Henry's Bar, Paignton

This is a small and narrow one room bar with a long bar counter down the left hand side of the room and half a dozen booths along the right hand wall. As you enter there is an old brick fire place on the left which now has an electric fire in it, on the walls were various branded mirrors and old adverts for beer or spirits, a few nautical bits and pieces which included an old ships figure head of a naked woman. There were two large flat screen TV’s, one at either end of the room and a further three smaller TV’s built into the wall above the bar, all were showing the same music channel during this visit. The sign above the small patio area at the front states that the place was established in 1983. Ales on offer were Bays Gold, Sharp’s Doom Bar and Skinner’s Betty Stogs. A bit of a surprise for this kind of place but all were in decent condition in my opinion. Not a bad place amongst all the gift shops and arcades on the high street near the sea front, I wasn’t expecting much as first impressions were that it looked like a modern wine bar type of place but I spotted a chalk board outside which advertised “Real ale served here” and I wasn’t disappointed, a nice selection and well kept. The décor is a bit cheesy but I would return.

good pub,good food and ale,freindly pub