The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury - pub details
Address: 1 Milk Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1SZ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 37385) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Shrewsbury (0.4 miles)
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> Current user rating: 6.4/10 (rated by 7 users)
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| Acoustic night last Thursday but a lot quieter and not quite as good an atmosphere as the Wheatsheaf. Beer good, though only a swift half of Banks's. Wirral_RealAlians - 23 Mar 2010 20:49 |
| Dropped into the Old Post Office again last again last night and enjoyed 3 pints of Marston's Ploughman's Ale which were very good. Still recommend this place for starting or finishing a pub crawl round Shrewsbury. SilentButDeadly - 17 Oct 2009 10:43 |
| This Is another good pub in Shrewsbury town centre that I frequently visit. I did so last night and there was a band playing 50's rock n' roll inside. Quite good they werere too. I had 1 pint of Jenning's Cocker Hoop and hoped to have another but unfortunately they ran out so had a pint of Banks's instead (this and Mansfield Ale are only permanent ales). A nice place with dining area, beer garden and comfy sofas that offers food and a nice experience. Good pub to either start or end a pub crawl round Shrewsbury. SilentButDeadly - 26 Sep 2009 10:22 |
| The Old Post Office - or "OPO" as it seems to like being called - is a Grade 2 listed 16th century Tudor building set back in a small courtyard, off Milk Street, virtually opposite The Wheatsheaf. Like most Shrewsbury pubs seemingly, it has a wooden framed interior. Inside the pub, an information board tells us that the OPO is now the only one left of 5 licensed premises that used to be in Milk Street. We also learn that the pub name bears no connection to the Royal Mail, but instead reflects the fact that the pub used to be a posting house for horse drawn coaches and that overnight stabling was available until the 1900's. Whilst not being entirely spoilt, the interior has been updated somewhat to try to appeal to the younger drinker a bit more. Hence we have a few sofas, a largish flat-screen TV and music rather louder than seems appropriate for a pub of this age. Regular accoustic music sessions are held and - horror of horrors - karaoke is staged on Sunday night. There's outside seating in a small shady courtyard. Three real ales were on - Banks Bitter ( £ 2.15p ) , and Jennings Cocker Hoop and Crag Rat. I didn't see any branding, but I suspect it's a Banks pub. The Banks Bitter tasted fine, bit I didn't really warm to this pub at all and I'm inclined to give it a miss next time. JohnBonser - 22 Sep 2009 17:21 |
| Fairly quite for a Saturday night , Ringwood Doopledog was ok , the Marstons Ashes tasted like watered down Pedigree , not a bad pub . trenchlad - 26 Jul 2009 14:26 |
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