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The Bull Inn, Yeovil
Ilchester
Postal town: Yeovil
BA22 8LH
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Bull Inn
Community pub - through the front door, you are faced with a left or right decision. Pool tables in either room don't aid the decision making. No need to fear, the bar is a central island and serves both.
Multi TV Screens - loud volume - all setup for the impending five nations rugby.
Beer choice was a bit of a new one for me - all keg, with the usual culprits but they did have St Austel Proper Job and Bath Ales Gem - on keg. The Proper Job was far too cold and a very different experience to when its on cask (a fav).
Option over the road - but believe it or not, I couldn't actually find the bar in the there - covid one way system leading me to a posh restaurant type place. So I scuttled back to the Bull.
On 7th February 2022
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about Bull Inn
A basic working village pub, consisting of several rooms on the ground floor of an historic Georgian building on the town square. There is a small garden at the back, with a covered terrace area which looked a bit shabby. Inside, there is a dining room one side, and a bar the other, which has been subdivided into different areas. There is a games area with pool table, there are various tv screens showing live football, and there are gaming machines, plus a separate skittle alley behind, which doubles as a function room. Food is standard pub grub plus various steaks and burgers, reasonable value for money but definitely not haut cuisine. They also have a takeaway food service, but this was less interesting. Two handpumps were showing Doombar and Abbott clips, but the former had just gone off. Spitfire was brought on to replace the Doombar, but it didn't quite taste right, so maybe there's a line issue. The Abbott was reasonably well kept so I don't think the cellar has a problem. A reasonable pub to drop in for lunch or a few pints, provided you don't mind the limited beer selection.
On 2nd May 2017
- rating: 6
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Old Blue left this review about Bull Inn
This was closed when we arrived in Ilchester, the sign outside saying it opened at 2pm and started food service at 3pm, so we went instead to the Ilchester Arms opposite which is owned by the same proprietors. A quick look in the Bull on the way back found it had more of a pubby feel to it, with a pool table in a room to the left, and a skittle alley which also houses a bar billiards table in an outbuilding to the rear. I spotted two ale pumps, one serving Plain Ales Inntrigue, but didn’t have time to stop for one.
On 18th May 2013
- no rating submitted
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Yeovil Junction, 7.64 miles, 2 hr 27 min walk (show)
Thornford, 9.55 miles, 3 hr 4 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 18 May 2013 by David McNally
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Car Park : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 March 2017 by E TA
- Darts : Yes last updated 30 March 2017 by E TA
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 30 March 2017 by E TA
- Function Room : Yes - Skittle Alley - last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Live Music : Yes last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Micropub : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- Pinball : No last updated 30 March 2017 by E TA
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 14 September 2013 by Old Blue
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 14 September 2013 by Old Blue
- Real Cider : No last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
- WiFi : Yes - The Cloud - last updated 14 March 2017 by E TA
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