Last Pub Standing, Norwich

Last Pub Standing is a thin single room L-shaped pub with a couple of tables by the entrance before a long bar counter that runs up the left wall facing small tables and stools up the right. At the rear is split-level seating where access can be gained to a patio area. In the floor is a thick glass panel that looks down into the cellar where a pirate scene has been set up with an old barrel, pirate and a few doubloons spread about. I’m not sure what the relevance is to the pub, it seemed a bit tacky to me. A television at the rear was playing a pub advertisement loop whilst some background music played. Two of the four hand pumps were in operation during a recent late Thursday afternoon visit, drawing Humpty Dumpty’s Little Sharpie and Wildcraft Brewery’s Wild Eye Intriguing Pale Ale. Premium and craft keg were also available, as was food from a limited menu. The burger was priced at £15. The service was friendly from the two barmaids, but there are better pubs in the immediate area so I probably won't.

Despite the name, this is very much a modernised bar / restaurant. The 'L'-shaped room is quite sparsely furnished and decorated but was (initially at least) busy enough late lunchtime not to feel sterile. Four real ales on handpump: two from Grain - Oak and Redwood - and a pair from Boudicca - Golden Torc (£3.70) and Red Queen.