The Hobgoblin, Reading - pub details

Hobgoblin
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Address: 2 Broad St, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2BH [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 367) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train stations Reading (0.3 miles), Reading West (0.9 miles), Earley (2.7 miles)

Chain: Hobgoblin

Pub facilities/features:

  • Fruit machines
  • Real ale

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Not a review as such but just to let you know we are now newly opened as Readings newest Gay pub. New tennants, new decor, new atmosphere. All are welcome so pop in for a beer and a bite to eat. An update to the info on this site will follow soon.
Waitrose_Ernie - 27 Jan 2012 16:34
Went in on Wednesday afternoon in December. Always a pleasure to visit. Lots of local ales and nice cosy little alcoves to sit in. Shame the name has to change but hopefully that's all that will change for a very long time. On my visit had Plain Ales - Sheep Dip, West Berks - Holly Cutter, East London - Pale & Binghams - Hot Dog Chilli Stout.
Beer_Spotter - 2 Jan 2012 16:59
Ah, The Hobgoblin - you either love this place or hate it. A small poky little pub, the decor is about 6 million beermats on the walls, the range of real ales is vast and the music tends towards the heavy metal end of the spectrum ( Zep, Trivium, Korn...it's all there). The tables are sticky - whether due to too much polish or beer residue is hard to determine.

There are a lot of tiny little alcoves you can sit in which take no more than 3 or four people. The pub is entirely made of wood. West Berkshire Brewery is the main supplier, but there are lots and lots of guests. We are always staggered as to how such a place as survived in the centre of Reading, when everything else is being sanitised and homogenised.

Long may it remain in existence.
ramblethenlunch - 23 Dec 2011 16:03
The pub will soon be changing its name from The Hobgoblin to The Alehouse (something to do with ownership of the name). Beers can be pricey but the West Berks range is usually reasonable - £3.00 - £3.20. Good range of ciders and perry.
Beer range is always interesting with new breweries often featuring.
mcroyal - 21 Dec 2011 12:35
Great pub with expensive beer, although they did have one on for less than 3 quid for the first time in ages(others were up to £3.80). Like for like the beers are 20p-40p more expensive here than in the Nag's Head. Is, however, a very nice pub.
baxterfish - 14 Nov 2011 20:34

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