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Submitted on Thursday, 24th September 2020
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Royal, Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 1YD
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Reviews of Royal (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Royal
Much more pub-like now, with good quality floor boards exposed, wood panelling on the walls painted in olive drab and multi-coloured stained but unfinished wood on the ceiling and bar counter. Seating mostly in booths plus a few high tables. Two hand pumps partly hidden by a pillar, with beers fromlocal Gan Yam and the rather more distant Front Row (Stoke on Trent). My half of the latter's Try was pretty good, a mid-brown bitter (NBSS 3.5) with a subtle finish. Some pretty decent background music was playing, so this was a pleasant revisit to a pub that I used to call into after work two or three times a week in the early 80s.
On 14th December 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 4273 recommendations about 3935 pubs]
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Brainy Pool left this review about Royal
there's nothing especially wrong with this place, it's perfectly fine for a pint especially if you're staying the night here. but it's a bland hotel bar at the end of the day and has no pub atmosphere at all.
On 1st June 2018
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1174 recommendations about 1136 pubs]
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter
- Quiz Night : Yes - Mondays every two weeks - last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter
- WiFi : Yes last updated 14 December 2024 by Will Larter