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The Griffin Inn, Dunstable
Toddington
Postal town: Dunstable
LU5 6BN
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
The Chairman left this review about The Griffin Inn
With this pub having made the Good Beer Guide I felt the need to investigate. I arrived just after 2.45pm, which was unfortunate as it didn't open until 3pm (seasonal hours). So, with a bus to catch at 3.10, it was only going to be a quick half. Four beers were on with a fifth pump clip reversed, and I tried the Tring Scrum Down (NBSS 4.0) which was very good. Other beers were Tring Resus Red, GK IPA and GK/H&H Olde Trip. With the bus delayed the second and third halves were equally good, and the company was convivial. The pub is slightly odd as a seating area at the front seems to be occupied by a certain amount of clutter and the snooker room at the back seemed to have a similar use. There was also some jocularity at the next beer on being Oakham Junkyard, which is was suggested had been obtained because of the state of the garden! I would happily return here although I suspect that with three dartboards and a pool table it could be quite lively of an evening.
On 3rd March 2026
- rating: 8
[User has posted 92 recommendations about 89 pubs]
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Komakino . left this review about The Griffin Inn
Just off the main Market Square, this is a two-roomed GK house offering accommodation and has a high-ceilinged 'hotel' air to its interior. A central bar serves a main bar room as well as a pool room, but with just two ales available from the five stumps - GK IPA and St Austell, the latter at £1.75 a half, was excellent). Seemed to be a bit of a work in progress ('Sunday Lunches Coming Soon'), but despite a bit of a wait to get served, the guv'nor was a pleasant chap and gave me a cheery goodbye on my departure. Fingers crossed for the next six months of this pub's life.
On 26th September 2017
- rating: 4
[User has posted 1098 recommendations about 1098 pubs]
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Griffin Inn
This Greene King pub is more substantial than it first appears, with a large-ish dining area behind the the bar (which itself appears to have been opened out from several smaller rooms). There is also a side room housing a pool table and the place offers B&B accommodation. Decor-wise, it has obviously been refurbished fairly recently in a modern (if rather anonymous) style. Clientele was mostly families eating out, but the bar area was also quite busy. Plenty of staff, who seemed both efficient and friendly - a very welcome combination! Reasonable-looking menu, and thankfully one of those rare places which caters on a Sunday lunchtime for those just wanting a sandwich as well people looking for a full roast dinner. Four GK ales on handpump, and my pint of Morland Original (£2.80) was in good form. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by my visit, and as the northernmost of the seven pubs in the village it is the first one you see if approaching from the nearby M1 and seeking something better than the motorway services.
On 23rd January 2011
- rating: 7
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