The Longboat, Penzance

The first pub you hit on the way into town uphill from the station. Inside is a wood-heavy place aimed squarely at the tourists. Of note is an attractive boat-themed lower servery. Oddly, there were multiple screens with football on the go that the diners were not interested in. Five pumps with four on (a bit of stretch, I thought), all the big Cornwall breweries represented. My Sharps Atlantic was, unsurprisingly, under-par (NBSS 2.5). Tidy enough and worth a look if you have an extended stay in the town. 6.5

The Longboat is an inn with rooms just over the road from the train & bus stations and hugely popular for food (so best get a booking in, if you're visiting in season). It's a lounge bar feel making a comfortable place for a drink, if you can find a space (I'd advise skipping the 6pm to 8pm period entirely). The bar has 5 handles - 2 for Tribute, 1 each for Spitfire and Atlantic Pale, with the final one promising Doom Bar, but sporting a label "awaiting perfection" which, given it was in place on 2 separate visits suggested to me a polite way of saying "never available". Ciders comprise Strongbow, Inch's and a fruit flavoured Old Mout, which I suspect count for nothing among the cognoscenti. There's also a couple of big shiny fonts for Moretti and Fosters. All in all, it's worth a stop if waiting for a train, though perhaps not the destination for a journey.

Official site of The Longboat - www.longboatinn.co.uk