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Stopped in here last year, fantastic range of ales and friendly feel. Food excellent value. Totally unexpected find on a mini-roundabout at the edge of town but certainly worth a trip.
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Nice atmosphere, lovely Ales, friendly staff.
Drinking in this pub makes a visit to Hitchin relaxing and chilled.
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Interesting choice of well-kept real ales. Bar snack food - e.g. cheese and biscuits - is excellent value and of generous portions. Well worth a visit.
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A traditional pub doing traditional pub service very well, good range of real ales, good sevice, well worth going to.
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We moved to Hitchin last year and discovered that the Half Moon is our local pub. Happy days! The landlord, landlady and staff are all friendly, we were made to feel welcome from our first visit. There is no loud music and there are no TV screens either. However the best thing about this pub is the beer. Thanks to the landlord's dedication, the pub turns out pint after pint of high quality cask ale. There are at least two regular ales and four guests at all times, never in this place will you see a pump clip turned around. As soon as one guest ale runs out, another one takes its place.
Food is available, the usual pub fare and a tapas menu as well. There are also bar snacks available until late - the cheese platter is excellent value if you get peckish after a few pints.
Definitely the best pub in Hitchin.
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Got to be one of the best pubs i have been in. Its everything i want in a pub, excellent beer, cheap food, friendly staff. Well worth the awards it has one in the past and sure to win many more in the future
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An excellent Beer Festival on when visited yesterday. Had I not been on my way to the festival at the Engineers would have liked to have spent more time here. Will definitely return soon.
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Only a 9 as there's no such thing as perfection but the Half Moon runs it pretty close. A friendly welcome, good (homemade - including veggie) food and a nice range of well-kept beers. Oh, and Moon the friendly Spaniel. What's not to like? A lovely visit. Keep it up guys.
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Have to agree with the previous posters.
An agreeable local with well kept beers that change quite frequently and more often than not there are a couple of decent ciders in the cellar as well as the fizzy stuff.
No loud music (at least not when I have been in there) just some gentle jazz - or similar - wafting around in the background
Haven't eaten there but the food I have seen come out looks pretty decent and is reasonably priced too .
The Landlord and his missus have done a good job of taking a rather down at heel establishment and turning it into a nice little pub.
Perfect for a couple of lunchtime pints and a read of the newspaper
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Great real ale pub - different selection of real ales on every time I go there. Camra have awarded it "best pub in Hertfordshire" for the last two years running.
Staff are friendly, the pub has a nice atmosphere and is generally a chav free zone. Tends to attract a slightly older crowd.
The only downside is It is a bit small - not a problem in the Summer when you can sit outside but can get a bit cramped in winter.
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Nice pub.
Reasonable range of real ales. Food reputed to be good.
Friendly and competent bar staff. Nice clientele, maybe just far enough from town centre to be a bit "special".
Two beer festivals a year.
Recommended.
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Had a good lunch time in here , only slightly spoilt by the activities of the Welsh oxygen-thief behind the ramp. The Doris thought the soup in a basket was a little disappointing... there wasn't much of it.
Worth a call though. Beer plentiful and delicious. Chav-free zone.
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Pub number 2 on my mini crawl around Hitchin. Good selection of ales, 6 in total, the two I had were both kept perfectly well. Very friendly bar staff made us feel very welcome. All in all this is a fantastic pub, a well deserved 8/10.
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Lovely beer, very friendly landlord and good atmosphere. Local CAMRA pub of the year, holds its own beer festivals, summer BBQs. A must.
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Great boozer and great ale...what more can you ask for?
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Not a lot of atmosphere and not keen on the pink decor
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"Permanent Real Ale Festival" pretty much defines this pub. Young's Special and Adnams bitter, plus 4 frequently changing ales. Sometimes by the time you've got through the 4, they've been replaced by a new set! Good food, perfect summer BBQs, and regular food events and pub games (no darts/pool.). A friendly and relaxing pub ideal for those who like to mellow out with a fine pint of excellent ale.
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Great pub. Six real ales on last night and when I went back for my second pint two had sold out and been replaced by two different ones. How's that for planning and preparation. Didn't eat, but they have what looks to be a very interesting take on the tapas concept. I must try to get my Friday night crowd to move here.
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Excellent friendly local with great beer and good value food. Wish there were more pubs like this. Probably the best pub in Hitchin.
