Cape of Good Hope, Warwick

Lovely canal-side boozer with fabulous outside seating overlooking lock 25 of the Grand Union. Two rooms inside, the quarry tiled main bar is canal-side and features an outside serving hatch. Shame the fire is gas not real. Also has darts and pool - various sporting trophies sit atop the ceiling beam. Other room is more of a laid-back dining area with bare brick walls. Five ales; Church End Goats Milk (superb nick), Hooky, Wye Valley Butty Bach, GK OSH and Church Farm Harry's Heifer (excellent shape). Decided to sample the food and glad I did, the Haloumi burger was top-notch, as was the Granny Tiggs Orange sauce, an NZ-sourced condiment that was on all the tables (it’s available behind the bar for a fiver - was so impressed I got one for myself!). Busy at lunchtime with quite a collection of workers from IBM who must have an office nearby. Corking place and easily the best in Warwick that day, well-worth the 10-15 minute walk from town.