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The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
SY1 1SZ
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Leased (Marstons)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Al Bundy left this review about The Old Post Office
Unless there is another entrance this pub is located through an alley and into a small courtyard. The pub is larger than expected but sadly its not great. Basically open plan, it does have distinct areas to sit. A small sunken area is the first bit you come to on entering and beyond that, to your right is the bar. There were 4 real ales to choose from but none were particularly inspiring, being National standards. Its a clean and well presented enough pub but it just doesn't do it for me.
On 4th July 2017
- rating: 5
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Peter Rydings left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
Its ok looks better from the outside had a good pint of Full Brazilian 4.4% from whitch wood brewery. Would call back just to talk to a nice girl behind the bar called Robin
On 18th May 2014
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
Nothing seems to have changed since my last visit in 2009. It's still a nice place to call in for one, but the beer range is still uninspiring with Hobgoblin, Jennings Cocker Hoop & Banks's Bitter available on this visit. My pint was in good condition though. I only ever call in here for one and I've been in a lot when I worked in the area. The beer range just isn't varied enough to warrant a session.
12/06/2009
This is a food and music led pub with loads of dining tables towards the rear of the pub. The front part of the pub has comfy seating with leather sofas it also has a big screen TV and a quiz machine. It's effectively one room but has several distinct areas. There is an adjoining venue called The Loft that has an admission charge at nights. Would you really want B & B at a place that's got a late night music venue? It's got lots of old wood inside and a good looking fireplace. There is a cobbled courtyard that stretches round two sides of the pub for a bit of peaceful and sheltered outside drinking. There are three handpumps on the bar, last night they were selling Banks's bitter, Jennings Cumberland and Wychwood Hobgoblin. I had a pint of the Hobgoblin which was pretty good. It's quite a nice place for one.
On 12th June 2013
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
I was attracted to this large pub and hotel by the entrance arch which bears the pub’s name in a mosaic floor and leads in turn into a well kept front courtyard. The pub dates from the sixteenth century and is apparently the only survivor of five pubs that used to be located on Milk Street. The name refers to the fact that the pub used to be a posting house for horse drawn coaches and there were thirteen stables available up until 1900. Nowadays, the pub provides accommodation, with six en-suite rooms available at reasonable prices. The pub shows signs of its history, but the interior has sadly been opened out as much as seems possible. The front bar is carpeted with standard tables and chairs and the servery along the right hand wall. There is a space in the front right corner, which looks like it would have been a separate room in the past, but now is fully visible from the bar area. It’s set up as a lounge of sorts, with bare floorboards and some tub chairs and a sofa around a fireplace with a TV screen showing BBC News. There’s a lot of dark wood in the front half of the pub, be it in the form of beams or wall panels, but as you pass the servery towards the raised dining space at the rear, the fittings become a bit blander. The dining area has plenty of formally arranged seating, but was empty on a Saturday evening. The menu looked fairly good, with main meals clocking in around the £7.00 mark.
Three beers from the Marston’s portfolio were available – EPA, Pedigree and Wychwood Hobgoblin – with a fourth pump showing a turned clip. I tried the EPA, which isn’t the most inspiring beer, but it was at least kept in good condition. There were plenty of staff on in relation to the number of customers, so service was prompt and they all had a good laugh when the barman who served me dropped my change into a slops tray.
This pub seemed to have a lot of promise but the interior felt too formulaic, which in a town like Shrewsbury, sets it at an immediate disadvantage. The beer range was a little uninspiring, but I would imagine it’s a decent place for a bite to eat and would certainly suit larger groups who might struggle to fit into some of the smaller ale houses around town.
On 5th May 2013
- rating: 6
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
This is an attractive old building not immediately visible from the road, but set back up a small alleyway that leads in to a courtyard that doubles up as a beer garden. This extends around the side of the pub offering a choice of several tables. Somewhat surprisingly the building was never a Post Office, instead the name refers to the posting of coach horses, whatever that is, according to a blackboard next to the bar.
Unfortunately the interior has clearly been the subject of a corporate makeover at some point, and now has the kind of bland, mass produced look that afflicts fat to many pubs. Only a couple of old wooden support posts hint at what was probably a much more attractive pub at one time. The pub is all one room, although divided in to a couple of different areas. The rear part is up a couple of steps and seems more geared up for diners, whilst there is a small snug at the front of the pub with a wood strip floor and a couple of leather sofa’s, along with a small fire-place, wood burning stove and a plasma. I didn’t check the menu, although noticed a few posters advertising a “2 for £10” deal.
Beers on tap were Marston’s Pedigree, Marston’s EPA and Hobgoblin. There was also a pump for a Banks beer, but this appeared to have run out. Ciders were Strongbow and Thatcher’s Gold.
On 18th September 2012
- rating: 5
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
A traditional coaching house with low beamed ceilings. Pleasant pub with friendly staff, serves food and has lots of special offers. Ales on handpump were Banks, Hobgoblin and Marstons EPA.
On 22nd July 2012
- rating: 7
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Jason Scott left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
Found on our quick visit to Shrewsbury, fantastic place, great food and drink, friendly staff and atmosphere, would highly recommend.
On 3rd January 2011
- rating: 10
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Oggwyn Great left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
Set in a courtyard this pub promises more than it delivers , the once multiroomed interior is now one room , a few leather sofas scattered round , its OK for a quick pint , 4 handpulls from the Marstons/Bankss stable , but there are much better pubs in town
On 23rd May 2010
- rating: 4
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Richard Arwkrite left this review about Old Post Office Hotel
I remember this pub back in the 1960s. A beautiful late Victorian/Edwardian pub full of leather covered seats,booths,engraved glass windows and mirrors.All you wanted was a foggy night and someone playing an old joanna and you would be looking for a jack the ripper type.
Anyway all this disappeared when the pub was modernised ( corporate vandalism I call it). It has undergone changes since but nothing matched the interior I remember.
Its a pleasant enough place for a drink and a bite.The courtyard entrance no doubt fooling the tourists that the interior is original.
Its sad that Shrewsbury lost so many wonderful pub interiors to modernisation.
On 27th September 2009
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