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The Six Bells, St. Albans

18 St Michaels Street
St. Albans
AL3 4SH
Phone: 01727856945

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Phantom Pigeon left this review about The Six Bells

Visited as a group from work, lunchtime job.
Not too big a car park, but I suppose there were not too many cars about in the 1540's.
The general consensus of opinion was good food, good service, and characteristic country village type pub.
There were six beers on the pumps, including Copper Dragon Golden Pippin. A light refreshing ale, spot-on temperature, perfectly kept and served with a smile. Being lunchtime, I did not have the opportunity to try any of the others, but I will.

On 28th June 2011 - rating: 6
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I L left this review about The Six Bells

Very nice olde worlde low ceiling stone flagged pub in a very quaint part of Saint Albans and well worth the walk for both the ales and the food. Not a huge range of ales but the two of the five on that we tried were in top notch condition. Suspect this can get v busy of an evening with meal goers but our lunchtime visit was very pleasant and well worth the walk from the main railway station. There are plenty of stopping off points for a beer and a leak on the way back!

On 6th October 2010 - rating: 8
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Malden man left this review about The Six Bells

An excellent welcoming pub certainly worthy of the walk from the town centre, even if we did get drenched in a sudden downpour. The main area is now all one room but the previous layout is obvious with two entrance doors retained (one in use) and half the floor quarry tiled and the rest having some type of wooden block flooring. The right hand end with the large inglenook fireplace is the focal point and most regulars seem to gather around here. A couple of muskets are displayed above the fireplace. The other end of the main bar has another smaller fireplace which was filled with stacked logs. Lots of genuine character, low black and white beamed ceiling, pots and jugs hang over the bar and there are old bottles and so on on the window cills. Another side room away from the bar has a dartboard but with a table in front. There is further seating outside with a covered area.
On the side wall near the large fireplace is a 1936 price list, Ale and Bitter were 4d and interestingly lager at 8d....I didn't realise you could get lager back then. Also in the side room, there is a list of all St Albans' pubs both current and gone; there are a fair few! There is a TV here high up in a corner at the end of the bar. Dominoes, a cribbage board and a backgammon set are available.
Beers were Rudgate Summer Hop, Taylor's Landlord, Oakham JHB, Tring Side Pocket for a Toad, London Pride plus Weston's Raspberry Twist Cider. All pints are served in oversize lined glasses.
For me, this was probably the pick of the half dozen St Albans' pubs we did yesterday and certainly one I'd return to, preferably when it isn't raining.

On 15th August 2010 - rating: 8
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Roger Button left this review about The Six Bells

The Six Bells is apparently the only modern pub situated within what was the old Roman city (if you can call 16th Century modern) and whilst it is a decent stroll from the current city centre, it is well worth the effort. The pub was extended in the mid 70’s and further enlarged in 1994 (a Roman bathhouse was revealed during some of the alterations) but still has an Olde Worlde charm with low sagging ceilings, settles, plenty of beams and pillars, brasses and sudued lighting. An inglenook wood fire.dominates the nain bar area with a few firearms mounted on the wall that were originally used to control vermin on the local estate (we are talking about a 100+ year old rat problem here rather than modern local ASBO punishments!).

The ale selection isn’t over-extensive with 5 pumps; Pride, Landlord and Oakham JHB being the regular ales with 2 rotating guests (Tring Royal Poacher and Addlestones Cider on my last visit) and the pub has recently won the South Hertfiordshire CAMRA Pub of the Year so you can expect quality to be consistently good. There are no TVs or games machines that I noticed but a small side room away from the bar does contain a dart board. They have regaular quizzes, occasional live music and other community events and I even recall a Carol singers session being advertised during a Christmas visit a couple of years bac.

Overall, the Six Bells is quite a charming and welcoming pub that has been, and will no doubt remain, a regular visit on our St Alban’s pub crawls.

On 28th April 2010 - rating: 8
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Simone Cheverst left this review about The Six Bells

what a great little pub. Full of charm. Great food. Lovely bar staff. Nice little seating area in the garden. Quiz night on sunday, just right for getting your brain in gear for the week ahead. (If you like that sort of thing). Bands play most weeks. The beers pritty special too. Also searves a good pint of cider. Not just ya average pub.

On 16th May 2008 - rating: 8
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Six Bells

The Six Bells is a wonderful looking building and clearly has some age and history to it. It claims to be the only pub within the walls of old Roman Verulamium and an old Roman Bath House was discovered during excavations in the 1970's. Inside it's very well presented with a massive open fireplace being a focal point. I generally visit on a Sunday lunchtime when it gets very full so it can be difficult to find somewhere to sit and the service can be a bit fraught. There is a decent selection of real ales.

On 17th February 2008 - rating: 7
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