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The Bears Head, Penarth
Penarth
CF64 1JD
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Bears Head
Visited 01/10/25
Three hand pumps dispensing with two not serving. On were Jemima's Pitchfork, Doom Bar and their own branded bitter. Keg range was Guinness, Amstel, Carling, Coors, Carlsberg, Cruz, Stella, original SB, Worthington CF, Inch's cider, berries & cherries Old Mount cider, San Miguel, Corona, Alpacalypse, Neck Oil, Moretti, Peroni, Blue Moon and Inch's.
Ex JDW venue but retains the look and feel of a JDW, albeit this would have been one of their more compact venues. There is pavement seating at the front that was popular on my sunny early evening visit. Inside they have retained the colourful JDW carpeting. Plenty of regular tables and chairs and some booth seating along the left-hand wall, that side slightly raised from the right-hand side, which has the long bar counter along the wall. The screens in the venue were tuned into Sky News and various sports channels. background music was very low and the conversation in the venue was the predominate sound. There is an again slightly raised seating area at the back of the venue. There is a small seating area up the long flight of stairs to the bathroom.
On 8th March 2026
- rating: 6
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Bears Head (JD Wetherspoon)
Old-school sort of Spoons but quite nicely-kept, and larger than it looks from outside with an upstairs area also. A reasonable beer range, with two local ales from Rhymney and guests from Exmoor and Coach House, plus Wainwright, Bombardier and the usual trio.
On 12th February 2020
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Bears Head (JD Wetherspoon)
Modest-looking 'spoons in a parade of shops with a small frontage enlivened by some flowering plants. Relatively compact bar too, although there is a family area upstairs and some tables out on the pavement. Reasonable selection of real ales from the two banks of five handpumps, with the Rhymney Export (£2.29) looking the best bet.
On 30th July 2017
- rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Bears Head (JD Wetherspoon)
The Bears Head is a smaller JDW consisting of a square room with the bar on the right and another area upstairs. It has the usual fixtures and fittings and was fairly busy on my Thursday evening visit.
The bar has two sets of five hand pumps which had two unused, Ruddles, Doom Bore & the International Shepherd Neame Todd the Axeman doubled up, Bullmastiff Son Of A Bitch, Rhymney Export and Glamorgan Cwrw Gorslas. I went for the Bullmastiff beer (£2.30) which was in fine condition.
I thought this was a reasonably good Spoons.
On 25th November 2016
- rating: 6
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