Mad Dogs, Sherborne

Average town pub. A beautiful building seen from the outside but a bit of a let-down inside, plain and lacking atmosphere and could do with an imaginative redecoration. Welcome warm enough and service OK but I really wasn't impressed by the beer quality.

A former Georgian school building, this terraced undressed stone pub, eatery and B&B also has a skittle alley. It is built on a curve, but now occupies two buildings, one having a bay and dormer windows. Looks great. The interior, skittle alley excepted, i think had two rooms, but i went into the curved building entrance and couldn't see anything of the other rooms. This room was in a mushroomy colour, with a stone floor and a couple of stove kind of fireplaces, one at either end of the room. There was some brass ephemera around, but i visited early, so there were no other clientele, there was no music and the TV had a silent film on. The service was fine. I didn't eat here, so can't comment on the food. Beer; tap stuff with Young's Bitter and Wells Bombardier on handpull. This isn't a bad place at all, but i felt at the time that i wasn't visiting at its best and this was compounded by the fact that the beer choice wasn't really to my taste, so i ended up having a half of Stone Press Cider.