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Pear Tree Inn, Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 4JJ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Pear Tree Inn
Substantial estate pub in the southeast quarter of the garden city, with the quite attractive (if understated) 1930s architecture you would expect here. Inside, it comprises a large bar on one side of the building, refurbished in a rather dull modern style, and a function room (and possibly other closed facilities) on the other. A pool table and the front patio terrace are the only other features to note. Just Spitfire (£2.10, half) available from the three handpumps.
On 21st July 2019
- rating: 6
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Komakino . left this review about The Pear Tree
Changed since BF's review below, this is still a good-looking Inter-War building albeit with a modern makeover inside making it one whole room. Plenty of screens showing a darts encounter, with the real thing going on inside the pub along with a pool game in full flow. Wetherspoons-style carpet and garish wallpaper, although there are some boarded semi-raised bits. Real ale back on the menu with Fuller's London Pride and TT Landlord (a third stump unclipped) but both untried in the hot weather. The busiest of the WGC pubs visited on a weeknight and a narrow patio out front was well-commandeered semi-screened as it is from the road.
On 23rd July 2018
- rating: 4
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Pear Tree
If you are a fan of estate pubs,The Pear Tree is right up your street.The building was put up in the interwar years like the rest of the Garden City and is truely unremarkable.To the right is a section closed on my trip,I guess a function room or former restaurant.To the left is the open plan,square shaped drinking area with the bar which as you might expect has an array of keg taps and no real ale.Fosters at £3.30 seems to be the tipple of choice for the regulars.The interior includes a Sky Sports flat screen,darts board,a pool table,a multitude of fruit machines,some low backed chairs,a few high tables and conventional furniture but little of any note apart from a real fire burning in a wooden fireplace.However most punters kept their coat on ,there is a high ceiling and a bitter wind was howling around outside.
The atmosphere was also a little cold inside,a motley collection of middle aged men who all knew each other and very quick to clock a stranger in their midst.A group of old boys were being entertained by the young barmaid when ever she stepped away from the bar ,and an advert for a "Gentlemen's Evening" got me wondering if she had a second job.
There are weekend discos and food is advertised but no one was partaking.Although the bar was quite busy and the pub is clearly viable,I will leave the local people to enjoy their local pub in future.
On 12th March 2013
- rating: 4
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