The Double Locks, Exeter - pub details
| [image 2] | [image 3] |
Address: Canal Banks, Exeter, Devon, EX2 6LT [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1394) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Exeter St. Thomas (1.8 miles), Exeter Central (2.2 miles), St James' Park (2.3 miles)
Brewery: Young's
Pub facilities/features:
- Live music (Every Saturday Night & Bank Holidays)
- Food served, Real ale
- Canalside location
- Outside seating (huge beer garden), Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Car park, Disabled access, Disabled toilet
Are you the Licensee? Click here.
> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 70 users)
> Hotels nearby: Search
other pubs nearby:
Country House Inn, Exeter (0.6 miles), Countess Wear, Exeter (0.8 miles), Port Royal, Exeter (1.2 miles), Seven Stars Inn, Exeter (1.3 miles), Hour Glass Inn, Exeter (1.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Double Locks, Exeter
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
5 most recent reviews of 78 shown - see all reviews
| This pub is overated. Ok so it is in a great location next to the canal but really that is about it. The inside is tatty, it's often too busy and takes ages to get served and for some reason this pub does attract the lowlife at times. The ales that i had were average so 3/10 from me! montie49 - 15 Aug 2011 16:44 |
| Another return visit was again a little disappointing (last week), had two pints of Branoc, just tasted watery, def had better Branoc elsewhere. Asked for beer in handles. Was told 'no, chucked em' quote. Regrettably might have to consider giving it a swerve in future. rioathmusV - 6 Jun 2011 12:57 |
| So, nothing to say about the Double Locks, then? Could we have some information about the pub here, please? Trequites - 25 Dec 2010 18:34 |
| Littledrummerboy: 'Old Bastard' was rebadged Everards Old Original, and had been since 1987. When Smiles bought the pub their own three ales kept their own name. 'Old Bastard' continued to be sold until 1999. It vanished when Youngs bought the pub and began running the place down to it's present state. darkestdevon - 29 Oct 2010 22:42 |
| Just to add my two-penneth to this debate, all that I meant with my earlier comment re:Wells/Young's was that I come from Bedford where Charles Wells have their Eagle Brewery and have thus got a MASSIVE stranglehold on the local beer scene along with Suffolk brewing giants Greene King and it's damned hard to find a pint that doesn't come from either in pubs for miles around. With the merger of Youngs and Wells, I now have a couple more pints that are ubiquitous to almost every pub that I go in in the shape of Young's Bitter and Special. When I go away I like to seek out a good local or regional beer and Exeter has many fine outlets to try these in. Sadly, I now go in the City Gate and The Double Locks which were Smiles pubs back in the day (with their fantastic Exhibition, Heritage and Imperial Porter beers) and now find beers that I've had many, many, many times before in pubs nearer home - CW's Bombardier and Eagle IPA, Young's Bitter, Special etc and I just want something LOCAL. That's it - nothing more, nothing less. The last time that I went in here, ALL that they had on was Well's/Young's beers. (That was my only gripe - I still think that this is a great pub). All of the other pumps, casks on stillage etc on my last visit were not in use and I just missed the old days of asking for a pint of "Old Bastard" (which used to be re-badged Smile's Exhibition at 5.2%) and not having to put up with the over-branded trash that Well's/Young's produce with nothing else as guest beers. littledrummerboy - 25 Aug 2010 15:43 |
see more reviews |
![[image 2]](http://img01.beerintheevening.com/52/523c10e2744852725b32e5d0447e7f8c.jpg){kind=link}
![[image 3]](http://img01.beerintheevening.com/0b/0b86b1df43d854b971e2801bf323ebc6.jpg){kind=link}