Talbot Arms, Settle

Since my previous review nearly three years ago I've come here a few times and a couple of times I've had food here. They do some first rate chips - thinly cut and refried - and of course the beer is tip top. I've never been here in the evening, so it's interesting to see the previous reviewer's assessment: a "proper drinking pub". In the afternoon they definitely major on food, with most tables in use or reserved, but plenty of real ale being poured - one beer ran dry just as I was thinking of having it for my second pint. Settle Mainline was very good (NBSS 4) and Wishbone Abyss, which seems to be a regular dark beer as I've had it here before, almost as good at 3.5.

Good Beer Guide 2022 freehouse. A large open plan room, dominated by an off centre fire place. Packed solid at 8pm on a Friday night, I was forced into bar blocking. To be fair, the bar was long enough to accommodate me and my paper. Four or five real ales on - I had two - both first class. Settle Brewery and a Pennine Pacific. Proper drinking pub and I agree with Will below.