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The Half Moon Inn, Durham

86 New Elvet
Durham
DH1 3AQ

Phone: 01913741918

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Oak Tree (Mitchells & Butlers)

Served areas

Durham Central

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hondo . left this review about The Half Moon Inn

Split level interior with a riverside courtyard. 4 real ales.

On 13^th May 2024 - no rating submitted
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Will Larter left this review about The Half Moon Inn

I didn't take detailed notes of my visit, for a reason that will become clear, so I refer anyone interested in the physical attributes of the pub to previous reviewers. There are four nationally known brands on the hand pumps, with Wainwright, Bass, Landlord and Doom Bar at the time of my visit. I went for the Bass, but a quick tug at the pull showed that the barrel had run dry, so I went for Landlord, which was fine, but my days of being impressed by this beer are long gone. As I sat down at a table near the front window I noticed that the man sitting at the next table was the same man who had fallen asleep in the Swan & Three Cygnets 15 minutes earlier. I noticed he had a fairly cloudy beer in front of him, so I took the opportunity of our recent acquaintance to ask him whether that was Bass he had there. He confirmed it was, so I suggested he should get it changed, as a fresh barrel was being pulled through. He declined, saying that the beer was all right. I can think of several pubs I have been in where the barman or licensee would have been over like a flash to replace his beer, as they must have known who they had served the last pint to. Their failure to properly look after their customer left a bad taste in my mouth, though evidently not in his.

On 25^th May 2022 - rating: 5
[User has posted 4273 recommendations about 3935 pubs]

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Old Boots left this review about Half Moon Inn

In the quarter century at least I have known this pub it remains pretty much unchanged and one of the best in the city, other of course than the beer range changing and it’s still probably my favourite Durham pub. Once the best place for Draught Bass it still holds its own beer wise although Taylor’s Landlord being the replacement for Bass doesn’t quite match up to Bass’s glory days. There are three big screens all showing different sports in the main street level bar. A classic.

On 24^th January 2022 - no rating submitted
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