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Wig & Mitre, Lincoln
Lincoln
LN2 1LU
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Wig & Mitre
Food-led pub in three parts: the main seating area by the picture windows overlooking Steep Hill, the bar area with a few stools in the centre and a slightly raised dining area at the back. All sections smart, semi-traditional in appearance. Despite initial appearances, cask ale is important here, and we found a pair each from Milestone and FAB (including the Green Imp green-hop beer, £2.50, half).
On 16th November 2024
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about Wig & Mitre
This is a somewhat modernised, gastrofied affair, pics aplenty on their website.
Ferry Ales Brewery Green Hop at £2.15 a half and not really what I was expecting from a seasonal green hop beer; it was a bit too weird to attract another of the same, a slight chemical taste and not very nice, a bit like the crawlers referenced by BF below.
Beer aside, not bad, but not the cream of the crop in Lincoln.
On 7th November 2024
- rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about Wig & Mitre
Located on Lincoln’s main tourist artery of Steep Hill, this is a food led pub and has more of an ambiance of a restaurant serving the eating needs of the tourist hoards. However, the small serving area beyond the front room does have four hand pumps on the bar surface that was providing a local range as detailed by the previous two reviewers below. I went for the house ale, the Milestone brew badged as Wig and Mitre Best Bitter, and it was very good. The area beyond this small serving area and the section upstairs was operating very much as a restaurant and unless you are able to get a table in the front section this is not that comfortable a pub for just a drink and there are much better options for that just a short walk away for that. The menu did look good though and I’ve filed it as a possible lunch venue if I ever return to Lincoln with the good lady.
On 5th November 2024
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Wig & Mitre
An old building with a modernised interior over many different levels rising towards the back.The front section is a large seating area with bench seats and an overwhelming smell of pub food,fish is obviously popular here although it was a Friday.The next level up is the tap room offering on handpump FAB (Ferry Ales Brewery) Green Imp (NBSS 3.5) and Squadron 49 along with Milestone Cathderal Gold and Wig & Mitre Bitter. I don't appeciate "house" ales and so was not overly impressed with the range.
There is a fUrther dining section even higher and then a steep climb up some stairs to a back door inlaid with red and green glass.An entry from the back door while under the influence could be a very brave decision.
Although there are lots of old timbers and there was some richness with the leather furniture,it felt touristy not helped by the sudden influx of pub crawlers claiming to be Yorkshire's finest.
I might swerve the W&P if in Lincoln again.
On 4th November 2024
- rating: 6
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Graham Coombs left this review about Wig & Mitre
A very aged building with a collection of rooms spread over two floors, sadly sitting smack in the middle of the touristy bit and with a heavy emphasis on food. Otherwise it could be pretty good. Ales on were Green Imp and 49 Squadron from Ferry and a pair of house beers from Milestone.
On 2nd November 2024
- rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about Wig & Mitre
After some confusion about whether I had ever been to the Wig & Mitre, it seems that I probably did go to the original pub of that name when it was a couple of doors down Steep Hill. It then closed down and reopened as Widow Cullens Well, but when I subsequently visited under the new name it was so changed that I didn't realise I'd already been. Confused? I certainly was. Now re-established in its new location, it's been tantalising me for my last two or three trips. So on this time in Lincoln I was determined to finally visit the new location of the Wig & Mitre, and luckily my drinking companions were willing to go along with me. It didn't seem so lucky when the lass behind the bar told us there were no cask ales because of a cellar fault, but this soon turned out to be old information and we were served from our choice of two house beers from Milestone Brewery. I just had a half of Cathedral Gold 4% (NBSS 3.5), as I was intending to visit BeerHeadz next, which the rest had already done, and the others had pints of that or the W&M Best Bitter 4.4%. It was ok here but I'm not sure it's one I'll be in a hurry to return to. Maybe when I've forgotten I've already been...
On 2nd October 2024
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about Wig & Mitre
The entrance to the Wig & Mitre opens into a square front seating area where banquettes run under the front windows and tables sit in the centre. A strong smell of fat was an indication that food is served here. There is a small bar area in the middle section of the pub where a short serving counter runs along the left-hand wall. One of the four hand pumps was reverse clipped which left Black Sheep’s Best, Milestone Brewery’s Cathedral Gold and Ferry Ales Brewery’s 49 Squadron as the cask options. Steps to the rear lead to a split-level seating area. In here were the only other customers, a pensioner couple who sat in complete silence during the entirety of my stay. I wasn’t very impressed with this place and will walk past next time.
On 14th May 2023
- rating: 4
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Old Boots left this review about Wig & Mitre
Bit of a weird one this, it's a tearoom at the front with a fairly traditional taproom in the middle then a dining room at the back. There are four pulls on the counter generally serving safe nationally recognised beers although some interesting pump clips are among those on the opposite wall. Apparently there's an upstairs as well but I didn't check it out.
On 31st May 2016
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Alan Winfield left this review about Wig & Mitre
The Wig and Mitre is situated at the top of steep hill,so handy for a drink after walking up it.
We had been in this pub a few years back and thought it was the original Wig and Mitre,but it is not,with the original Wig and Mitre being next door.
Once inside this is quite a comfortable pub,the front area is smallish and square,shaped,there is comfy bench seating and a couple of normal tables and chairs,the bar is in the middle area of the pub,there are a few tall tables and stools in this area,the rear area is up a few steps,there are comfy bench seating and normal tables and chairs in this area.
There were four real ales on the bar,we had a drink of Tom Woods Lincolnshire Gold which went down very well,the other beers were Oakham JHB,Everards Tiger Bitter and Black Sheep.
We quite liked this pub,but it is expensive with our pint and a half costing £5.00.
Pub visited 6/12/2014
On 6th December 2014
- rating: 8
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Soup Dragon left this review about Wig & Mitre
A pub/restaurant situated between two streets and having an entrance off both. The rear entrance is somewhat plain - being in brick with a projecting upper window. The front entrance is 'posher', being in white, with a large sash window frontage and also having a projecting upper window. The interior is spread over a couple of floors, with a mezzanine level too. Really, it all feels set out for dining - the food being very good (but not cheap), as was the service. The ground floor is divided into two areas and is in white, brick and wood floor. The upper floor has its own bar and is in white and green. A general mix of old prints and pictures adorned the walls. I didnt see a TV, or hear any piped music. The place was really busy, mainly catering to the tourist's food needs, although a few people were in that were just drinking. Beer; Everard's Tiger, Black Sheep Bitter, Bateman's XB and a decent Hopback Cherry Diamond were on handpull. Overall, a happy enough stop-off, but not a place i could stay at all night.
On 27th March 2013
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