ReviewI remember this pub back in the 1960s. A beautiful late Victorian/Edwardian pub full of leather covered seats,booths,engraved glass windows and mirrors.All you wanted was a foggy night and someone playing an old joanna and you would be looking for a jack the ripper type.
Anyway all this disappeared when the pub was modernised ( corporate vandalism I call it). It has undergone changes since but nothing matched the interior I remember.
Its a pleasant enough place for a drink and a bite.The courtyard entrance no doubt fooling the tourists that the interior is original.
Its sad that Shrewsbury lost so many wonderful pub interiors to modernisation.
Amended to:Large detached corner pub, white rendered, with conservatory and a nice beer garden at the back
The interior is open plan, the decor being hard to tell, as it was so dark, but looked like red, yello and cream walls, with a grey or dark green wood panel. Decoration was supplied by a couple of nice tiled fireplaces and some old posters (reduced size) on the walls. A mix of modern and traditional that is fine, as there are no sofas or terrible arty pictures that are turning so many pubss into soulless places. They do have twigs in a vase - on which they shine a light that changes colour every few seconds - but i found this amusing rather than annoying. The service was fine and the clientele mixed, as it was open mic night and the conservatory had been turned into a stage area - far better than a karaoke (they do this on another night, as well as a pretty full programme on other days for music and comedy - good luck to them. There was Sky TV and a dartboard, though you would have to shift a few tables to play.
Beer; usual tap stuff, with Banks's MILD, Bitter and Pedigree on handpull. The MILD was fine, the pedi was a little more so-so.
When i first took a seat i didnt think i would like it, but it grew on me and having visited before on a few occasions, there seemed to be more life. I would always go the Dragon down the road first, but this is a decent enough place, i will be back and i wish them good luck.
