The Fat Boar, Wrexham

More of a restaurant than pub. Standard, trying for high end but not really offering much. No real ale

I had high hopes for this place, having noted that both this branch and its sister pub in Mold were both in the Good Beer Guide. Indeed, I was expected something akin to a micropub. Unfortunately, this was the worst of 3 new pubs I visited in the town centre. The interior does have space for drinkers and there was a good mix of drinkers and diners. Although it has more of the feel of a cafe bar than a micropub. Just 2 of the handpulls were clipped, both of them with Salopian beers - Oracle & Darwin's Origin. I chose the latter and received a half pint that was in a very poor condition. I suspect it just hadn't been pulled through that day. Staff were quite pleasant and cheerful, but I'm really not sure how this place can be in the Good Beer Guide, the irony being that the Mold branch was even worse.

A very recent refurb and name change from the Black Horse, this is now best described as an upmarket (for Wrecsam!) pub diner. Diagonal wood planks, undressed brick, black and white tiling, Farrow & Ball shades – that sort of thing, quite well done to be fair. Decent rear garden is a bonus. Four pumps with three ales on, stouts from Boss (a terrible blackcurrant flavoured mess, NBSS 3), Big Hand Dry and more regulation ale in Stationhouse bitter, which was so-so (NBSS 2.5). Noted that the punters in this place had the cleanest shoes in Wrexham and one female specimen who entered during our stay looked like Pete Burns (Big Brother era). Odd. But very Wrexham. 5.5

Official site of The Fat Boar - thefatboarwrecsam.co.uk

Official site of The Fat Boar - thefatboarwrecsam.co.uk