The Dancing Man, Southampton

Great old stone building, lovely refurbishment with brewery and outside space next to the docks. Excellent stone interior and good beer

Always busy, this brewery tap is much as described below. It’s become trendy, and the lack of other decent pubs in the area has increased the numbers coming here. It was noisy, not particularly convivial, and crowded, so not as enjoyable as it should have been. The beer was good though, my favourite behind the Old Fashioned bitter which hit the spot nicely. I shall come back in the hope that things will be more enjoyable when it gets too cold for the tourists.