Zetland Arms Hotel, Warwick

A fairly average pub with a few locals in, all looking bored. The place is nice enough decor wise but sadly the beer selection was poor today with just one real ale on and with that being Doom Bore it was Guinness for me. Pleasant enough beer garden to the rear but its doubtful I'd be back should I ever be in Warwick again.

Well described by Q below, and not as actively unpleasant as some of these refurbishments can be, and certainly trumps the dismal offerings in the square. The best bit is the large beer garden, and though I wouldn't bother with the pub most of the time it's worth seeking out on a nice day. A Sharp's win double (Doom and Atlantic) when we called, other clips turned. I stuck to ambitiously priced eurofizz.

Recently refurbished and reopened. An upmarket light and airy look over the two and a half rooms. Corridor walk to the main bar, with a nice bow windowed room to the left. Main bar is ‘rustic chic’ with few obvious features outside the wood burning stove and outsize skeletal iron clock. Beyond here is a small conservatory and well done patio garden with plenty of flora and fauna. Four ales on; Doom Bar, Marstons New World, Hooky Bitter and local Slaughterhouse Saddleback (warm and bland, clearly the first one for a while). Music and Sky Sports competing for an audience of five. I guess this is aimed at the upmarket students but I struggled to really enjoy it. If the inside was as good as the garden, perhaps I may have done.