The Victory, Hereford - pub details
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Address: 88 St Owen Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2QD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 3324) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Hereford (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by Lee Newton on 2 Jul 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.5/10 (rated by 35 users)
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user reviews of the Victory, Hereford
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| Visited yesterday and I would more or less echo the comments of rob1981 below. Very disappointing. Walked in to find it almost empty on a Saturday afternoon (which probably says a lot). The interior is interesting enough and not as run down as some of the comments below would indicate, open fire burning as well which was nice. I had a pint of Old Bull which was ok ish. However, my wife ordered a pint of Westons country perry which was absolutely rancid. As it was poured half of the glass was fizz and foam, with the barmaid insistent that it was "supposed to be like that"! Erm, no it isn't. It tasted like vinegar and when I asked for another one the barmaid looked at me like I had run over her cat or something. To be fair she then tasted it and agreed it was off, and reluctantly got us another one from one of the other real cider handpulls (Bounds Brand I think). This was also reminiscent of vinegar, although we had lost the will to live at that point and really could not be bothered with the hassle of taking it back again and just left it. Hard to believe this pub remains in the Good Beer Guide and I doubt it'll stay there for long unless it gets its act together. Shame. stfc81 - 19 Feb 2012 12:24 |
| I visited the Victory Pub in Hereford as recommended by fellow workers. I can only say that I was happy to walk into the premises of the Victory and was received with open arms, the Bar Maid was lovely and welcoming and very polite. I was advised that there was a free jukebox and could choice my music choice. I met one of the Brewers "Matt" and was exceptionally warm and identified characteristics of ownership and showed me around the brewery, which was one of the highlights of my visit, I can only recommend that this pub to all Ale drinkers. I have reviewed previous posts and can only suggest that the premises was tidy and warm. I visited the premises later on the night and identified a full vibrant pub, with a number of locals from Hereford. I will be visiting these premises again. :) Sperkylovesale - 23 Apr 2011 01:10 |
| Just in Hereford for the day and armed with a copy of the Good Beer Guide, so I looked this place up at lunchtime and found it a pretty tatty and unwelcoming choice. The bar area is themed to look like a ship which is briefly interesting, but the building is starting to look really quite run down from the outside, even a bit hostile. There were only about eight or nine other punters even at peak time on a Saturday, perhaps because the place wasn’t doing food – in fact it was so quiet that the girl who turned out to be the barmaid was sitting outside chatting to a few of the regulars, and I spent some minutes standing at the bar like a spare part until she finally came in and gave me her attention. I hoped the quality of the Hereford Brewery beer would rescue the place, since it is produced on site and it's hard to imagine it not coming in top condition. But I had a very mediocre pint with a bit of an edge to it, and it took the poor girl about fifteen attempts to eke out enough liquid to fill the glass. When I assumed the barrel was empty and offered to change my order she laughed it off, stressing that there was plenty left and making some comment about “the dodgy pump”. Clearly this is something of a running joke. JUST GET IT FIXED. So hugely disappointing all round, and presumably not the pub it used to be. Regrettably I didn’t have time to try anywhere else, but sounds like the Barrels over the road is a much better bet, and The Lichfield Vaults in the town centre also looked inviting. rob1981 - 12 Apr 2011 11:37 |
| home of hereford brewery was in tuesday night there was a fairly lively quiz going on 5 cask ales on there bar tried them all they had a beer bat system where you could try 3 for the price of 1 (£2.20) all were in great nick my fav was christmas cheers 4.3abv also saw 3 ciders and a perry on handpull will save them for another day.lost the quiz badly but had a curry at the end so not all was lost. burtyale - 22 Dec 2010 23:48 |
| Very interesting interior of pub, well worth a look around - tried a pint of their bitter which was very flat - barmaid was very good and played some good records on jukebox (T-rex, Thin Lizzy etc.) only about half a dozen people in on a Saturday afternoon - compared to the Barrels over the road how does it compete ? There is so much potential there ! KeithP - 30 May 2010 18:36 |
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