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Excellent place just off the main drag. 6 beers available (Hobsons Bitter and Mild plus 4 guests) abd 2 ciders. Prices very reasonable - we paid £2.30 for Hobsons Bitter. Obviously a locals pub but we still felt welcome.
Well worth finding.
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What a marvellous pub! Great mix of customers and a good feel to the place. The licencee was born for the job, within twenty minutes he found out my name, where I was staying and why I was in town, and all without seeming nosy. Outstanding range of local beers and ciders. Licencee knows his customers' tastes, and recommends new beers to suit those tastes. I will certainly be back.
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Small, but perfectly formed. Good range of beers & ciders. Helpfull & knowledgeble staff
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Don’t worry jarofporter im sure if you ask nice the barman will waft a lovely little flower under your nose to help.lol
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Not bad. Fair enough the beer was good, but when I went in it seemed to have a funny smell which I found pretty off putting.
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what can i say if you want to visit a pub that is similar if not exactly the same as it was a hundred years ago this is the place. the locals are friedly and the beer is superb, another suprising addition is the extensive range of whisky's behind the bar. great pub great landlord and right in the city centre. one of the best places iv been in a long time.
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Cracking pub. Great cider, friendly staff and regulars, comfortable and warm. Last time we visited was after Choral Evensong at the Cathedral and on the next table the resident and visiting organists were discussing choir gossip from around Britain!
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Despite being a first-time visitor to the city, I left this pub feeling like I was not only a resident, but a regular! Whilst neither the bar staff nor the customers endeavoured to ingratiate themselves, they were very jolly and their welcome extended in my direction was such that I felt instantly at home. Unusually, I opted to leave the rest of my compadres to it and remained bar-bound, and the banter flowed effortlessly and amusingly. We even managed to laugh off the fact that I was charged £200,000 for a pint of ale! Ah, the joys of modern technology.
Speaking of the beer, there were a good range of 6 featured, with all but 1 not on perfect form. The offending ale was the Cheltenham SPA which is an oddity at the best of times, but once it became clear that customers weren't loving it, it was taken off. All other beers, mostly from bearby breweries, were splendid, and all priced very reasonably at well below £3. So much so that something of an impromptu session developed, and let's be honest, they're always the best aren't they?!
Baguettes were available and looked tempting but solids were not on our menu at that stage.
I fell I could go back here in a year's time and even if I wasn't remembered, I'd be treated as if I'd been a frequent visitor for many years previous. Well done folks and I hope to get back to enjoy your wares again someday.
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A very good pub with a wide selection of ales with a really good atmosphere. The best pub that I visited in Worcester.
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Proper pub,eclecticmusic,food only at weekends home made,staff friendly and welcoming. Beers all very well kept and a range of abv's to suit all.
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I chanced upon this pub during a recent visit to Worcester and was very glad I did. The choice of beers and (particularly) ciders is excellent with the Hogans being a very welcome alternative to the ubiquitous Strongbow. The atmosphere is relaxed and the staff friendly. Even the locals' dogs are welcoming! I will certainly visit next time I'm in the area and would echo the "I wish it was my local" sentiment.
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Went here with some old school mates of >30 years' standing so we think we know what we like. And like this pub we most certainly did. It feels a bit like a student house's living room but it is also friendly to oldies like me. A really eclectic mix of people all getting along fine together: if you want to be sociable that's fine, if not you can apparently sit and read a book and nobody thinks ill of you, even on a Saturday night. The chap behind the bar was very friendly and happy to serve small samples before we made up our minds. We were on a crawl so only stayed for one but if I go back to Worcester I think I'd earmark the whole evening to be spent at this pub. Top-notch, in my "I wish it was my local" category.
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If I had more time I would spend it in this pub. Really great beer and cider. We both loved it. And what is more it has that increasingly rare quality of being conducive to conversation and making new friends.
