Latest reviews from Ilfracombe
| 40 /100 66 HIGH STREET “This is a locals pub on the top end of the High Street, friendly and welcoming but a little overwhelmed with multiple sports on different tv's. Pretty basic beer range apart from a Hanlon's on hand pull. As with the rest of the town really not a beer guru's pub.“ |
| 34 /100 WILDER ROAD “A large Wetherspoons quite close to the front with some pleasant gardens. Suffers from many of the chains issues, slow service, messy tables etc. The beer range is pretty basic with 2 of the few available pulls taken with Doom Bar, the others were Greene King. Says much about Ilfracombe when this is the best in town. Haven't been here for 30 years, booking my next visit in 2052.“ |
| 32 /100 Hip & Pistol (Bar) 8 ST. JAMES PLACE “A pub near the front that caters for tourists, particularly with food. The beer range was pretty dire, the only hand pull in operation was a pretty poor Bass. This is a GBG 2022 pub as well.“ |
| 32 /100 4 THE QUAY “This is a bar on the quay in Ilfracombe. It's quite touristy, catering for the day trippers mainly. The beer range is very limited to 1 cask, nationly available and a bank of pretty boring kegs. Not a beer destination, but this can be said of the whole of the town.“ |
| 60 /100 4 THE QUAY “At the far end of the built up part of the harbour, before the car park and Damian Hurst art installation. This hostelry is painted in maritime colours and has a modern bar-like-pub appearance inside. It’s essentially two front facing rooms now open plan with the bar against the back wall in the left hand side. Here you’ll find a row of cask ales, with 2 or 3 options from the Wizard Brewery selection and may include seasonals’ as I did on my visit, although I didn’t find it that well kept. They have regular bands playing here and they move into the rear patio areas in the summer months. There’s two levels to these, which are woefully underdeveloped as these are the best summer features of the pub. The lower part is just tables on a concrete car park space, which is ok when the sun is out, with a climb up a set of steps to a better space against a large rock which offers sea views into the Bristol Channel.“ |
| 62 /100 WILDER ROAD “An architecturally impressive Wetherspoon, purpose built in the Devon seaside town. There’s nothing that’s spectacular on the face of it, but the twisting roof slopes against the hill behind it fits in well with the lie of the land in the middle of the lower part and tourist area of the town. The roof is also a terrace with almost as many tables here as in the inside, which is obviously a plus in a seaside resort town where the people flock to in the summer. Most of the main seating is on the ground floor and it’s a fairly traditional design with modern touches that work well. The bar is at the rear of the rotund building and includes two rows of real ale pumps that repeat, with the regular bottle selection in the fridges including a couple of local choices. The cider festival was on too so there was an expanded choice in this department at the time of my visit. There’s also some ground floor seating in its grounds where dogs are allowed to frequent.“ |
| 64 /100 4 THE QUAY “Tried this for a lunchtime stop. Really easy to find. Near the pier car park, (with the Damien Hurst statue) lots of space in the bar, out front or tables out the back overlooking the sea. I think you can see the South Wales coast. Beer were there own 6 taps but only 4 beers on all there own. Had lunch which was great as well. Dog friendly.“ |
| 62 /100 4 THE QUAY “The Brewery Tap for Wizard Ales. Three beers on cask from their own brewery. A couple of macro lager and cider taps make up the rest. Food is served though I never tried it. Modern looking with some seating outside the front and to the rear up some stairs is deck overlooking the sea.“ |
