The Black Boy, Winchester

fantastic pub - good beers, great interiors, fantastic staff, good bar food. A true original.

10 Jan 2012 16:45

The Hyde Tavern, Winchester

I've been amusing myself reading over old reviews. It's definitely a marmite pub - I've taken a few people there and opinion is divided.
The beers are great.
The option to have a takeaway is great - cheap and novel.
The gardens been made into something lovely.
It does seemed trapped in its own myth - the belief that if you change it, update it, it will lose it's charm. But I think the charm would be improved with a few updates (not chain style updates) just more comfortable chairs, and dare I say it a bit of a lick of paint and a spring clean.
Having said all this, I really like it. Very unpretentious - a hard feat to pull off when you have poetry readings, exhibitions and such going on.
8/10

10 Jan 2012 16:43