The Broom Bar, Ullapool

A strange pub this. From the outside it looks more like a fairly modern village hall rather than your traditional boozer, although it does have etched glass windows saying “Beers” and such like. It advertises itself as being family run, and although it’s a little out of town off the tourist trail, we thought we’d give it a go. Inside it’s a little more pubby, but it’s not really to my taste. The flooring is all brown tiles and all the tables were laid up with menus and place mats, even though they had stopped doing food a couple of hours previously. There was a TV up in one corner showing Sky News, and a darts board at the rear of the pub. It seems to be very much for locals rather than the tourists, and they were all sat on stools around the bar. The walls have wood cladding lower down, with maroon wallpaper above. The bar counter is wood panelled, and there is extensive wood panelling both behind it and on the ceiling above. There are a few black and white photos on the wall, along with what I presume is local artwork. There was some sports memorabilia to the right. No real ales on tap unfortunately, just keg stuff such as McEwans and Belhaven. The solitary cider was Strongbow, unfortunately.