Tontine Hotel, Telford

A nice Georgian hotel in plain brick with hipped roof and neo-classical portico entrance. There is a large public bar which is L-shaped around the serving bar and took in a few rooms originally. It is in green and white and has a couple of tiled fireplaces - it certainly having been redecorated since the last reviews. Lots of old local photos, a few paintings and a history of the pub (see Roger's review) are on the walls - along with a few ornamental jugs etc. They do food and Mrs Soup had a light bite, which she enjoyed. There was no TV, the music was at a decent level and the service friendly. Just a few locals it seemed were in. Usual tap stuff with Butty Bach and a good 3 Tuns XXX on pull. I enjoyed it here, certainly the most traditional place I visited on the river front above the bridge.

Well described in the previous reviews , the Tontine is now starting to look a bit run down and faded , in fact it feels a bit desperate in here if it was not for its great location i feel this place would be long closed . Very quiet at 10pm on my Saturday night visit with just a couple of locals and a few tourists , service was OK if not over friendly . Usual keg taps plus three ales , Ruddles , Butty Bach and Stonehouse Station Bitter which as the previous review points out is from Oswestry 35 miles from Ironbridge not 15 ! The Butty Bach was to be honest a bit ropey as was my friends Ruddles . This place could be so much better but needs a lot of TLC and a fair bit of money spending on it , untill then its living on past glories .