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The Phoenix, Gillingham

High Street
Gillingham
SP8 4AN

Phone: 01747823277

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Gillingham Town

Reviews of The Phoenix (Average Rating: 6 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

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E TA left this review about The Phoenix

A friendly high street local which is well described by JAQPTIO below, once a coaching inn but now reduced in size to comprise a single L-shaped bar with a dining area at one end in what was once a separate bar. The bar is carpeted and has a small fireplace in one corner. They serve good value home-cooked food, basic pub grub plus Sunday lunches. The staff are friendly and the beer is good – they have a GBG entry. Ales on this occasion were Doombar, Rev James Gold and Proper Job, all gratefully received and enjoyed. If I lived in Gillingham this would be my local.

On 3^rd July 2019 - rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Phoenix

Looks like it was originally a larger establishment, with the corner of the building now separated off as the Gillingham Tandoori restaurant. This has left a single-bar pub, with a dining room of similar size to one side. A back door leads out into a small yard which must have been where the inn's former stables were, with an archway beyond providing a separate entrance from the town's compact Square where a few wooden picnic benches can be found. Quite plainly furnished and decorated, with background music not drowning out the good-natured conversations going one. Two of three handpumps in operation, offering Sharp's Doom Bar and Atlantic (£3.20). Overall, seems to have improved since the Hall & Woodhouse days.

On 4^th January 2015 - rating: 7
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BobOs . left this review about The Phoenix

Average small town pub, quite comfortable but with a somewhat 'quaint' atmosphere. The first time I called in for a swift pint I found myself surrounded by little old ladies 'taking tea' - I thought I'd been wafted back to the 'thirties! Three pumps but only one on - Badger. Say no more. Now re-opened and with a new landlord it at least does some decent ales now - the Tribute was spot-on.

On 13^th July 2011 - rating: 5
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