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Tombstone Saloon, Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1HR
Served areas
Reviews of Tombstone Saloon (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve of N21 left this review about Tombstone Saloon
Our cunning plan of a quiet Sunday evening pint in the Mariners Arms was thwarted when they had a beat the bands evening on with five local bands and the pub was packed with friends and family of the bands. So we made a tactical retreat after one pint and searched out the Tombstone Brewery Tap room as we had regularly run out of time to do it on previous visits.
Small, western themed one room micro pub set up with bench seating to the front and the serving area set at the back with a counter in front of several barrels in cooling jackets on stillage behind.
Two chalk boards, one on a left-hand pillar detailing the ciders available (presumably in the cellar) and a larger one next to the serving area with the ales on. For my visit there were eight local ales available with four from the Tombstone Brewery, three from Milestone and one from Lodden.. Paddles are available for both the ciders and ales but we went for full measures and between us tried the Tombstone Texas Jack and Hopalong, the Milestone Hammerhead Stout and the Lodden Citra Quad Session IPA and they were all good. Still prefer the nearby Mariners for that true traditional pub experience , but this makes a very good double.
On 25th July 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2110 recommendations about 1992 pubs]
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Tombstone Saloon
I didn't review this pub on BITE the last time I visited in 2016, due to their incompetence in adding new pubs. Luckily PubsGalore is much more on the ball.
However, the Tombstone Saloon remains the best pub in Great Yarmouth. It's run by a husband and wife couple. The guy also brews their own beers. He is really friendly, whilst his wife seems more of a character!
This is always a welcoming place. Locals are friendly and will enagage in conversation. Well behaved children and dogs are also allowed in.
The micropub is tucked away just off a side road and down an alleyway. It is a single-room place with some cask ales on stillage in the bar area and some fetched from the cellar. Ciders are also in the cellar. Both beer and cider is very competitively priced
Just 6 ales were on for my first visit - Brentwood Blonde & Falcon Punch, Tombstone Gunslinger, Harwich Town Mostly Mosaic, Heritage Charrington's Oatmeal Stout & Goff's White Knight. By the time of my second visit, Caveman Paleolothic, Tombstone Arizone, Elephant School Aussie Blonde & Portobello Star were on.
A grand total of 16 ciders were on - Gwynt y Ddraig Welsh Warrior, Lilley's Cherries & Berries, Collider, Apple & Blackberry Cider and Pear & Raspberry Cider, Abrahall's Lily the Pin & Slack Alice, Mr Whitehead's Equinox, Snail's Bank Very Perry, Damson in a Dress & Rhubarb Cider, Farmer Jim's Apple Red, Thistly Cross Jaggy Thistle, Cock Eyed Strawberry Blonde & Weston's Old Rosie & Vintage Medium Dry. These must turn over well, as Snail's Bank Orchard Dry & Sandford Orchards Devon Red had replaced 2 ciders on the list, just 5 days later.
If you're ever in Great Yarmouth, step away from the seafront and search this place out. Probably in my top 10 pubs/bars in the country.
On 24th August 2021
- rating: 9
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
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Clive Thompson left this review about Tombstone Saloon
Stumbled across this place, whilst following a cabby's advice to another one. Great find, and I reckon it meets the micropub definition. It's essentially the brewery tap and offers all their beers plus others. Around 8 beers on gravity plus a selection of bottles. Small, cozy, with a friendly clientele knowledgeable and passionate about beer. A great find.
On 5th April 2019
- rating: 8
[User has posted 777 recommendations about 697 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Beer Garden : No last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Car Park : No last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 24 August 2021 by Blue Scrumpy
- Darts : No last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 24 August 2021 by Blue Scrumpy
- Micropub : Yes last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 05 April 2019 by Clive Thompson
