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The Mary Shelley (Lloyds No 1), Bournemouth

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The Quadrant Centre
Bournemouth
BH1 2DA

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Lloyds No. 1 (J D Wetherspoon)

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Bournemouth Central

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Mary Shelley (Lloyds No 1)

Quite a large and prominent building in the town centre, this branch of Wetherspoon's feels much more compact inside. On our Saturday morning visit, it was reasonably quiet with a few football fans and a few more people having breakfast.

There's quite a lengthy bar and there were plenty of staff available to serve us. Although the time taken to serve us a round was a somewhat protracted process. The regular beers are Sharp's Doom Bar & Greene King Abbot & IPA. 5 guest beers were Salopian Darwin's Origin, Sixpenny 6d Gold & Black, Purple Moose Whakahari & Welbeck Abbey Cavendish. Some boxed ciders were hidden away in fridges to the cider of the bar, with 3 available - Weston's Old Rosie, Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Cock Eyed Pear Mania.

This was a branch of 'spoon's in the Bournemouth area that had somehow eluded me until now. Although, they have dispensed with a few of those that I have been. Better than the more popular Moon in the Square, it's probably one of the best if not the best option for a pint in Bournemouth town centre.

On 10^th January 2025 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Mary Shelley (Lloyds No 1)

The Mary Shelley consists of an extended area on the ground floor of a corner building. The fact it is wide rather than long and has windows onto the street means at least in daylight it isn't gloomy. It is a Lloyds No 1 and the Lloyds Disaster Area is very obvious on the right of the building with several banks of lights but no Idiot Booth that I could see. The Gents here seemed wholly inadequate for a venue this size. It was fairly quiet on my Thursday afternoon visit.
The bar has ten hand pumps which is better than usual for a Lloyds. They had one unused, one available soon, a cider, GK IPA & Abbot, Dorset Jurassic, Hawkshead Cumbrian 5 Hop and three festival ales. I went for the Adnam's Sloe Porter (£2.29) which was in good nick.
It's better than most Lloyds outlets but pretty average as a JDW.

On 25^th October 2016 - rating: 5
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E TA left this review about The Mary Shelley (Lloyds No 1)

Previously Bar Med, now one of Central Bournemouth's three JDWs, this out-of-the-box pub opened in 2008. The interior is irregular, soberly decorated and rather dull; I was hoping for some sort of Gothic novel reference but was disappointed. There are the usual mute gaming machines, and the WiFi doesn't work. The staff ranged from the charming-but-useless to the rude-and-inefficient. Five ales on, I had Dales's New Dawn, which was a reasonable pint, kept at a decent temperature but probably at the end of its life. OK for the cheap beer and it's fine to hide in while the wife goes to Beale's but nothing much else to come here for.

On 23^rd June 2015 - rating: 5
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