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The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon), Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale
NP23 6HP
Reviews of The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon)
Opened in 1998. Despite the horrific-looking Soviet style building in which it resides, this feels and smells like a very recent refurb and is nicely done - there's a 3D theatre stage illusion, nice decorative metal servery flyer and an upper mezzanine level. Two guest ales (it is South Wales, after all…) with my Salem being surprisingly good (NBSS 3.5) and I suppose this place works well as the only quality ale outlet in an otherwise depressed and dreary town. 6.5
On 18th December 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5552 recommendations about 5533 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon)
If you go to the Picture House looking for signs of a cinema conversion then you'll be out of luck as it's a conversion of a Tesco that was built on the site of the old cinema. Inside it's a large open plan room with the bar on the left, an upstairs area and a patio at the rear. It all seems rather large for a town the size of Ebbw Vale but apparently JDW have plans to make it one of their hotels. There are just six hand pumps here which had the JDW Trio Of Doom, Well's Bombardier, one unused, a cider and Brain's Bread Of Heaven. This was the second time in as many days that I was cornered into drinking Bread Of Heaven (£1.99) which was in good nick. Real Ale has never really taken off in the industrial valleys of Wales so maybe it's unrealistic to expect anything other than a poor choice like this.
Apart from the beer selection it seemed alright to me.
On 25th November 2016
- rating: 5
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Ebbw Vale Parkway, 1.88 miles, 36 min walk (show)
Rhymney, 5.24 miles, 1 hr 41 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes - Patio - last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 21 November 2016 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 December 2024 by Quinno _
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