The Coal Exchange, Emsworth

Official site of The Coal Exchange - www.coalexchangeemsworth.co.uk

Official site of The Coal Exchange - www.coalexchangeemsworth.co.uk

A pleasant looking pub in the centre of Emsworth heading down towards the quay, it has some attractive green glazed tiling on the exterior that still has the Horndean Ales logo in place. It seems to be something of a male orientated, locals pub, and the friendly barmaid had to ask a couple of the punters to mind their language. Internally it’s somewhat more basic than might be expected from looking at the outside, and is arranged in to an L-shape configuration. There was some old blue carpet on the floor and some plain wood panelling on the lower part of the walls. A plasma screen was at the rear showing the football and there were a couple of old brick fire-places, although one of these appeared to be covered up. A number of black and white photos were on the walls. We didn’t inspect the menu, but a couple of notices advertised pizza and burger nights. They also have live music on a Saturday night, and it was certainly very busy and loud when we passed by on the previous evening to our visit. There was a good choice of beers on tap with New Dawn Pale Navigation, London Pride, Olivers Island, HSB, Hophead Dark Star and Seafarers Ale. Ciders meanwhile were Strongbow and Stowford Press.