Market Tavern, Durham - pub details
Address: 27 Market Place, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3NJ [map] [gmap]
Durham (0.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 5.9/10 (rated by 21 users)
> Local guide: County Durham pub guide
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user reviews of Market Tavern, Durham
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| well kept beer, but louder music than was required to fill such a small space - just trying to force an atmosphere too early in the evening. With the quality of their product, why? Aim less at the loud, scruffy, smell, poor, student types, and more at richer professional types WITH jobs. Slowest and worst trained staff in town - do they have a boss who cares? But worth the wait when you do eventually get served. Location also a bonus, overlooking the market square, in the room at the back (not immediately obvious) overlooks the indoor market. Put it on the list to visit, and you'll have a better experience if you try to ignore the dark decor. TW1 - 30 Oct 2008 20:20 |
| Beers may be good - had an excellent selection of pump plaques, but the food was easily the worst I have ever bought (and it must have been bad because I left it!) yeahyeahyeah - 29 Sep 2008 12:18 |
| Traditional Spirit Group pub in the central Market Square with a fine welcoming atmosphere, but with that slightly generic feel that one might expect from a large chain - owned pub. On the plus side, the pub stocks a good range of real ale - Deuchars IPA, Mordue IPA, black Sheep, Theakstons and Adnams Broadside on my visit. The Mordue IPA - at a surprisingly strong 5.1% OG - was very tasy and is worth looking out for. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the beers on offer, which is certainly not always the case in this type of pub. I see that its now in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide for 2009. Food is served at most times and this draws in a wider cross section of customer than most other Durham pubs that I did. It's probably on the "circuit" , but, yes, avoiding Saturday and Sunday nights, I'd do this one again when next in Durham JohnBonser - 22 Sep 2008 17:59 |
| a great local pub with a good range of beers. Sadly stopped food at 9pm. UKP - 28 Aug 2008 22:10 |
| Surprisingly good, given that it's location would allow it to milk the tourist and weekend circuit-drinking market all too easily. Old, one-bar, two-room pub, with the front barroom, at weekends, mostly used for vertical drinking and the back room for sitting and having a quieter chat. The food is apparently quite nice (standard, non-gastro, pub menu and prices, generous portions) and the beers excellent, mostly from Mordue and other northern brewers (all £2.40-60). My only criticism would be that the music goes a touch too loud at weekends, even in the back room, but really, that's a minor quibble for a the only good real-ale pub in the centre that stays open late. pablos13 - 13 Aug 2008 16:13 |
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