The Cricketers, Worcester

Official site of The Cricketers - www.thecricketersworcester.co.uk

Very busy pub with TV's on showing football. The bar served 2 areas and most folk were in the bar area as the other seemed set more for diners. We chose Brain FirKing Good and Bewdley Worcester Way, both of which were good. Signed cricket bats on the bar.

A terraced Georgian styled town centre pub. It is in a plain white upper, with white stucco and black painted lower. The windows have been sympathetically replaced. There is a nice Georgian doorway in black, with pilasters and pediment. The interior in an L-shaped room in wood panel and white, with a white ceiling (with a few beams) and a patterned carpet. There is a brick fire and the place is populated by the old round copper tables. The main thing in this place is that the walls are covered in various kinds of cricking memorablia; cartoons, photos and cards. It really is a place of interest. They do food, but we had just missed the serving time, so can't comment on that. I didn't see a TV and the music was general stuff at a decent level. The service was very friendly and there were a number of, what felt like, local clientele. Beer; usual tap stuff with 3 handpulls; with Black Sheep bitter a decent Hook Norton Hooky Bitter and another that i failed to note, but wasn't too exciting. I really liked the pub for the memorabilia and atmosphere. The beer choice was a little basic, buth the Hook Norton came to the rescue! I would definitely return.

I’ve got a soft spot for this open plan L shaped pub even though it fails in several ways. There are four pumps with a cider, Black Sheep Bitter, Old Speckled and Purity Mad Goose, guess what I had? Pretty good it was too. Obviously there is a bit of a cricket theme going on here, but it’s mainly confined to photos, cigarette cards and score sheets celebrating Worcestershire’s wins. Carpeted throughout and with panelling in one side perhaps where a lounge bar used to be. Furnished with copper topped round tables, windsor chairs and stools. A bit of an auld lads pub but the craic and the beer is usually of a good standard.