Molly Malone's, Hitchin - pub details
Address: 117 Nightingale Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1RG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 37008) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Hitchin (0.4 miles), Letchworth (2.7 miles), Baldock (4.8 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.3/10 (rated by 14 users)
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user reviews of Molly Malone's, Hitchin
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| Firstly, I have had to create a new, anonymous account to write this review as the patrons and manager of this establishment threatened me. This is a homophobic pub with a some nasty regulars and a hostile manager (Darryl). Until tonight, I loved Molly Malones. It was my favourite pub in Hitchin. I attended a few times a month watch live sport. I met some lovely people, especially around the pool table. I went tonight to watch the PSG vs Chelsea game, and ended up playing poker with a couple of lovely guys, and the manager, Darryl, who turned out to be not so lovely. After the football, whislt I was at the bar, another patron shouted out 'Chelsea Nonce'. This is an offensive homophobic slur when connected to football, as evidenced by the conviction of Joey Barton who repeatedly used it on social media. I politely but firmly told the guy that was not okay. He got aggresive and told me to 'F' off. He then said it again. I reitereated that his language wasn't okay, and said I'd call the police if he said it again. He said it again. I dialled 999. At this point the manager (Darryl) asked me to leave the pub and took my drink away (I had just bought him a pint). He said he was removing me from the premises 'for my own safety'. The police attended. The said that 'nonce' was not a slur. I advised them to educate themselves, They were rude and dismissive. Darryl appeared at the door, grinning, and invited the officers into the pub. They left within 2 minutes, and reported on their radio that no offence had been comiited. I got their badge numbers and names and have made a complaint to Hertfordshire police. The police officers advised me that if I was now unwelcome in the pub, if I didn't move on and a complaint by the manager was made, I would be moved on by them forcefully. This is NOT an LGBTQ friendly pub. It's NOT a friendly pub at all under it's current management. Have a look at the other poor reviews for this pub and how the manager responds. J JayDee76 - 12 Mar 2026 00:39 |
| Love love love this pub!! The locals are a breath of fresh air, so different to most places in hitchin where everyone is so fake, in Mollys you know what your going to get, the landlady is wonderful and works extremely hard to deal with the constant demand of nice and unimportant things to have in a pub like a bookshelf or a machine that will get used twice and then never be used again, I understand that the toilets are not the prettiest but with such an old building and one that is waiting on a refurb who needs Buckingham palace toilets when you have great beer, Great local music aswell as all the sports and even better people to to spend time with in there, would defiantly go back in there all the time! Can't wait to see what it looks like once the refurb is done! Ana13 - 12 Feb 2015 16:47 |
| Virtually empty at 1pm. GK IPA was the only real ale available and that was stale. My mate had to send back his half of lager as it was undrinkable. Peeling wallpaper, a long-dead wasp lying among crisp remains on the window-sill. Landlady was pleasant enough, but you wonder how long this pub will keep going. Depressing. Number11 - 21 Dec 2013 17:42 |
| Really gone down hill in the last 12 months, real shame as it was a decent enough pub that used to serve good beer but no longer. The Fosters was near end of shelf life, you know when you get that horrible sweet taste. The toilets were dreadful, my other half going as far to say they were the worse kept toilets in the whole of Hitchin. Not good and a sad reflection of a pub going down the pan (pardon the pun) Old_School - 21 Apr 2013 20:44 |
| A shadow of its former self. Gone are the bookshelves and the flags adorning the ceiling, and the atmosphere's gone with them. The pinball table is pretty unique and a nice touch, but apart from that, it just feels really open, airy and lifeless. A shame. barry_glugg - 7 Apr 2013 23:25 |
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