Prince of Wales Inn, Lincoln

What a great pub. Good real beer on tap. Black Sheep, Everards Tiger and Batemans XXXB last time I looked. Really good food as well which always helps. Best pub in the Bail by a country mile. But I would say that wouldn't I! ;)

This pub has been opened out and refurbished quite nicely in the wine bar style but it still retains a bit of a pub feel. There are lots of leather settles and dining tables with high seating in the window alcoves and it has pictures of old Lincoln all around the walls. Three handpumps on the bar with the most boring and uninventive range imaginable. Black Sheep, Abbot Ale and Deuchars, for Christ’s sake get some imagination! I had a pint of the sheep and the other half had a Deuchars, both were OK, but not great. They might do great food, we didn’t try any as we’d already eaten at the nearby Victoria so I can’t comment on quality. The menu was very similar to the Vic but rather more expensive and the Vic food was excellent. I know where I’d go.