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Admiral MacBride, Barbican, Plymouth

1 The Barbican
Plymouth
PL1 2LR

Phone: 01752262054

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Admiral MacBride

This pub is firmly on the Barbican drinking trail. It is a bare boarded pub with TVs for live sport. A fireplace separates the main bar from a smaller side room to the side of the bar. However on a hot day, most people were choosing to drink across the street on tables overlooking the harbour. Inside, music was playing but all TVs were off. Dogs are allowed in.

The bar has 3 handpulls. Jail Ale & Tribute were on with the third clip turned around. Neck Oil was on keg. Ciders were Inch's, Thatcher's Gold, Haze and their 3 fruit varieties. I chose the Apple & Blackcurrant variety, which was £3 for a half. Wine and cocktails were being promoted, as was a bottomless brunch for the princely sum of £35.

Since Quinno's 2023 review, the pub has dropped out of the Good Beer Guide and it's easy to see why.

On 26^th June 2026 - rating: 5
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Quinno _ left this review about Admiral MacBride

GBG’23 listed and I had high hopes for this one. Probably was a half-decent interior a few years ago but has recently been glooped in grey paint. This, allied with ropey music and modern wholesale tin signs made the place seem pretty sterile, especially given the waterfront location. Things deteriorated further as the two tweenage bob-a-jobs were serving the loud-mouthed, aggressive and quite clearly incapable (who then staggered off with a full pint – though he probably lost half by the time he reached the door - to a taxi). Three cask; St Austell Tribute, Dartmoor Jail and Salcombe Shingle Bay (NBSS 3) which perhaps inevitably got poured into a Heineken glass. A GBG selection for a branch that has too many entries. No chance of me re-appearing under this (lack of) management. A horrible 15 minutes.

On 21^st June 2023 - rating: 2
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E TA left this review about Admiral MacBride

A single room seafront pub, dating from the 18th Century. The floor is timber, the windows at the front once overlooked the harbour but development has now got in the way. There is a brick hearth set into the original stone chimney and a large tv on the chimney breast. The staff weren’t particularly welcoming, and there wasn’t much of a local feel to it, just a few elderly and quite annoying tourists making a fuss over nothing. There is a gaming machine and a juke box. Food is ready-made burgers, pizzas and other junk. Two ales on, Dartmoor Jail Ale and Salcombe Seahorse, both in very poor condition. Not sure I’d rush back.

On 14^th August 2019 - rating: 5
[User has posted 3816 recommendations about 3774 pubs]

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