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Official website: http://www.hobgoblinns.com

Average Hobgoblin rating: 5.5

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Name: The Alehouse - Location: Reading
Address: 2 Broad St, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2BH
  • Dirty pub with a lazy manager. Could do better. Freezing cold in winter as the door...
  • Old fashioned town centre pub close to station and with a range of real ales. Quite a...
  • Friendly pub, superb choice of real ales, a must for any real ale...
  • Not sure why I've never reported on this one before! I popped in for a couple on...
  • No visit to Reading is complete without a visit to the Alehouse. It certainly makes my...
Rating:
7.1/10
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Name: Hobgoblin - Location: Aylesbury
Address: 14, Kingsbury Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2HT
  • This pub is now...
  • Never a favourite and never will be on based on recent visit, questionable...
  • I imagine this place was buzzing in days gone by but it is now completely irrelevant....
  • I visited this pub on a Saturday afternoon and there was a strong smell of...
  • Looks like a good pub from the outside but was disappointed by poor service. I...
Rating:
5.2/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Bath
Address: 47, St. James's Parade, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UQ
  • The Daily Mail are running a VERY silly story on this pub just now, about a bunch of...
  • After a lovely weekend in Bath my partner and I popped in the the hobgoblin after...
  • An unusual shaped pub, narrow at the entrance but opening out towards the bar due to...
  • For a pub that carries this famous name I was astonished by just how poor its main...
  • Still a great pub serving great ales. Looks a bit spit and sawdust as you walk in...
Rating:
6.5/10
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Name: Hobgoblin - Location: Bedford
Address: 26-28 High St, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1SP
  • now it's a new pub/bar called 'The...
  • Now closed, around a year after it...
  • Apparently this pub has re-opened, although I've not been there...
  • Has this place closed down or is it having a...
  • Completely deserted on a Sunday night, just a very bored-looking barman looking at his...
Rating:
6.0/10
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Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Bicester
Address: 84 Sheep Street, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6LP
  • Cracking pub, friendly staff & regulars. I had pints of Hop Twister &...
  • This was a once great alternative/rock pub thriving with atmosphere sadly nowadays its...
  • On arriving, some fairly fearsome thrash metal (Anthrax? Napalm Death?) was playing on...
  • Now know (again!) at The Bell - Amie is a lovely lady and her staff are great. Price...
  • Delighted to sat that it's reverted to it's traditional name of 'The Bell' (which we...
Rating:
6.4/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Brentwood [CLOSED]
Address: 129 High Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4RZ
  • definitely closed...
  • It will be a PREZZO Restaurant in 12...
  • Its great when "Jordan marsh and the essex boys" perform. They are really...
Rating:
2.0/10
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Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Brighton
Address: 31 York Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4GU
  • Pretty bar staff but when it is busy nigh impossible to get served as bar is too...
  • Best pub on London Road. Pricey though. Nice staff good mix of customers....
  • This place is deffo taking the mick, �3.80 for a pint (Dark Star Hophead at �3.60)....
  • Excellent Pub, top quality beer, friendly staff. Good music, spacious patio garden if...
  • You have a choice of great ales but also need a word with the bank manager to see if...
Rating:
4.7/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Canterbury
Address: 40 St Peters Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2BG
  • As the previous review states, this is now the Black Griffin. It is on one of...
  • Now the Black Griffin again. Wider selection of ales than there used to be. Everard...
  • Popped in briefly yesterday to escape a downpour. 3 beers and a cider on offer on the...
  • Has now changed its name and reverted back to The Black Griffin. The port stout on...
  • Seemed to be nice enough studenty bar...but after 20 mins a stag night came in...
Rating:
6.4/10
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Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: High Wycombe
Address: 35 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG
  • This historic pub has been tastefully refurbished and reopened earlier this year under...
  • Reasonable, no more or less, which makes it better in my view than the alternatives in...
  • The best thing (and only thing) about this pub without a doubt is the presence of the...
  • Dead quiet on a Sunday lunchtime inasmuch as I was the only customer in at 12.45pm...
