The Elsinore Hotel, Whitby

Great beer. My favourite pub full stop. Great music nights. What happened to Highway 61?

This is a large pub, with a fantastic Victorian exterior and tidy interior with a couple of large rooms, pool tables and Sky TV. It's a friendly, mixed race pub and have always enjoyed popping in. The beer is very limited to the usual stuff and Banks's MILD smooth, which although decent enough, means with better choices elsewhere, i do not go in much. Its the lack of choice which lowers the score, not the place.

Visited a few times over the weekend, after previous experience of the place. This is a lovely little place, with a white rendered exterior, with red touches. The inside is open plan to make most of what little room there is. There is lots of marine memorabilia on the walls, with books on the shelves and a nice 70s feel to it. It is very friendly. On the first visit, we got a seat, the second, the following night, was jam packed, as there was live music. The only fault is that, other than Strongarm, thier other handpull beer, was the dreary Tetley and John Smiths casks. If the Strongarm ran out, so would I.

OK pub, beer 7/10. Friendly enough, but spoilt by the smelly smokers in the doorway.

As Mike say's the beer is the best in Whitby and i'm a lager drinker but i drink Strongarm here.