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The Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate

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12 York Street
Ramsgate
CT11 9DS

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Ramsgate Central

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Quinno _ left this review about The Hovelling Boat Inn

Sidestreet micro. Fairly tidy inside - exposed brick, wood floorboards, some bench seating and IKEA tables with plenty of space, you aren’t crammed-in like a battery hen unlike some other micros in the county. As mentioned below, the place doesn’t really catch much in the way of summer sunshine which actually works in its favour should you want a bit of relief from the rays. No servery, you need to hang around at the blackboard for service via the cold room. Five ales on with a selection across the styles and Isles. I went for the Neptune Pectolus though my order of a half turned into a pint, fortunately it was in good shape for stillage (NBSS 3.5) if not a brew I had much truck for taste-wise. No music or TVs but there is apparently a pétanque area at the rear. Clientele mainly consisted of elderly jolly boys and the sedate feeling of the place suited them nicely. Another good Ramsgate alehouse. 7.5

On 25^th June 2024 - rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Hovelling Boat Inn

Decent enough Micro pub but I have to say I didn’t warm to it as much as others have on here.
There are several positives. It’s a comfortable one roomed space with decent wooden seating and a clean modern decor that I thought was more cafe than pub. Very good service levels from the barmaid providing table service delivering the beers from the cold room in the corridor. Good selection of well kept ales and ciders and wines for the non beer or apple juice drinkers. The chalk board named six beers, four available and two coming soon. The four available were Kent Brewery Prohibition, Mad Dog Brewery Little NEIPA, Walton’s English Pride and East London Brewery Pearly Queen. Tried the local Prohibition and then had to go for the Pearly Queen despite it coming from four miles from my home address because when served well it really is an excellent smokey Porter , thankful as it was here.
I think the slight downside for me was that I just didn’t find it that pubby. This may have been partially down to the fact that I visited on a fine summers day in Ramsgate and despite the spacious front windows it was still gloomy inside compared to the outside. Perhaps it will be very different on a cold Dark December evening.

On 4^th October 2019 - rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Hovelling Boat Inn

I really liked this proper micro pub, the beer choice was excellent, everyone was friendly and chatty. The service was impeccable and the décor had a warm and relaxed feel to it. This micro also opens daily and also opens early, so no waiting round till 4 or 5 like some I have encountered around the country. A choice of five ales on our Tuesday eve visit, which were Crate Brewery Hackney Wick Golden, Kent Brewery Birling Black Mirror, Mad Cat Platinum Blonde, Weltons Conker IPA and Southwark Bermondsey Best. I particularly liked the Weltons. They also had a huge selection of ciders, also glad we spent a bit of time in here.

On 18^th November 2018 - rating: 10
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