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Visited this place as it was near the station. My visit was as enjoyable as that of BF below. The one real ale was Bristol Beer Factory Fortitude was poor, and so I left it on the table without bothering to make notes.

A small restangular box with several keg taps selling various craft beers. A couple of tables on Oldham Street comprise the beer garden. The barman was pleasant enough, but it's a nothing bar for me, won't be bothering again.

Fretwells is another pub that I have failed to visit on previous trips to Hull. But I put that right yesterday. The pub is much bigger inside than it initially seems. The bar area to the right of the entrance is fairly compact but there are separate seating areas to the left and behind the bar and a larger room off to the far left which I hadn't spotted until we were out on the street. This room also contained 5 pinball machines and a bar billiards table.

It's quite an atmospheric interior with beams, many adorned with pumpclips and also some tankards. There are 6 handpulls on the bar, with 3 ales from both White Rose (Original Blonde, White Rose & Stairlift To Heaven) & 3 from Leatherbritches (Bad Boy, Hairy Helmet & Ashbourne Ale). I tried the White Rose White Rose, which I didn't particularly enjoy. A dark beer or a cider would have been a nice addition. Nevertheless, I'd give this pub another try, especially as it's in an area containing several other nice pubs.

A couple of rooms on the ground floor of the former Tonedale textile mill have been taken over by the Brewery as its taproom, though the Brewery itself is some distance away. It has the feel of a micro in many ways. The Tap shares the floor and the facilities, including toilets, with other businesses, and it feels quite labyrinthine. The bar is is a small square room, timber floored, with a rough wooden servery in one corner, all very post-industrial. There are school benches, cinema seats and various tables. Two other rooms have tables and chairs that can be used by Taproom customers, though you have to go and seek them as they’re not adjacent. The full range of Many Hands craft ales was on tap, plus a keg guest, Quantock’s Radicle. Also available was Sheppey’s Cloudy Cider, the best option as far as we were concerned. There was a fridge full of other breweries’ beers and ciders in bottles and cans. No hot food was available. There was a small dog in a cage by the bar, while other dogs seemed welcome. The barmaid was chatty and friendly. It only opens on Friday nights and at weekends, so unless I happen to be here for some other reason I’m unlikely to revisit, but I’d be happy to if the opportunity arose.

The sign by the door 'Please Wait to be Seated' tells me this is not a pub