The Encore, Stratford Central, Stratford-Upon-Avon

The Encore has a central U-shaped bar with seating across the front windows and down both sides. At the door is a lectern where a staff member was greeting people to see if they had booked a table. I thought this place felt more like a restaurant than pub, but there was no problem with me sitting at a high table by the bar counter with just a beer. Premium keg is available and two of the three handpumps were in operation drawing Ubu Purity and Sharps Doom Bar. Half a Purity was top end at £2.70. There was some low background music playing. This place advertises itself as ‘waterside dining’, I suppose I could throw a stone into the river with a bit of effort. This isn’t somewhere that I’d go just for a beer again.