The Turks Head, Exeter

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Centrally located in the main shopping area, this is an attractive and traditional looking pub, and although looking quite small from the outside extends back some considerable way to another entrance on the street behind, so it can be accessed from either High Street or Waterbeer Street. The pub includes it’s own brewery on-site, with the brewing vessels made in to something of a feature behind glass walls so they were clearly visible.

Entering the pub from the High Street leads you in to quite an impressive high ceilinged room, with some jazzy light fixtures on the ceiling, sculptured wood panelling on the lower part of the walls and some sections of exposed brickwork elsewhere along with some slab style paving tiles on the floor. A large diagram of all the different available beer types took up a good chuck of the wall, and a couple of old beer barrels had been made in to tables. Down a couple of steps to one side was a somewhat cosier room with sanded wooden boards on the floor, a timbered black and white ceiling, exposed stonework on the walls and a stone fireplace with wood burning stove. At the other end it looked a little more elegant with fitted Chesterfield style seating and the walls either painted or wallpapered. I didn’t really investigate upstairs, but did notice a small outside courtyard area.

Beers on tap were mostly their own as might be expected and consisted of Golden Axe, Morning Glory and Dickie’s Best along with Liberty from Bath Brew House. Several more craft ales taps were at the back of the bar, and against these were predominantly their own with Fat Boy, Black Lagoon, Thirst Trap, Eagle Flowers and Barracuda. The only one that was not theirs was King Street Brew House’s Moose Juice. Ciders meanwhile were Lilley’s Mango, Lilley’s Bee Sting, Sandford Orchard’s Devon Red, Thatcher’s Gold and Thatcher’s Haze. All in all, a pretty decent pub, and certainly better then might be expected given it’s location in amongst the shops.

On 23^rd June 2026 - rating: 7
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