First and Last Inn, Exeterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I suspect that the First and Last is suffering a bit from the Wetherspoons down the road - the range of beers was reduced to 3 when I visited recently (plus a draught cider). They were still very good, competitively priced (as always) and the pub is still well worth visiting.
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Visited for first time in couple of years and what a vast improvement, a great range of Hopback ales on offer and friendly service. 7/10
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krs360 has obviously got it in for the F&L as well as the nearby Green Gables. When I was curate of St Thomas's Church, just down the road in Cowick Street, the F&L (under the previous stewardship of John & Di) was one of only two places I would drink in the parish (the other being the Green Gables). I was made incredibly welcome, got to know all the local characters, and never experienced anything of the behaviour krs360 describes. It' s a place where, if you're prepared to muck in and become part of the locality, you will make friends for life. The beer was always in tip-top condition, and Sunday afternoons in the company of the Exeter's Irish community was a real home-from-home. Get out of your car, krs 360, walk through the door and find out for yourself. Then have the good grace to revise your comments on this site.
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What an odd comment to make by krs360. I wonder if they've ever been inside? I've never noticed any druken fools in the road when I've passed by on the bus.
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What a disgusting hole. Full of smelly, dirty drunks. Very unfriendly atmosphere.
I have to drive past it on the way home from work, and there is nearly alwasy a druken fool stumbling in the road.
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nice little locals pub. great to try a different beer too
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I wouldn't like to drink Hop Back beers all of the time, but they do make a welcome change.
The First and Last is quite obviously a 'locals' pub, where you feel that the second time you went there you'd be remembered and welcomed.
There were 5 Hop Back beers on when we visited, plus a guest and draught cider, and the two that I tried were excellent. What makes it even better is that they must be the cheapest in Exeter (apart from Wetherspoons). It seems like a long time since I've got change from a fiver for 2 pints. Plus points are that there is an excellent fish and chip shop opposite as well!
Well worth a visit.
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Recently renovated Hopback Brewery pub with full range of their ales plus Devon guest beer & Weston's scrumpy. Locals' boozer full of character(s) with eclectic juke box and pool table. Beer festival coming up too.
Well worth a visit, about 10 minutes walk from St Thomas' station or get buses 'A' or 'E' from city centre.
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