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Visited pub recently prior to Plymouth v Norwich City match at Home Park. Tried both the Caledonian beers which were in excellent condition. Will definitely be back the next time Norwich are in Plymouth.
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Cracking Spingo & Black Sheep and Skinners and Sharps and well the list goes on. If the pint isn't nice they will change it - just ask rather than scowl in a corner sulking. It heaves on Saturday nights with short-sleeved "buys" and crusty locals tolerating each other but I have honestly not witnessed an issue in the 15 years I have spent in it. Please please get the toilets sorted out - detergent and bleach are normally on offer at Wilkinsons so no excuse. I resorted to nipping into the KFC to use theirs - now that is bad! But, the Sunday roast is bang on as is the beer and the majority of the locals...
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I'd heard this place described on more than once occasion as 'good old-fashioned'. Perhaps 'plain shoddy' comes closer. Creaking floorboards, diffident staff, unfunny and slightly unsettling "life and soul of the place" regulars, poorly kept ale. If this is the spirit of the tavern made flesh, you can keep it
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When you visit this pub make sure you ask for a pint of Spingbite and black. Spingo is on from a Sunday until the barrel (or sometimes two barrels) run out - mix it with cider and black!!
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My review meant to say the Hyde Park, not the Mutley Plain where both the Fortescue and the Hyde Park are!
It was a blonde moment, I apologise, and I'm a brunette;)
J1985 - 16 May 2006 19:43 |
The Fortescue is my favourite pub on the Plain. There is normally a good selection of ales, and on Sunday Spingo if you can dare to try it.
I also like the Mutley Plain, but find this pub just edges it in my estimations(there is a huge rivalry cricket team wise between the 'Fort' and the Mutley Plain) because of the greater ale selection.
There is also a good quiz on Sunday nights, and a surprisingly good jukebox too.
J1985 - 16 May 2006 19:41 |
An excellent pub for a proper pint. The clientele may be from a very broad cross-section of local society but that just adds to its charm.
anonymous - 30 Apr 2005 21:30 |
The Fort.... the first palce I ever got drunk on 8% cider, on a Saturday night, there was 16 in the national lottery and I was home being sick before Match of the Day had even started! Looking back on it now a decade later it seems like the start of a beautiful friendship with Lucifer's Liquid!
I still go back when I return to my home town and find it friendly and relaxed all the time. And also a decent slection of ales and plenty of seating and a reasonable beer garden for the summer comedowns after a night out!
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Cracking boozer, good crowd. Probably the best pub on Mutley. p*sses all over the Mannamead anyway. I've got to behave in there though as my dad plays for the cricket team.
Dan - 19 Oct 2004 23:42 |
Even when the other pubs in Mutley Plain are empty, there is always a fair number of the regulars in the bar. Its very good on Friday evening as they have a basement bar where they have a DJ at least once a month.
Kevin - 21 Sep 2004 14:18 |
Blinding little boozer, with a good mix of local and student clientele. Nevder fails to please for the quality of it's ales and pleasant good time atmosphere.
Keith - 7 Jun 2004 15:38 |
If you have to drink on Mutley Plain then this is the place to do it. Good beer but they occasionally crank up the music a bit too loud. Suppose its a by-product of me being an old codger but it "dos ma 'ead in" as they say locally
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The original student hangout where locals and Polytechnic goes used to freely mix to the sounds of the quality tunes provided by the duke box. And it's still probably the best pub in Mutley to this day.
Good for: the first of many
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Best drinking establishment on the Plain. Good ales. Stands out as an authentic local in the midst of the tacky formulaic student bars that surround it. Has many regulars who are all very relaxed types. All round a chilled place except Saturday nights get a bit hectic with invading Mutley Plain pub crawlers.
60sPornoBird - 2 Feb 2004 00:45 |
