The Strugglers Inn, Lincoln

An absolutely wonderful traditional pub under the castle walls, if ever there was a pub worth the walk up the infamous Steep Hill, this is the one. If you only ever only go to one pub in Lincoln make it this one.

When i first visited the Strugglers it was a Stones tied house,things have improved loads since then. Once inside the pub is pretty much unaltered,we had a drink in both rooms on two visits yesterday,there is a small square shaped lounge to the front right which has a few normal tables and chairs,but we managed to get a seat in this room,the main bar room is to the left,this is a narrowish oblong shaped room,there is comfy bench seating down the left side and small stools,we also got a seat in here early evening on two small stools which were close to a real fire which was roaring away. There are about 7 pumps on the bar,on our recent visit all had Christmas beers on which is no problem for us as we like them,on our first visit we had Oldershaws Holly Daze which went down very well,on our second visit we had a drink of Great Newsome Winter Warmer. There is a real fire in both rooms. We have been in this pub loads of times and always enjoy our time here,3 pints drunk all really nice. The pub was really packed which created a great atmosphere on each visit,both me and the wife prefer this pub to the Victoria. Pub first visited 26/3/1983 Recent visit 6/12/2014

A small cottage styled GBG pub. This little Victorian pub is mainly in undressed brick, with the lower frontage in white - there is a nice bow window and the windows have black sills and lintels. There is a patio area. The interior has a couple of rooms - the main bar and a snug. The snug is in stripped wallpaper and a bit of cream and burnt orange - it has a brick fire, old pictures on the walls and a stag's head! The main room is in cream and burnt orange, with a wood floor and traditional perimeter and stool seating. The place is awash with emphemera; from pots and figurines to beer mats and toy witches! Beer; usual tap stuff with handpulls of; Bass, Castle Rock Black Pearl, Black Sheep Bitter, Tim Taylor, Everards Original, Rudgate Ruby MILD, Brewster's Stilton Porter and Oldershaw's Blonde - all i tried were very good. A really great place and a must do when in Lincoln