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The Longboat, Penzance

Market Jew Street
Penzance
TR18 2HZ

Phone: 01736364137

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Penzance Town

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Quinno _ left this review about The Longboat

The first pub you hit on the way into town uphill from the station. Inside is a wood-heavy place aimed squarely at the tourists. Of note is an attractive boat-themed lower servery. Oddly, there were multiple screens with football on the go that the diners were not interested in. Five pumps with four on (a bit of stretch, I thought), all the big Cornwall breweries represented. My Sharps Atlantic was, unsurprisingly, under-par (NBSS 2.5). Tidy enough and worth a look if you have an extended stay in the town. 6.5

On 29^th November 2024 - rating: 6
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paulof horsham left this review about The Longboat

The Longboat is an inn with rooms just over the road from the train & bus stations and hugely popular for food (so best get a booking in, if you're visiting in season). It's a lounge bar feel making a comfortable place for a drink, if you can find a space (I'd advise skipping the 6pm to 8pm period entirely).

The bar has 5 handles - 2 for Tribute, 1 each for Spitfire and Atlantic Pale, with the final one promising Doom Bar, but sporting a label "awaiting perfection" which, given it was in place on 2 separate visits suggested to me a polite way of saying "never available". Ciders comprise Strongbow, Inch's and a fruit flavoured Old Mout, which I suspect count for nothing among the cognoscenti. There's also a couple of big shiny fonts for Moretti and Fosters.

All in all, it's worth a stop if waiting for a train, though perhaps not the destination for a journey.

On 20^th September 2023 - rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Longboat

This is a long hotel bar with a low ceiling, a wooden floor with rugs and a number of screens showing the World Cup.
The five hand pumps had two Tributes, Teignworthy Beachcomber, Cornish Crown One Hop Grain and Bath Gem. I went for the Tribute (£3.95) which was in good nick.
Although I found it uninspiring and expensive, it's better than some places in Penzance.

On 25^th June 2018 - rating: 5
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