Try Dowr (Lloyds No 1), Truro

Official site of Try Dowr (Lloyds No 1) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Official site of Try Dowr (Lloyds No 1) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

According to the JDW Directory this is a Lloyds but the only evidence I could see of that was the Landscape Menus although What Pub claims that there is music in the evenings. It's a long narrow room with a more modern look than some. There were several TV screens dotted about showing Football which the vast majority were completely ignoring. The bar here has two sets of five hand pumps which had a poor selection with the JDW Trio Of Doom and Cornish Crown One Hop Grain doubled up, one available soon and Hook Norton Nerdherder IPA. I went for the One Hop Grain (£2.45) which was in good condition. This was another potentially good JDW let down by an indifferent beer choice.

This is an end terraced Wetherspoons chain pub/eatery, with a front patio area. The facade is in a plain Georgian style brick upper, broken only by the windows and white rendered lower, with large windows. The interior is one long room with the pine bar on the right as you walk up. The decor is a mix of colours featuring Coffee, yellow, cream, red and undressed stone, with a white ceiling and a carpet and wood mixed floor. The usual tables, with more up-market comfy seats are all over the place for the diners but there were a few sofas at the back in case punters missed their own front-room. If they wanted a book, there is a library at the back as well. The walls have the old photos juxtaposed with the bistro art. We ate here and the food was fine as Spoons goes. The usual silent TVs showing strangely subtitled news were there and there was no music. The service was very good and the usual clientele ranging from families to swaying adults populated the place. Beer; the usual tap stuff, with the usual Abbotts and Ruddles on handpull. These were accompanied by Bombardier, Springhead Brewery's Roaring Meg and an excellent Tintagel Harbour Special A better than the average Spoons - my beer being on top form (i stuck to the same one to make sure)