Imperial Inn, Gloucester

Lovely old exterior and an interior that hasn’t been mucked about with. 4 real ales.

A traditional looking pub with a green tiled façade and etched glass at the end of Gloucester’s main shopping thoroughfare, the traditional look continues inside where it might also be described as dated. It didn’t appear tatty, but one can imagine that it has remained largely unchanged for many years. Internally it’s one long, open plan room with red patterned carpet on the floor, dark wood panelling on the lower part of the walls and wallpaper that has been painted in a salmon colour elsewhere. Seating consisted of old padded bench seating and chairs, whilst the walls were liberally covered with all manner of branded mirrors such as Bass, George’s and Badger Beers as well as a number of sports shields and even some small landscape paintings. A couple of TV screens were showing a terrestrial channel and there was a darts board at the rear. Beers on tap were Salopian Shropshire Gold, Doom Bar, Sharp’s Atlantic and Bass. Ciders were well represented with Blackthorn, Stowford Press and Thatcher’s Gold on tap as well as something from Stan’s in a box on the end of the bar.