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Lovely pub which has got the feel of how pubs used to be before breweries started turning them into alcopop drink factories. Great selection of real ales and a fairly decent wine list (for a pub) which is reasonably priced.
This pub is also home to the most miserable dog in the world called Moon who will only pretend to be your friend if you have any crisps or nuts.
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I can't add much more to the reviews below. A really nice pub and easily the best in Hitchin for beer quality, friendly, efficient barstaff and laid-back atmosphere.
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Excellent house - thoroughly enjoyed my recent visit.
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This is really quite a nice pub with friendly atmosphere, locals and easy going staff. It has a number of real ales, although I am a Guiness drinker myself - on the Guinness front, it is normally pretty good but I have had one awful pint there as well !
It is an especially good place to go early evening and Saturday lunchtimes.
zoomy - 21 Mar 2008 19:54 |
Wow! Didn't realise this place did Old Rosie! I'll defo check it out again. Only ever been here 2 or 3 times but i was impressed each time.
Nice atmos and good service. If you like people-watching, this is the pub for you!
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Went last saturday while visiting a friend.....excellent real ales they seem to really care about them...best pub i visited on my trip to Hitchin
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In my view the Half Moon serves the best real ale in Hitchin. A few other places in the town can match it when they're on form, but the Half Moon is consistently good (the landlord is enthusiastic and experienced) and usually two of the choices are from smaller breweries. Recently redecorated (admittedly not to everyone's liking), and the number of pumps has been increased from four to six at weekends.
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very well kept beer, and friendly staff and clientele.
good variety of local beers along with regulars (adnams, youngs special) and good for beer festivals.
probably the best pub in hitchin.
mps77 - 30 Jul 2007 13:28 |
Evidently care for their beer and seemed to be getting a visit from a micro-brewer when I was there yesterday. I love the idea of a gov'nor with the freedom to discuss hops & what's next off the press and order accordingly. Four bitters when I visited were Oldershaw Flag Fen, Adnams, Youngs, Banks & Taylor Shefford, also Old Rosie, Sheppy, & a Perry for the cider lovers. Looks newer inside than out, but I liked this pub.
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The best ale pub in Hitchin. They have superb beer festivals throughout the year and do a great curry on a Thursday! Enjoy!
anonymous - 8 May 2007 21:18 |
Visited on the weekend of the beer festival, so not quite sure how many handpumps but I guess about four. I drank the beer from the festival and from the bar all in excellent condition. The landlord is very friendly, definitely will be visiting again.
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Real ale and cider pub with a friendly atmosphere, near the centre of Hitchin but sufficiently far away from it to be a bit quieter if that's what you want, but hosts regular beer festivals and quiz nights, etc.
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I visit this place once in a blue moon. A proper traditional pub that's cosy and pleasent atmosphere. I am a bit of a fan for pubs which host a number of diffrent rooms. As this pub is all one bar I guess that this is it's only negative feature. The Landlord and his wife demonistrate a real love for the profession and are well regarded, if they could find a freehouse in Hitchin it could very well be the jewel in the town.
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Wow! what a change, well deserves a visit. The beer is always top form and their festivals have a fine range of well conditioned beers. Howard and Wendy host a warm and friendly atmosphere and a fine bunch of regulars make the place feel inviting, very easy to get into a conversation with a complete stranger!
If you want a fine ale in Hitchen then the Half Moon should be your first port of call
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Very nice new landlords; Howard and Wendy. Friendly and laid back atmosphere. Good music even if it's way too quiet. And first and foremost, very good beers. Excellent choice all the time and I've never had a bad one. Plus regular festivals. What more could you want? At the very least this has become one of the best pubs in Hitchin. It’s good to see it turned around so quickly.
I'll take the 'old farts' comments to mean that there are no lager louts. Which is true. There aren't. Whoopee!
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One of Hitchin's better pubs (not traditionally saying much) - good Adnams and background music
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Voted North Herts CAMRA Most Improved Pub 2005. Four real ales in good quality. If you're not an old fart go and drink lager somewhere else.
anonymous - 6 Jul 2005 13:44 |
The beer is good here but that's about it, bit of an old fart's pub if you ask me.
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Owned by previous owners of the Sawbridgeworth brewery. Vwry good pint of Youngs.
Graham - 9 Oct 2004 17:40 |
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