Lyndon House Hotel, Walsall

A fantastic climbing plant covered detached hotel building in undressed brick, with side beer patio. The entrance to the hotel leads you into a lobby and the bar is off to the side. The interior of the bar is open plan around a square wooden bar area in the middle. The decor has had a lick of paint recently and is now a grey colour, wood panel and lots of undressed brick, with a white ceiling. There is an iron 'cooking range' and a brick fireplace with a nice fire. There are lots of plates, with lots of old pictures of Walsall, Victorian prints, wooden adverts boards, brass ornaments, coloured glass and mirrors. The service tends to be functional, as its so often very busy. The clientele tend to be a maturer type. There isn't any music and the there is a TV, but i can't say i have ever seen it on. I thought it was about time i updated my review as i didn't mention the framed indentures on the walls - guys, please, you are destroying them - if you want to exhibit the stuff, scan it and show that. Beer; usual tap stuff, with now 6 hanpulls; a decent Theakston's MILD, Bitter, Abbotts, Deuchars IPA, Salopian Golden Thread and a house bitter. I generally always visit this great place, as it is one of my favourites in Walsall, it just gets very busy at times. Still, a must do in my eyes.

This traditional country style pub and hotel is a free house whose owners choose to buy its regular beers from Scottish & Newcastle. The pub part of the building is on the left, there is a single small public bar with a central square island bar counter, décor is very traditional with lots of brick, old beams, local pictures and a framed copy of the deeds to the building on the wall. In the back left wall there is a small cast iron fire place next to a door which leads out to a large patio down the left hand side of the building. At the back of the patio is a brick arch and steps which lead down to a second patio behind the building with a BBQ area and lots of flowers, from here you can see an impressive cast iron spiral stair case running up the back of the hotel part of the building. Regular ales are Theakston Traditional Mild and Best Bitter, Lyndon House Bitter, Green King Abbot Ale and Caledonian Deuchars IPA with a single changing guest beer (GBG 2010). The beer is always well kept here and it’s nice to see a Mild on the bar which is rare in this area. I asked the barmaid who brewed the house bitter and she said it was Theakston! This is a great traditional pub which has a bit of character and good beer, and with its climbing plants and country inn styling it looks like it has been plucked from the country side and deposited in the centre of Walsall! Always worth a visit if in town, one of my top five pubs in Walsall.

Official site of the Lyndon House Hotel - lyndonhousehotel.co.uk

Official site of the Lyndon House Hotel - lyndonhousehotel.co.uk