The Encore, Stratford Central, Stratford-Upon-Avon

I think this place must have had a recent revamp as the whole of the outside of the pub is now painted blue. It’s still got a pub like bar but the rest of the place is very gastro/wine bar style and there’s a restaurant upstairs. Horseshoe shaped bar with stone flagged floors and subdued lighting with unusual zebra striped stools. Apart from that it’s got very few distinguishing features although it is all tastefully done and it doesn’t look like a cafe in IKEA as many of them do. There are 2 handpumps on the bar which is good news, serving Purity UBU and TT Landlord. The Landlord was pretty good as was the red wine according to the other half. It’s a very girlie place now and was full of the after work crowd and tourists. It’s just about OK but it is a bit of a generic modernisation