The City Inn, Truro

Stopped off in Truro on the way back from the Eden Project (AKA Kew Gardens Writ Large) to give the two GBG pubs a try. This was my second of the two after the Wetherspoons (had to work my way up for the hill ascent) and I have to say this place really was a crushing disappointment. The pub is split into two areas, a nice area set out with ostentatious dining tables and all I can describe as a dark, grotty area for the drinkers away from a small bar area where all the locals were crushed into. The gents were also pretty rancid, what are those brown streaks running down the wall by the sink about? There were three ales on - Sharps, Courage Best and Skinners Betty Stoggs. I opted for the Betty Stoggs and got a pretty insipid beer for my trouble. Perhaps I should have tried another of the beers to see if was just unlucky given the dislike of the place itself I didn't feel any desire to stay on so left. GBG or not, I'd struggle to summon up any recommendation really.

Called in this pub as it features in the 2010 Good Beer Guide. It is a short walk from the main shopping area, and has a local feel to it. Beer from local breweries, and we enjoyed the Skinners Cornish Knocker and Sharps Doom Bar in the very pleasant sun trap of a garden at the back of the pub.

I think this is the right photo, it was taken in 2007.