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The Horse & Jockey, Whitchurch
Grindley Brook
Postal town: Whitchurch
SY13 4QJ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Horse & Jockey
Good Beer Guide listed pub situated on Shropshire's border with Cheshire. There appears to be a big focus on food here and we arrived late on a Sunday afternoon to find most people leaving. Staff were all young girls and the one serving us appeared to have a bit of an attitude. There are a couple of house beers on - Merlin Lord Blaze of Glory & Three Tuns Busby's Best Bitter. Guests were Acorn Drop Kick & Barnsley Bitter & Weetwood Best & Cheshire Cat. The cider was Aspall's.
Inside, there is a large carpeted dining room off to the left-hand side of the entrance with a fireplace and pumpclips on the beams. The central bar area has bare boards apart from a tiled area adjacent to the bar. There are lots of supposedly humorous signs on the walls. A further room off to the right is much brighter than the other areas with many pictures on the walls.
Background music was playing and board games are available to play. A few locals were watching football in the bar area on a laptop. Dog treats were available on the bar, despite the lack of any canine customers whilst we were there.
Seemed a nice little pub, but the young bar staff seemed more intent on clearing up for closing time and it's all very much focused on dining. Nevertheless, an interesting beer range and therefore worth a try.
On 12th March 2025
- rating: 6
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Thuck Phat left this review about The Horse & Jockey
A large roadhouse which doesn't look too bad from the outside but seems to have been painted entirely in white inside which gives the whole place the feel of a conservatory.
The menu on our weekday lunchtime visit offered unexciting standard pub grub lunchtime fare which none of the other, 3 or so, customers were tempted by.
Surprisingly for a GK boozer the handpumps weren't overrun by the usual mood deadening offerings and on our visit the following were on:Three Tuns 1642 and XXX, GK IPA Gold, Stonehouse Sunlander and Woodlands Light Oak. This still left 3 unoccupied handpumps but everything we tried was decent and the XXX would've beaten a GK IPA anytime.
Not a bad spot to stop for a pint if you happen to be passing.
On 23rd September 2013
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Horse & Jockey
A Greene King Country Pub and Eating House,which has had the full pubco makeover although the interior does divide into section and some old beams are visible.At the rear there is a garden conservatory with a wood burner.There is a mix of wooden furniture and muzak but to my surprise there were 8 handpumps with only one devoted to the ghastly GK output.Not all the pumps were working but my Three Tuns XXX and Woodlands Light Oak were in reasonable shape if not the most memorable of brews.
Close to the Llangollen canal and the notorious bottleneck which is the Grindley Brook staircase locks,many boaters will pop in and given the choice of ale,I might use it again if in need of a pint despite the sterile interior.
On 15th September 2013
- rating: 6
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