The Commercial, Penzance

There’s a locals bar at the rear of the building through a couple of corridors. A half-done refurb, blueish grey paint but an old red pub carpet that would have been better in the skip. Pool, darts and dogs in addition to a TV. Mildly surprised to see two cask offerings in Doom Bar and Sharps Twin Coast, the latter of which was surprisingly good (NBSS 3.5). Don’t rush your visit at the Star to do this one but worth a nose if there’s plenty of time, based on the ale quality.

This is an end terraced hotel (yes, it does accomodation) with patio area. The building is in a Georgian style, with pilasters, large sash windows and a rustic and porched lower frontage. The building is in a coffee colour, with some white paintwork. The interior has dining rooms either side of a corridor, before you get to the open bar area at the back. This area is L-shaped with the serving bar at the base of the 'L'. A side area has a pool table and dart board, with a large TV showing golf. The decor is white and green, with a large stone fireplace. There are a few mirror and pictures on the walls, with a few bits of ephemera dotted about. A tidy enough place. The do food, but i didn't eat. The service was fine, there was no music and there were a few maturer people in. Beer; usual tap stuff with an Ok enough Doombar on handpull. Nice enough place, just not really enough on the beer front for me to return to.