The Saracens Head, Newton Abbot

The Saracen’s Head has split bars where the left hand bar is the quieter of the two. In the right hand bar there is a pool table at the rear and a jukebox on the wall that was playing songs by artists such as Sham 69. I didn’t spot any televisions or any advertisements for Sky Sports. Out the back is a paved beer garden with some picnic tables and strangely there was a large burning log billowing smoke in the centre of the garden. The three locals in attendance during my visit on Thursday evening a couple of weeks ago all seemed harmless enough and the barman was friendly. However, I was a little miffed at how I ordered half a Carlsberg and ended up with a pint of Export. There were other draught options available and one of the two hand pumps was off leaving Abbot as the sole ale. I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit here again.