competitively priced selection of real ales, ciders and craft beers.

Friendly staff, helpful drink recommendations and lovely atmosphere.

In my top ten favourite pubs in the UK. Great beer, open fire pretty garden, nice clientele. Some of the furniture from the 1960s... Like going into a time machine; please don't get rid of them!

Lovely old school pub vibe, with real fires. Beautiful garden area that is well lit and covered. Came her for a Pagan Moot in the back room, very friendly service. I will be going again!

Something of a Colchester institution. Currently run by The Colchester Brewery. A good range of ales, friendly service and a real fire.

Lovely pub with plenty of outdoor seating some of it undercover to make the best of the weather. Well kept real ales and some boxed still cider on offer

Amazing period pub with awesome garden that just keeps on going.

Love this place, staff are great and it's quirky

Down to earth pub and local brewery.

Great new garden. Very friendly pub

A lovely warm welcome, good choice of drinks and a wonderful relaxing outdoor seating area

Cute little pub with friendly staff, pool table and a good sized beer garden.

A gloriously old fashioned pub, with really friendly staff.

Great place, lovely people, lovely beer.

Lovely outside area, great choice of beers and ales

Brilliant place for a top quality beer, friendly atmosphere.

My first time here, will definitely come back.

Owners are very welcoming. I'm very glad it's open again

Good beers brewed by Colchester Brewery. A lot of time has been spent making the garden attractive with plenty of socially distanced seating areas. Entry is through back gate to garden. Sign in to NHS app on entry. Hand sanitizer on table. There are steps down into the garden and to different levels in the garden, but staff will help you and there is some seating at the bottom of the steps. Car park is nearby if needed as is Colchester Town railway station.

Great local pub. Good selection of beers, friendly service, and pub dogs - what more could you want.

The guys have worked hard to make the garden a beautiful place to sit and have a few pints of very good, well kept beer in a Covid safe environment.

Fantastic garden, good beer and luckily some lovely sunshine - definitely worth a visit in my view.

The garden has been transformed very well with much more space than before and service is very friendly and efficient.

Lovely cosy locals place with great real ales

The garden has had a lot of work done to it and looks fantastic. Great place for a pint in the sunshine.

Pub and garden are currently having improvements made, ready for re-opening after lockdown. Looking forward to drinks in the garden soon!

Always been one of my favourite pubs. Unfussy for a good chat with friends. Colchester brewery's beers are some of the best. Covid restrictions taken seriously.

Great beer , well signed and distanced, great garden - well worth a visit

Best pub in Colchester! Lovely staff, dog friendly, amazing whiskey, ale and gin selection! Beautiful hidden beer garden out the back too. This place is always my first choice!

What an experience.... Place needs a refurb desperately. But asides from the very unusual layout, the drinks are cheap and the staff are friendly. Their garden has so much potential and I expect is beautiful in the summer month's. Very friendly atmosphere

Lovely log fire .first visit since moving from area disappointed that they no longer serve guinness .Still well worth a visit.

Quaint old fashioned public house. Good range of beer

Best traditional pub in Colchester.

Old school pub, real ale, no frills, no messing.was good beer for a club meet up.

Friendly staff, great selection of ales.

A peaceful evening by the fire with friends, love the atmosphere.

Great little pub with good beer garden at rear. Wish we had the same prices around us!!!

Old fashioned pub, friendly staff, great choices of drinks at good prices.

I'd never been to The Odd One Out before,l was struck with the very pleasant atmosphere, but was disappointed with the technical hitches they had to contend with that night.

Too many Norwegians Edit: was very drunk when I wrote this with my Norwegian friends. Very great place! Would reccomend.

Traditional pub. No mobile phones allowed good selection of beers and ciders and a nice coal fire in winter. Don't expect luxurious decor though this place is basic.

The Oddie is a proper pub. Very very welcoming - great bear and great company - I don't go there nearly enough!!

The best pub in Colchester. Great ale and cider selection with a huge gin variety !

Lots of potential, beer range is excellent from Colchester Brewery. Might be that we went in about an hour and a bit before quiz night started but there was a slightly strange atmosphere. Not bad but just slightly odd. Worth a look though. Especially with a lot of friends in tow or a quiet couples drink. Not a family oriented place though and no hot food served as there is no kitchen. The whole place needs a lick of paint: the toilet doors have bits of paper with 'Ladies' and 'Gents' written on them and stuck to the door. I get the feeling that they are in the process of slowly doing the place up. Once this is done and with a warmer welcome from the bar staff this place could be fantastic. I'll put it down to work in progress. 3 stars for now but hopefully 5 later in the year.

Excellent pub good company good all round

Not the same as it was, but still a good pub