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The scruffiness of this place goes with its quirckiness and thought the choice of beer was limited it was a nce pint. It was odd sitting in what was effectively a shop window having a pint, especially when a girl walked past with two ferrets on a lead!
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Quite different from your normal public house beer range is poor tho and the place could do with a lick of paint
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Lovely novelty place but beer was expensive
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Once we had toured the town centre three times looking for a place to park, we strolled into what amounts to a large phonebox for a unique experience. It wasn't busy - how could it be? - with just four or five people inside. The beer was OK, although disappointly expensive at £3.20 for a pint of GK IPA. Very friendly barman.
The stairs up to the loo are frightenly steep, but the "conference room" made us chuckle. If you don't mind sitting directly outside the loo door, you can get a good view of the street below as people wander past. Very large windows do make it feel a bit bigger, but I can imagine it feeling quite hemmed in with about a dozen customers as you cannot take your drink outside.
In a Nutshell - groan - well worth the trip.
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Smallest pub in Britain, with a mummified cat hanging from the ceiling.
Beer is greedily marked up by Greedy King, so have a half, savour the uniqueness (as you'll only need a half to take it all in) and be on your way to the Cannon...
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If you're going to buy drinks for everybody the Nutshell's certainly the place to do it!
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I really enjoyed this pub,there was a guy in there who owns a pub just outside Ongar and had come up to see the brewery about something and insisted on buying everyone drinks in there.Good crowd and beer,and excellent for just watching the world go by.
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Like most, I had to visit the Nutshell just because of its reputation as the smallest pub in the country. Once you get past the novelty of opening the door to find yourself standing at the bar, it is not too dissimilar from any other pub. It sells beer, you may or may not get a seat and there is a particular smell about the place that I just could not put my finger on. Interesting for the novelty, but not much else.
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Well worth a visit out of curiosity.
Smallest pub in the country and full of interesting bits and pieces as described before.
Just a pity it's a greene king pub.
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It is quite tiny. The beer is the usual distinctly average GK mass-produced (and in here, well over-priced)IPA and Abbot.
And surprisingly, wet dogs are allowed inside....I couldn't tell whether it was the dog that smelled or some of the 'wandering' clientele. But suffice to say, if the place is packed, don't brave it.
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Re last post if you think £3.05 is expensive for a pint of Abbot in a town centre pub you're lucky you don't drink in the Green Dragon near Braintree where it's £3.20! Is this a record for a pub out in the sticks? Even the GK IPA IS £2.75! Simply obscene.
anonymous - 3 Oct 2007 12:27 |
One of the more interesting pubs to visit, noted for being the smallest in the country and certainly not geared up for darts, pool or smelly fart dispersion. Despite its miniscule size, it has bundles of character and plenty to focus on. Artifacts include a mummified cat and mouse, stuffed animal heads, bank notes lining the ceiling, an orderly collection of foreign coinage orderly labeled and displayed along the door and walls plus a few unexplained tools and instruments that would probably baffle Jack Hargreaves (ask your dad, kids!). The tiny bar still manages to fit 2 Real Ales among the more standard lagers; the ubiquitous Abbott and GK IPA although the Abbot is astonishingly expensive at £3.05 a pint. The IPA is a bargain by comparison. Furniture is restricted to a bench around one end of the pub and a small table at the other. Posters welcoming coach parties and function room available for up to 2 people show that they have a sense of humour. I actually thought the function room was a joke until I went up the stairs to find a small room from which the solitary toilet branches. Since there is no drinking allowed on the pavement outside, the interior can get quite cosy but most people seem to gel together and it is not hard to strike up a conversation. Bar staff tend to be interesting characters and the selection of CDs was top notch the night we were there. Yes it is a bit touristy with t-shirts and souvenirs available but on the whole, a must visit pub for the experience.
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great little pub. worth visiting excellent
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This is the smallest pub in Britain official. I would wager it is the smokiest as well.
Mummified cat and other random articles hanging from the ceiling.
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Great little place - I would say it's about the size of a snooker table. Good GK IPA. The mummified Tom & Jerry hanging from the ceiling give it a certain.... something. Tip - do not attempt the stair to the loo unless offensively sober!
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It's so small I had to fight my way to the bar, and I was the only customer. Not enough room to open a packet of crisps, but worth a visit.
anonymous - 26 Sep 2005 14:32 |
though the smallest pub in britain, i know some one who managed to lose his mate in it
dan - 1 Apr 2004 12:26 |
Claims to be the smallest pub in UK.
I can believe it!
Vindaloo - 22 Aug 2003 13:14 |
