The Grosvenor, Stockbridge

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Well described by Quinno, below. I would add that there is a small pleasant garden at the back, and that they hold regular live jazz evenings. For a supposedly genteel venue there is a lot of noise – the din from the coffee machine in the bar is awful, the staff seem to do a lot of banging and crashing behind the bar, the jukebox is really irritating and a pointless fire alarm was going off and being ignored the whole time we were there. The house ale wasn't available, leaving GK IPA and Abbot, both of which tasted odd. Probably fine as a B&B, but not a venue of choice.

A hotel bar operated by Greene King. The wonky lettering outside is reminiscent of Fawlty Towers and there were a couple of bar incidents (the Polish barmaid was clearly a modern Manuel) that did make me think the two share a little bit of DNA. The bar is carpeted and tidy enough inside with various fish pictures and ephemera, presumably due to the location by the River Test. Three ales, GK IPA, Abbot (ok) and a house beer which I deduced was probably a GK Morlands rebadge. There isn’t much of a reason to re-do this one.