The Pear & Partridge, Wolverhampton

Substantial Greene King 1980s? pub / restaurant on the edge of the then-new Perton housing development, but located in a woodland strip that gives it an almost country feel. Standard semi-modern furniture and decoration in the partly subdivided main space, with a pool table, dartboard and patio seating area. IPA (£4.41 with 10% Camra discount and a packet of peanuts), Abbot and Black Sheep as a guest from three of the four handpumps.

Official site of The Pear & Partridge - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

Official site of The Pear & Partridge - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

Set amongst trees, this is a sprawling, irregular shaped estate pub/eatery built in the 1980s and now operated by the John Barras chain. The pub is in a mix of undressed brick and coffee coloured wood panel and has a patio area. Typical functional building of the day. The interior is also irregular, with an L-shaped area given over to dining and a side area where there are a couple of pool tables and a dart board. The decor is the old red and mustard combination, but now also has red patterned wallpaper on the odd wall for that up-to-date feel. It has a white ceiling and mixed flooring. A few old local photos (dining) and sports (bar area) are squeezed onto the patches of wall not occupied by the plethora of TVs showing the footy (including a big screen). The service was fine and the clientele mixed - with many of the young 'uns on the pool tables. The music was general and at a decent level. I didn't eat so can't comment on that. Beer; usual tap stuff with Black Sheep Bitter and a decent enough Thwaites Wainwright on handpull. A generic interior, but seemed like a decent little community place.