The Mug House Inn, Bewdley

Location, location, location - Perfect pub. Riverside setting, lovely garden, nice restaurant and decent beer - including a fav Timothy Taylor - which is always on. For these pleasures, you pay a premium. I never noticed how expensive a pint was (in comparison to the competition). £3.85 is almost London. Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2mV8xsi

The Mug House is a cosy one roomed pub with a great location on the banks of the River Severn. The room has two distinct separate sections with a standard seating area to the front and a small lounge-like space further back. The main seating area has a tiled floor and offers a mix of chairs and benches with some decent views to the front looking out across the river. A nice brick fireplace stands to the right, flanked by a few interesting old photos and a selection of CAMRA certificates, whilst the day’s papers are available from a rack next to the entrance. The left side of the room has a small rail with a load of candles and old pint pots balanced on it and a few more old pictures are dotted around, in between various blackboards including one that listed upcoming Six Nations fixtures, suggesting that live sport is shown here. The servery is in the rear right corner and has an angular counter with decorative frontage, broken up at the corners by two brick pillars. To the left of the bar is the comfy lounge space, formed of three sofas in a U-shape arrangement on an old rug. The TV was in this back corner, but remained switched off throughout my Friday afternoon visit, so my attention was instead drawn to the fantastic series of old Guinness adverts which depicted comical scenes from the beer’s brewing process. The ceiling beams here have hundreds of old tankards and pint pots hung from them, perhaps as a link to the pub’s name, with more stacked along a shelf behind the sofas alongside candles, some lamps and a selection of Good Beer Guides. I counted five ales at the bar – Bewdley Worcestershire Way, Wye Valley HPA, Purity Mad Goose, Three Tuns 1642 and Taylor Landlord. The bar staff were both very friendly and I was served a very nice pint of the HPA for £3.30 which I enjoyed from the comfort of one of the large sofas. This pub is onto a winner with its riverside location but it offers a lot more than just decent views. I found this to be a very comfortable place with a cosy vibe, good mix of customers and well kept local beer. For me, this was the pick of the four pubs I tried on my afternoon in Bewdley and would be the one I’d be most keen to try again in the future

A rather splendid riverside pub/inn and restaurant (the two are kept separate) with the pub to the left. Quite traditional inside; quarry floor tiling, many prints of old Bewdley, inevitable mugs and a choice of seating areas. Pretty glass-covered and flora-heavy patio area to the rear with some riverside seating out front. A nice genial atmosphere pervaded , I could have settled in for a session in here though I noted it filled up quickly so getting a seat at peak times might be a struggle. Five interesting ales at the bar, Bewdley Worcestershire Way (very good for the first of the day, obviously been pulled through), TT Landlord, Purity Goose, Exmoor Fox and Wye Valley HPA. Also an excellent range of bar snacks. The statuesque barmaid gave Desmond something to gawp at whilst I quickly scribbled some notes (I must admit I also had a good look…). A really good little place, well-worth seeking out. (nb – look out for the serving hatch by the bridge which does a mean roast pork, stuffing and gravy bap for under £3!).

Riverside pub , and i mean riverside with the flood water rising and the flood barriers up the river is only about 15 feet from the front door ! Its fairly small in here , basicaly L shaped with one half given over to dining , decor is as described below , there is a large beer patio to the rear . Usual keg taps and five handpulls with a decent mix of local(wye valley , bewdley) and nationals (TT landlord) , my Wye Valley HPA was very good . I enjoyed my visit .