The Well House Tavern, Exeter

Official site of The Well House Tavern - www.abodeexeter.co.uk

Official site of The Well House Tavern - www.abodeexeter.co.uk

A fairly non-descript pub in a prime location looking directly out on to the Cathedral Green, it’s quite an attractive old building and makes the most of it’s location with full height windows along the front, but other than that seems to do little to entice any thirsty punters through the doors. Although the building dates from the 15th century, it has apparently only been a pub since 1984 having had a number of different uses prior to that. It takes it’s name from a well that pre-dates the building. The interior is fairly plain with sanded wood flooring and whitewashed walls which are completely plain other than a little black timberwork and a few blackboards detailing the food offering and forthcoming music acts. There was also a plasma screen, but this was not in use on our visit. Other than that, there was nothing of any note. It was very busy on a recent Saturday evening visit with no seating available. There were however a good choice of beers on tap which on this occasion were Velvet Ale and Head from the Otter brewery, IPA and Tawny from Cotleigh along with Hunter’s Slaughtered Lamb which had a graphic depiction of the expired beast on the pump clip – it’s a good job I’m not a veggie! Ciders were also well represented with Sandford Orchard’s Devon Mist, Ashridge Traditional Devon, Thatcher’s Gold and Aspall’s Harrow Sparrow.