The Granville Arms, Rochester

Official site of The Granville Arms - www.granville.pub

Official site of The Granville Arms - www.granville.pub

A nicely-unmodernised pub on the Maidstone Road which sadly seems to be in something of a decline. The exterior has some nice tiling at the front and a splendid hoist at the back. Inside is a variety of slightly shabby furniture, arranged either side of the central bar. At the rear are the remains of a dead beer garden, plus an equally moribund car park which seemed filled with local residents' cars. Only GK IPA on handpump at time of visit, despite the presence of some teasing pump clips over the bar. The landlord was friendly enough but was apparently having some problems keeping the beer in the warm weather, which proved to be undrinkable, and he happily replaced it with a bottle of Doom Bar from the fridge! We might have been unlucky on our visit but it was rather disappointing on the whole, and it could certainly be a very good pub with a bit more effort.

The Granville Arms is a nice looking pub that is a shortish walk from the middle of Rochester. Once inside i had a drink in a in a comfortable room which had a the bar facing,the room is carpeted,the seating normal tables and chairs. There were three real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Doom Bar which was a decent enough drink,the other beers were London Pride and GK IPA. There was some decent background music playing,the pub was fairly busy on my late Saturday afternoon visit. I quite liked this pub,one i could stay in for a few. Pub visited 6/6/2015

Community local with some attractive old Meux tiling on the façade. Inside, the 'U'-shaped interior has a mix of furniture and generally light decor (quite plain on the left-hand side but some interesting nautical pictures on the other. Three real ales on handpump: the regular Greene King IPA and London Pride plus Shepherd Neame Amber (£3.40) as a guest. Worth the walk up from the tourist area if you have a little time to spare.

Very friendly town pub first licensed in around 1891, large L-shaped bar at the front with dartboard and open fireplace, while there is a smaller, quieter bar at the back. Both bars are carpeted. Three ales on, I had a pint of the guest beer, Trent Bridge, which was only £2.50 a pint and was really very good. Some seating at the front by the road, but the busy traffic makes it noisy and unpleasant to sit there. There is a garden a level below the bars, and the toilets another level again down due to the hillside site. Parking can be problematic, but it is worth making the effort to come out here. Worth including in a City crawl.

The Granville Arms is a small U shaped pub that has a local backstreet boozer feel. The bar is stocked with standard draught and the three hand pumps were drawing Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and Moles Brewery’s Rucking Mole. Some cheese and nibbles were on a table around to the right of the bar and I was invited to help myself by the friendly landlady. Around to the left of the bar at the rear is a dartboard, but there were tables on the oche. There is a plasma screen that was switched off and I didn’t spot any Sky Sports advertisements, but there was some background music playing. This is a nice enough pub that I would use if I lived locally.