Mermaid Tavern, Herm

A ferry ride from St Peter Port this is the more ‘pubby’ of the three options on this car free island. Can’t comment on how this pub functions normally or what the food is like on a normal tourist day as we visited it as the location for the Herm 80’s Rock fest which obviously is not a normal working evening. But are qualified to comment on what the beers like. Internally the pub has a large open plan main bar room then a couple of separate sections off of this. Light blue colour scheme with a nautical theme as you would expect and then an impressive collection of beer mats showing this pubs commitment to local and guest real ales. There’s a large fireplace which I imagine makes this a cosy pub in winter. But the Key selling point in summer is the excellent large external courtyard on two levels with lots of table seating under awnings to the side and massive jumbrellas to the middle, the lower section of which houses the main stage for the live music events. The main bar section has four ale hand pumps and Liberation Herm Island Gold is the constant house beer, then for our visit Brains SA and Butcombe Defiant ESB were on as guests with the fourth pump unused. The Herm Island Gold was a superb pint and sustained us all evening through the fest.

Official site of Mermaid Tavern - www.herm.com

Official site of Mermaid Tavern - www.herm.com