The Still, Lincoln

Official site of The Still - www.thestilllincoln.co.uk

Official site of The Still - www.thestilllincoln.co.uk

Interesting town-centre boozer, a bit lost down a side street and somewhat submerged by the Waterside development, but the Camra heritage inventory interior hasn't been too badly abused. The central entrance corridor with part-glazed partitions leads to a small counter (possibly for off-sales in days of yore), with bars on either side of the central 'U'-shaped servery. The public bar is dominated by a pool table but the small tables around the periphery are probably more amenable than the larger ones in the main bar. However the rear lounge is very appealing and more like a large snug than anything else. Reasonable selection from the Marston's range from the trio of handpumps on each counter: Pedigree, Burton Bitter, Hobgoblin, the 4.2% 'house' Still pale ale (£2.80) and Lancaster Bomber.

Marstons pub. U-shaped interior with some old dark varnish wood panelling retained along with some internal glasswork. Three on, Marstons Bitter (pretty good), 61 Deep and Wychwood Gold. Bit of a rum crowd in situ though (with some interesting tales circulating) but I suppose it was a Saturday close to Christmas. Feels like somewhere that has stayed at pretty much the same point since around 1987, which is fair enough. It’s worth a nose when quiet for the interior.

The Still is situated on a pedestrianised street in the middle of Lincoln. When i first did this pub it was a North Country tied house,we had a very nice drink of North Country bitter. I have visited this pub on many occasions since then and is seems to me to be pretty as it was in the early 80s. Once inside there is a square shaped pool room to the front left,there is an oblong shaped lounge to the right which runs to the rear,this room is carpeted and has comfy bench seating and chairs,there is a smaller square shaped area off the lounge to the rear right,this area is also carpeted and has comfy bench seating and chairs. I think the pub is now run by Marstons,there were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Marstons bitter which went down well,the other beer was Pedigree. Some very good background music was playing,Pink Floyds Money,this also made my latest visit here more enjoyable. This is a very pleasant smart and comfortable pub to have a few drinks in. I really dont think this this pub deserves previous reviews about toilets. Pub first visited 25/3/1983 Recent visit 1/8/2015