  • Not many people in on a Tuesday night. I spied the juke box, did my usual scan for...
Rating:
5.9/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Loughborough
Address: The Rushes, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5BE
  • No, no, and no. Those halcyon days of the Black lion (as the pub was formerly known)...
  • Seems an okay pub to me. Never had any problems even though it does get a wee bit...
  • I have to say I disagree with the recent comments. Although I am slightly biased, I...
  • A disappointing pub. Noise and no atmosphere. The Wychwood 'Dirty Tackle' was a...
  • Came into Loughborough for the beer festival, and missed the bus so popped into this...
Rating:
5.0/10
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Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Maidenhead
Address: 34, High St, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1QE
  • The last time I was here was when it was called the Hobgoblin. Now called the Maiden's...
  • Now called The Maiden's Head, a bog standard Marston's Pubco offering. Okay by their...
  • Not anything like it was in its glory days, it is still a reasonable boozer. Had 3...
  • After attempting and failing to get into the Maidenhead Conservative Club, I arrived...
  • Not bad. Some proper beers on tap. Frequented by and a haven for all the rockers and...
Rating:
5.9/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: New Cross
Address: 272, New Cross Rd, London, SE14 6AA
  • Pretty sure that this, now rebranded the Rose, is the sister pub of a boozer of the...
  • Now rebranded as The Rose Pub and Kitchen. Relevant as the changes are likely to mean...
  • Disappointed to have been ignored at a relatively empty bar: three bar staff were...
  • Was closed (hopefully just for renovations) last time I checked in January 2015....
  • Ale is terrible and off in most cases, sadly this pub has gone down hill. Lager is ok...
Rating:
5.7/10
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Name: Hobgoblin - Location: Oxford [CLOSED]
Address: 108 St. Aldate's, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BU
  • Recently reopened under its former name, The St. Aldate's Tavern and early signs fro...
  • Closed when visited on saturday...
  • The St Aldates Tavern seem s to have come on leaps and bounds since the new people...
  • Now re-opened. Pretty much unchanged from before....
  • Currently closed. Rumour is that the pub owning company have gone...
Rating:
6.7/10
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Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Staines
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  • The London Stone is another pub that has improved since my last visit. Service wasn't...
  • Now the LONDON STONE. Quiet during the day, very friendly landlord and excellent...
  • Now called the London Stone and offering a better selection of ales, I can't say I was...
  • Perhaps not the place to find the glitterati, however a dj and pool table will bring...
  • Popped into Hobgoblin last night , and they had Binghams Brit Hop Pale Ale,...
Rating:
5.9/10
Name: The Hobgoblin - Location: Tulse Hill [CLOSED]
Address: 95 Effra Road, Brixton, London, SW2 1DF
  • I too was wary of the creation of a Scottish theme pub in this forgotten corner of...
  • ...because clearly sw2 needs more celtic theme...
  • Dodgy scum mix with other people. Folks drink here coz it exists and it's open. Been...
  • Very good good for watching footy, very relaxed. The beer garden area is great in the...
  • I think this place is pretty good. Nice open area with pleanty of seating. Only real...
Rating:
5.0/10
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Name: The Old Rectory - Location: Weymouth [CLOSED]
Address: 81 -82 St. Thomas Street, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8EN
  • now a barracuda...
  • should really be called "The Old...
  • Dirty,filthy and...
  • Now re-opened after a reputed �1 million refurb as The Barracua Bar. Not sure what...
  • When the Rectory first opened its was really modern and fantastic. But in the last...
Rating:
4.2/10
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Name: The Study - Location: Holloway
Address: 274, Holloway Rd, London, N7 6NE
  • The Herbert Chapman is now closed and for sale as whatever so it may cease to be a...
  • I�m not sure what to say about this pub; maybe I should start with the nutter who...
  • No real ale on today, but otherwise as described by others...
  • This is only good for watching matches if your an Arsenal supporter. The place has...
  • Has changed it's name now to The Herbert Chapman because of the new Arsenal Stadium...
Rating:
5.2/10
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