Swan and Rushes, Leicesterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Went to recent Cider & Cheese fest. Usual high standard. Sorry couldn't have stopped longer.
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About a 10 minute walk from the city centre and train station. Triangular-shaped two roomed pub just off Oxford Street. The kind of pub that caters for all kinds of tastes, and does so successfully. Very comfortable feel to the place. You wouldn't be out of place here with your mates pre-game at the Tigers, post work with colleagues, on a Saturday night watching live Blues, or working your way through the extensive bottled beer menu reading your newspaper.
The bottled beer menu covers Belgian Lambics, German smoked, to American super-hopped. Very impressive. Draught beer has regulars of Oakham JHB, Oakham Bishops, Batemans XB or XXB, and there are up to 4 or 5 guests from the likes of Abbeydale, Grainstore, Newby Wyke, Oldershaws... Very well kept at Sensible prices. Keg is Warsteiner lager, Blanche de Bruxelles, Barbar, Guinness, and Samuel Smiths cider. I almost forgot the real ciders from the cellar. I've been coming back here for the 7 or 8 years the current landlord has been running the place and never had a bad pint. The staff are polite.
Food. The Sunday roasts, and fish and chips on fridays are winners, but the Wednesday curries are rather disappointing (they appear to be warmed-up left overs).
Regular German beer and Cider & Cheese festivals.
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Nice dark wood bar, solid light wood tables, two-roomed pub with great ale selection and, apparently, ~140 bottled beers in the many fridges which wind around behind the bar. The ‘menu’ may not always be bang up to date but, from reading a tda review, the prices seemed fair, eg Rochefort8 £3.20. On handpump Oakham No Bully Dozer, JHB, Bishops Farewell, New-K-Ham Brewery Puffin, Bateman’s Salem Porter, Burton Bridge Festival, Sam Smiths OBB, Bees Amber Ale. Bar billiards table, soundtrack included Adagio for Strings followed by some cracking blues. Friendly, and beer friendly, barman who was happy to chat, great value Sun lunch suggested roasts (beef/pork/duck) at £6.95.
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Up for sale at present, but hopefully the pub [lease?] will be taken on by someone as beer-knowledeable as the present owner. Belgian-influenced to the point of having a beer menu. Welcoming and friendly
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Gorgeous young barman called Paul. Good selection of real ales... What more does a girl need from a pub?
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Finally listed on BITE and thank the Lord it is so – I can inform all you eager punters that an excellent selection of extremely well-kept ales along with a well-stocked fridge of continental fayre awaits you.
Inside is stuck in a late 70's timewarp, all dark wood and dark green. Can make the place feel a little depressing unless there's a few people in, so not necessarily one to do at 2pm on a wet Tuesday afternoon.
Landlord knows his beer and is good for banter - would wholeheartedly recommend this place for an evening session when it gets a bit more lively.
Short walk to the Criterion as well, so the city centre’s two best alehouses are within a Geoff Capes stones throw of each other. Bliss. Hope to get a good few visits chalked up in the near future.
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Well maintained traditional pub, with a spacious bar area , lounge to the rear, and small outside space to the side (noisy due to the location). Like its former sister pub The Criterion, it has a wide range of imported bottled lagers (specialising in Belgian), and a rotating selection of well kept ales. Food is okay for the price. Staff are usually friendly and helpful. Generally low key and relaxed during the week, it does get very busy on match days. Wide age range of punters and does the simple things well. Highly recommended.
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Glad this one has just been added, as it's in GBG not sure why it wasn't before.
Anyway, came in here on Sat 1 December after seeing Saints at Leicester. Only a flying visit as we were going back to the station but it seemed excellent. 6 or more ales on draught, I had JHB, and a super selection of foreign beer.
Top marks, hope I get spend more time in here.
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