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This is the Worcester CAMRA pub of the year for 2009 and rightly so. You enter into a hallway with a few steps up to the bar (watch these when leaving after a few). The bar is right in front of you and there are two fairly small cosy rooms to the left and right both with real fires. Both rooms are full of bric-a-brac and a right old mix of stools, chairs and settles. There’s also a patio out the back where lots of people were drinking even though it was pretty cold it’s also where the gents toilets are. On both our visits the pub was also full of an eclectic mix of people as well, all very friendly. When we went in on the second night we were greeted like long time friends by the landlord and staff. The landlord was telling everyone who came to the bar his “jokes”. It’s an original way of keeping the bar clear for people who want to get served!! 6 handpumps selling Hobson’s Mild & Bitter, 3 changing guests and a real cider. All the pints I had (and I had quite a few over 2 nights) were in excellent condition. It’s a cracking little pub and a must visit if in Worcester.
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Great pub. Good beer choice, well kept and keenly priced. In my limited experience of Worcester, the best real ale pub there.
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A good pub with plenty of atmosphere. The Malvern Hills Brewery's Black Pear is fantastic, and the outdoor area is very good considering the pub is next to a main road. Be prepared to meet interesting (!) people there, but most are completely harmless!!
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Just a quick review as I'd had beer-a-plenty in Hereford before stopping off here for a swift one in between trains.
Old-skool multi-roomed interior, good beer (including the Hobson's Mild, yum) and a large whiskey list (see photo).
I remember that the sandwiches had a ludicrous mark-up (£3 or similar) which seemed a bit much. Beer was ace though so will be back for a more sober judgement.
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Worcester needs more pub's like this, well actually, everywhere needs more pubs like this!
Centre of town 10 mins from station, near the river, decent outdoor space in the summer. Often get the Ludlow beers in here which you don't see much elsewhere in Worcester as a well as local Barbourne Cider made within a mile or so, very sharp mind!
Worthwhile!!
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A small, traditional pub, just off the city’s high street. There are two cosy rooms with original features and a small enclosed patio, for fair weather drinking.
We received a smile and a warm welcome as soon as we arrived and immediately felt accepted by the young, friendly staff. There was a lovely, mellow atmosphere when we called late on Saturday afternoon.
Six pumps on the go during our visit, predominantly featuring local beers. The Ludlow ‘Gold’ and Church End ‘Rusty Dudly’ were both in tip-top condition. It wasn’t hard to see why The Plough was voted Worcester CAMRA Pub Of The Year 2007.
The food menu looked really interesting, but meals are only available Fridays and Saturdays. (Roast dinners are served on Sundays). On the snack front, a nice touch is to serve nuts and olives by the glassful. No ‘pissy peanuts’ here!
Had a short, but better than average, wine list. Also, a good collection of malt whiskies.
In short, we really liked it here. Definitely a bit of a find. It will undoubtedly become our adopted local when visiting the city.
Recommended.
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Smashing old style pub this. Reminds me of the first times I used to go drinking in my home town in the early 80's, where the pubs were proper public HOUSES. Just like walking into somebodies living room, straight away I knew the beer would be well kept and the toilets would be outside. Staff extremely friendly and the locals were the same. After acouple of pints here we went to the both JD Wetherspoons in town were we never even ordered a drink (too many drunk kids in the first and massive queues in the other). No doubt this pub will succumb to the breweries desire to smash the atmosphere and nostalgia out of the Plough and turn it into a mega-profit wine bar, so have a look before it dissapears.
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If real ales and real ciders from the local region are your thing, then you won't go wrong in the Plough. Always at least 4 local ales on plus Barbourne Cider, the Plough is a proper old pub, two rooms plus a big patio area. Great atmosphere, friendly and knowledgeable staff, friendly and chatty clientele. Food's pretty much spot on too!
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A great little pub with well kept beers. Watch out for their odd opening hours though.
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I visited this pub in August 2007 and it was a wonderful pub. I had tried visiting a few years ago when it was in the Good Beer Guide but it was always closed when I visited. It is now back in the 2008 guide and belongs there. Good food and superb real ale.
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I visited this pub in October 2006 and think I recall being told that it had recently reopened after being under threat of redevelopment. It’s a wonderful old two roomed pub with outside toilets across a new patio area. Full of friendly and chatty locals it was clear that the owner was passionate about making a go of the business and keeping the character and characters in the pub. A good selection of real ales was available and, I believe, a real cider. I hope it is still doing well and has justified being rescued. Definitely worth a visit.
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