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Moby Duck left this review about Archangel
An interesting old building a little modernised inside but still retaining some intrigue as you enter the corridor through to the main bar. The two available cask ales were somewhat less intriguing both from Butcombe, Original and Adam Henson's Rare Breed which to be fair the later was in good nick and a decent pint albiet at the more expensive end of the Frome price scale at £5.75.
Again a decent pub without being outstanding.
On 9th August 2026
- rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about Archangel
This ancient buildings attributes have been very well described in the previous review. On a Saturday the main bar was better provided with staff, which is just as well as it was pretty busy. Interestingly, no one was using the smart and well furnished rooms along the corridor: perhaps too smart! The bar has four hand pumps with just two beers from Butcombe, the Original 4% and Adam Henson's Rare Breed 3.8% £5.75/pint. (The other two handles had Thatcher ciders as placeholders.) I can't get excited about Butcombe beers, but I reckoned that my half of Rare Breed was in very good condition, without getting regretful that I didn't have a pint.
On 8th August 2026
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Archangel
Interesting looking building (well, I think so anyway) of significant age. Enter through what I assume to be an old alley, the servery is located in the huge, scruffy, double-mezzanined rear room, with several separate rooms off said corridor, all a bit Blue Anchor in Helston. Obviously this place spectacularly failed to get anywhere near that benchmark. Two Butcombe ales were clipped with one keen, though thoroughly over-worked barmaid who was juggling bar orders, serving food to hotel guests and fending-off enquiries from an early arriving wedding party. After an interminable wait I ended-up with a poor Rare Breed (NBSS 1.5) which ended-up watering a plant in the rear courtyard. An ominous start to the day’s crawling.
On 11th November 2024
- rating: 4
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Graham Coombs left this review about Archangel
Apparently some of this building was originally a medieval inn. What you have now is a passageway through some nice old buildings, with assorted small drinking areas alongside, leading to a old barn/warehouse sort of building which has been gutted and fitted out with a trendy bar and a modern upstairs restaurant level while retaining the outside walls in the original state of (dis)repair. Accommodation is available and at the back is a patio garden, equipped with fairy lights for the evenings. The overall effect is perhaps a bit modern for an old country town (and priced accordingly) but is not unpleasant. Ales included examples from Milk St and Box alongside Directors and something exotic. Food tends a bit towards the gastro but is very good. Certainly not a traditional pub but would be happy to drink here again.
On 28th September 2019
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Archangel
Obviously housed (at least in part) in some historic buildings, this place is a right mixture of various rooms on different levels and on each side of the central corridor. The bar itself is located towards the back and looks like a relatively modern conversion (with a mezzanine dining area above). However, there are a number of other rooms and snugs too, but unfortunately the overall feel is rather sterile. Four handpumps on the bar counter, offering the 'house' Gabri-ale from Milk Street, two beers from Ringwood - Mauler and Old Thumper - and a Lilley's cider.
On 15th April 2017
- rating: 6
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