The Market Tavern, Bilston

A terraced town centre Georgian looking pub in white, with black paintwork. The lower half is in chamfered ashlar blocks and the upper half has projecting window lintles, pub lanterns - looks neat. The interior has a long narrow room and an upstairs room. The decor is a mix of red and cream, with a white ceiling and red and white upstairs, where there is a dart board. There are tiled fireplaces both upstair and down and lots of Wolves pictures and memorabilia all over the pub - as well as a stuffed bird in a cage! There were a few TVs, some not on, one with footy on and another supplying the music through some charty channel. The service was really friendly - i had a good chat to the guy behind the bar about the loss of pubs around the Bilston area. There was no other clientele in when i visited, but generally it is mixed, with maybe a younger leaning. Beer; no real ale, usual keg drinks with Banks's MILD smooth. Just had a Boddington's shandy, which was fine. Nothing for the real ale drinker. A general town centre pub, will get loud sometimes, but happy to pop in for one every so often.