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The Volunteer Inn, Faringdon
Faringdon
SN7 7HY
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Volunteer Inn
Back in town for a couple of early evening pre dinner quick ones before heading to our restaurant booking, the Volunteer was the last of the six pubs that surround the market square in Faringdon we tried. The Volunteer is a good looking white washed pub festooned with hanging baskets from the outside, but inside it’s a small, fairly non descript one-bar town local. Clearly a couple of separate rooms back in the day, it’s now one internal space with a main bar area and then a second area down a step and only some of the original beams remaining between them. Both areas are dominated by fruit machines and large flat screen teles showing the sport. Not that you could hear them over the din of the soundtrack being played on the pub’s music system. Out the back passed the toilets I noticed an outdoor area with tables and anAunt Sally pitch.
Even though there were only a few hardy locals in early evening I got the feeling that this was a good community pub where the locals come in later for a spot of vertical drinking and shouting at each other over the noise of the sound system.
But with only one real ale available in the shape of a very average Doombar I will definitely be leaving this one to them and it wasn’t too long before we cut our losses and headed up Marlborough Street to make acquaintance again with the far superior Swan.
On 10th May 2015
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about The Volunteer Inn
The Volunteer is a very friendly town pub just off the Market Square, catering mainly for locals. One ale being served, but it wasn't drinkable so I had to make do with keg. The landlady was very apologetic and replaced the "off" pint with no fuss. The interior is a bit run down, had a well -used dartboard and several large tv screens. The focus of the room was the jukebox, and everyone in the pub was encouraged to contribute to the playlist (at no charge). The clientele were very welcoming and, despite the lack of decent beer, it was a fun evening. I would happily go back and include in a town crawl for a quick half, but hopefully next time there will be some beer on.
On 8th October 2010
- rating: 5
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