Angel Ale House, Atherstone

The Angel is a decent looking black and white pub that is situated on a corner at the top end of the market place. Once inside the front room is square shaped with a tiled floor,the bar faces,the seating is pew type to the right,there are a few tall tables and chairs in the middle of the room plus some small tables and stools,the ceiling is beamed,there is a larger room to the rear which was empty on my Saturday afternoon visit. There was a good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Oakham Citra which went down very well,the other beers i noted were Kelham Easy Rider,Oakham Asylum,plus beers from Backyard and Blyth. There was some music playing from a proper record player. This pub seemed a bit too bare for my liking. Pub visited 25/10/2014

A detached corner pub with passageway to the side that leads to a patio area and a large beer garden at the back. The pub is in a mix of Georgian, mock-Tudor and Victorian Gothic styles; with a double gabled frontage in white render and extensive fake black beams, with two bay windows. The interior has a couple of rooms, a bar at the front and a lounge at the back, served by a central island bar. The bar is in cream and beam walls (with ceiling support beams), a white and beam ceiling and a red tile floor. There is a red wall which takes in a large fireplace and there are photos on the wall regarding the Atherstone Shrove Tuesday footy match over the years, as well as a few small square mirrors bizarrely. It mainly has tables and chairs, although there is a sofa and there is also a pool table. There is a TV, which had daytime stuff on and the music was a little on the loud side. The back room is more of a lounge and was totally empty. It has comfy brown chairs and sofas. The TV wasn't on and there was a dart board here. The decor is cream and crimson walls and a blue patterned carpet. The bar had white wood panel (plain wood in the bar). The service was fine, the clientele in the bar was more local based, with some industrial language. Beer; despite three handpulls there was no real ale on. Usual tap stuff with a rather poor M&B MILD. The place has a nice exterior and a nice beer garden. It is a shame that it lacked a real ale for my personal taste and i think the MILD may have been the first of the day. Promises more than it delivers.