The Bugle Coaching Inn, Yarmouth

A pleasant former coaching inn offering good food and decent beer. It still offers B&B and has free WiFi and occasionally hosts live music acts. The interior is well described by Soupy, below. There were 4 ales and a cider on. The beers weren't exciting – Brakspears, Landlord, Bass and Doombar – but they were well kept and rather enjoyable. The staff were pleasant, the clientele mature and civilised, mostly yachties plus a couple of locals and some CAMRA types. One of the better pubs in Yarmouth, worth a visit and I would definitely include in a crawl.

This really is a composite kind of pub, restaurant and hotel complex, covering three buildings it seems, with the hotel area being in stone, and the other parts in brick, white render and black paintwork, with a patio area at the rear. The interior seemed equally composite, whilst I suppose being generally open plan around a central wood bar, it had several different areas for food, or for individual preference. There was a dining area in cream, a conservatory with bits of greenery, a traditional wood panel area (where we sat), a pool table area, a sofa bit and a small wood panel ante room by the one entrance. The traditional area had a plethora of bottles, brass, barrels and a wooden model tram, but elsewhere there were photos and old metal signs and advertisements. There was Sky TV, no music, lots of holidaymakers and the service was OK. Beer; tap stuff, with Timothy Taylor Landlord, Flowers Original, GK IPA, Abbots and an OK Ringwood 49er on handpull. The beer choice was good, but it was very expensive. I just found the place a little impersonal and to be honest, I would rather go to the Kings Head.