Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Disappointment of the week with Mobyduck
on the Pub Forum
Image posted by peter ashworth
Submitted on Saturday, 3rd March 2012
With picture contributions to 26844 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (3 more images)
Detail Pages
Cross Keys Hotel, Barrow Town Centre, Barrow-In-Furness
Barrow-In-Furness
LA14 1LD
Served areas
Reviews of Cross Keys Hotel (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Cross Keys Hotel
Looking at the previous review, I would say that rough and ready is the perfect description for the Cross Keys Hotel. In fact, thinking about it, this tag could be used for pretty much every Barrow town centre pub, with the possible exception of the Duke of Edinburgh.
I arrived in time for Friday night karaoke and what a treat that was! Before I could actually sit down, a guy I was walking past had climbed onto a table and dropped his trousers, baring his backside to all. The all female bar staff team and all customers looked on, but didn't look in the least bit surprised at the goings on. It's probably a typical Friday night out in Barrow.
Moments later the aforementioned 'gentleman' could be seen lying flat out on the floor. I missed seeing how he'd ended up there, being more perturbed by some woman murdering Insomnia by Faithless.
Handpulls can still be found here, but there is no real ale. The keg choice amounted to Somersby Apple & Blackberry ciders, Kronenbourg, John Smith's, Moretti, Carlsberg & Guinness.
The hotel part of this pub's name concerns me slightly. How anybody could even attempt to sleep through the racket from this bar is beyond my imagination.
Entertaining to say the least, but this kind of shenanigans is not for me.
On 2nd March 2023
- rating: 2
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
custodian 42 left this review about Cross Keys Hotel
Bit rough and ready. Bar in middle with pool table to rear. Two weak real ales on offer.
On 25th August 2017
- rating: 3
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
david stowell left this review about Cross Keys Hotel
great place for a good night out,always busy.live groups on a regular basis.Could perhaps benefit for a bigger range of ales.
On 27th December 2006
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3 recommendations about 3 pubs]
No known official website for this pub.
- Facebook - Cross Keys Hotel
- CAMRA WhatPub :: Cross Keys Hotel - whatpub.com
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Beer Garden : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Car Park : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Child Friendly : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Darts : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Function Room : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Hot Food : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Live Music : Yes last updated 27 December 2006 by hondo .
- Micropub : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Pinball : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Quiz Night : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Real Ale : No last updated 02 March 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- Real Cider : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- WiFi : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
