The Station Hotel, Shrewsbury

Situated directly opposite the main entrance to Shrewsbury Station this is the second pub in this area of town to carry the name . First recorded as an Inn in 1828 and originally an Hotel and Posting House called the Grapes it retained the name untill 1939 when the original Station Hotel was demolished and the name was transfered across . Formerly this was a basic working mans boozer with many customers , workers from the nearby railway and post office sorting centre and strangley the chosen haunt of 70s Rock star Ian Hunter when visiting his home town . Nowadays the Station is a Boutique Hotel with ten luxury rooms and a small public bar , the only remains of the old boozer is the old corridor entrance on the right of the pub , the first door takes you to a small lounge area with cream and red leather seats this then leads around to the small bar area , another door here takes you back into the corridor which is lined with mirrors . The pub is a lot smaller than it used to be as the back end has been converted into a fast food takeaway . A wide selection of malt whiskies are available and cocktails feature heavily , no cask ales available only couple of expensive keg lagers Estrella(£4 a pint!!), Budweiser and Stowford Press for cider drinkers . Very quiet on my Saturday evening visit but very friendly service , its OK but not really my sort of place