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The Palace Vaults, Caernarfon

22 Palace Street
Caernarfon
LL55 1RR

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Local Pub (Marstons)

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Caernarfon Central

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Quinno _ left this review about The Palace Vaults

Quite a striking building which gave me a brief glimmer of hope. Inside is a weirdly laid-out place, a proper incongruous mish-mash of levels and spaces; certainly a little character though sadly the COVID grey paintbrush has taken the shine off things and it clashes horribly with the old carpet and furniture. Three pumps with nothing on (all Marstons clips turned) so I took a punt on the keg Mansfield Bitter which was surprisingly decent, and served-up by a friendly barman.

On 14^th May 2024 - rating: 4
[User has posted 5552 recommendations about 5533 pubs]

Will Larter left this review about The Palace Vaults

Much as described by Richard in 2018, though when I was here Pedigree and Wainwright were the cask beer options. My half of Pedigree was suffering from two or three infections, the dominant one being musty. I returned to the bar: "Is it vinegary?", asked the barman/cleaner/cook. I described it and was offered a taster of Wainwright, which seemed ok in the taster glass, apart from being bland and uninteresting, but my half had a similar taste of dust and furniture polish. Are the lines infected, or the glasses shelf? Clearly, hardly anyone drinks cask beers in Wales, but if you do, don't drink them in this pub.

On 12^th May 2024 - rating: 3
[User has posted 4273 recommendations about 3935 pubs]

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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Palace Vaults

Marston's pub with a split-level interior refurbished in a light, if rather anonymous, semi-modern style (apart from an interesting selection of local history photographs). Also has some patio tables out front. Pedigree and the 'house' Cwrw Pen Deitch (£1.60, half) available from two of the three handpumps.

On 22^nd January 2018 - rating: 6
[User has posted 8679 recommendations about 8678 pubs]

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Map location corrected by Alan Hurdle

Bangor (Gwynedd), 8.88 miles, 2 hr 51 min walk (show)
Llanfairpwll, 10.28 miles, 3 hr 18 min walk (show)
Bodorgan, 20.92 miles, 6 hr 43 min walk (show)

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14th May 2024, 19:13

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14th May 2024, 14:49

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