Gordon’s, Maidenhead

Situated in the town centre, Noctors was originally the Queens Head before becoming an Irish bar called Finnegans Wake and eventually reinventing itself yet again as a music pub. The interior is plain with bare floors, basic minimal seating, low ceilings, barrel tables and acres of floor space for band viewing although there is no actual stage so when busy I doubt anyone beyond the first 20 people will get to view anything tops of a few heads. An angled section to the right of the bar contains a pool table and there is a TV to one side and Big Screen at the rear. There were 3 ales generally available, Doom Bar, Landlord and London Pride although the Landlord was off for our visit. The staff seemed friendly enough although the pub was virtually empty for our Saturday lunchtime pint apart from a dozen or so pub crawling football fans. I can think of far worse places to watch a pub band and the ales are decent enough for this sort of venue. Overall, a place that was much better than I had initially expected.