User name:

Password:

Login


Sign in with Facebook


Not already a member?
Join our community and - Rate & review pubs - Upload pictures - Add events JOIN for free NOW


Chat about:
Cambridge PuG Crawl, Friday 5th April 2024 with Gann on the Pub Forum

Corner Pin, Doncaster

St Sepulchre Gate West
Doncaster
DN1 3AH

Return to pub summary

Page: 1 2

Reviews (Current Rating Average: of 10) Add Review see review guidelines


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Rob Hunter left this review about Corner Pin

I was going to try this pub today, but a high turnover of a certain type of clientele coming out for a smoke in the doorway put me off. It looks a bit small to be able to hide discreetly in a corner. It very much looks like a locals' pub from the outside and probably had net curtains until relatively recently. The real ale selection is meant to be promising but I wimped out and I suspect the pub would be better experienced of an evening or weekend rather than a weekday afternoon.

On 26th September 2018 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 750 recommendations about 598 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Aqualung . left this review about Corner Pin

This old pub is a sort of J shape inside with a quieter seated area to the immediate left and the main bar area stretching alongside the right wall. There is a TV here which was off, a jukebox and a proper darts area right at the end. There were a few in on my Saturday afternoon visit including someone practising their darts.
The five hand pumps had Welbeck Abbey Seth Hillbilly Rye & Portland Black, Marston's Wainwright, Stancill Barnsley Bitter and Leeds Pale. I went for the Welbeck Rye (£3.00) which was excellent.
Yet again I missed the CAMRA discount but I thought this was well worth a visit. It's GBG 2018 listed.

On 13th August 2018 - rating: 8
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Alex Conway left this review about Corner Pin

A rose among the thorns! It is rare to find a worth while while pub in Doncaster these days as they are now very few and far between. Thankfully I stumbled across the corner pin after my train was delayed. Located only a five miniute walk from the central station down a shopping street on the corner.
once inside there is an old feel to the place with timber beans and old ceramic beer jugs dangling from the ceiling. On my visit and I am presuming on most visits there is a large gathering of the regular old boys who are all a nice enough bunch.
Beer wise this pub is one of the few in Doncaster to sell anything near to a decent range of real ales. The Stancill Barnsley bitter is a regular with four changing guests, on my visit they were one from Dukeries, a special poppy appeal beer form Wells and another I cant remember, one was turned around. My pint of Barnsley bitter was in very nice condition at £3 per pint. they also sell the every harder to find stones bitter ion keg which was popular with the locals on my visit.

For Doncaster it is a very nice pub in a place were there really are not very many nice pubs. I think this is or was at one stage in the good beer guide but to say its niche for having real ale everyone on my visit (18 people) were either drinking John Smiths, stones or lager which I found slightly strange, but I guess someone must be drinking the real ale, I would defiantly return again.

On 4th November 2015 - rating: 8
[User has posted 455 recommendations about 455 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Old Boots left this review about Corner Pin

Corner pub all one open u shaped room with a vestigial wall by the door, tongue and grooved with white walls and blacked roof timbers. Another one for middle aged men, with a slew of my cohorts enjoying a preprandial or four during my early evening visit. And why not, it's near the station , serves a range of good beer from 5 hand pumps and has an amazingly eclectic choice of music played when nobody feeds the juke box. Nice pub.

On 10th October 2014 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 3209 recommendations about 2920 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Steve C left this review about The Corner Pin

The Corner Pin is a traditional back street local’s boozer that opens at midday (11:45 on Sundays) and shuts at 23:30 in the week, midnight Friday and Saturday and 22:30 on Sundays.
The narrow L shaped bar area is lined with banquette seating along the exterior walls and at the rear is a dartboard. There is more seating to the left and during my recent Saturday afternoon visit England were playing rugby against New Zealand. This was muted in favour of some background music from the jukebox.
The bar is stocked with standard draught and I counted five hand pumps that were all drawing different brews. The food available is reasonably priced pub grub.
Out the back is a beer garden that houses some picnic tables that are covered by a jumbrella and there is some patio furniture on a small decked area at the rear. A small bar that looks as though it was knocked together by the governor is covered with old beer clips and supports six hand pumps. I imagine that this is utilised during beer festivals in the summer months.

This pub is only a short hop from the railway station and is well worth a look.

On 31st December 2013 - rating: 8
[User has posted 5178 recommendations about 5147 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Pub SignMan left this review about The Corner Pin

Tucked away down a back street close to the train station, the Corner Pin is an excellent traditional, street corner boozer. You enter directly into the main bar area where two distinctly different seating areas can be found on either side. The right hand side is bare boarded with banquette and low stool seating running down the far wall. Some etched windows, including a nice one denoting the ‘Taproom’, help to emphasise a very traditional feel to this side of the room which had a few locals cracking jokes at each others’ expense whilst watching some cricket on a TV screen. There are bits of brewerania and old photos of the town on the walls and a collection of pub trophies had been arranged nicely along the end wall. The left hand side of the pub has been set up as a smart lounge with nice carpet and upholstered banquettes. Some fake beams run across the ceiling and there is another etched window, this time indicating the ‘Smoke Room’. Some framed pump clips are displayed on the walls alongside interesting photos of the pub’s sports teams. I arrived on a Saturday evening and found the place pumping out fairly loud music, which was a bit off-putting. A small garden to the rear offered some sanctuary from the pop tunes and had some large umbrellas to provide shelter for smokers.
Four hand pumps face you when you reach the bar, but a fifth is hidden around the corner, which the helpful barman kindly pointed out to me, resulting in me trying an excellent pint of Doncaster Gold Cup, as recommended by an old boy propping up the bar next to me. Other options were Cottage DB5 and Hurricane Ale, York Guzzler and Geeves Smoky Joe.
This is the sort of pub you’d never stumble across without already knowing about it, so it’s well worth spreading the word as it’s an excellent drinker’s pub of the sort that long sessions are founded upon. A strong contender for best pub in Doncaster and a guaranteed revisit the next time I’m in town.

On 1st October 2013 - rating: 8
[User has posted 3102 recommendations about 3102 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


hondo . left this review about The Corner Pin

5 real ales and food served. Handy for the train station.

On 27th April 2013 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 2883 recommendations about 2820 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Quinno _ left this review about The Corner Pin

A traditional corner pub located down a side street but only a few minutes trot from the town centre and train station. Split into two areas (former smoke and tap rooms) which retain a feel of their original identity, served by a central bar. The pub hosts a pretty good ale range, five in total (beware the isolated one on the main bar!), with a local slant evident. My Porter Derby Penny was very drinkable; I failed to note my second and third (whoops) but recall no quality issues. A friendly atmosphere within, led by the knowledgeable and helpful landlord. The 1970’s interior is perhaps a little worn-down and could do with a freshening-up without sacrificing its essential character. Items of note are the etched windows, dart board, jugs hanging from the beams and a well-stocked trophy cabinet. Despite the location this is a friendly down-to-earth pub and was probably my favourite of the day (so good I did it twice!).

On 31st August 2012 - rating: 8
[User has posted 5043 recommendations about 5026 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


Will Larter left this review about The Corner Pin

There are five hand pumps, four facing as you enter, one further round the corner on the longer side of the bar. There were three ales from Eight Sail brewery, which I hadn't come across before. I had Merry Miller for my first pint, a well-balanced and substantial bitter, strangely described on the pump clip as copper coloured: I'd have said brown. Later, after a crawl around Doncaster, we made this our last stop as well, and I had the Victoria Porter, which was also very enjoyable. This is an excellent little pub, friendly and welcoming. If you've only time for one in Doncaster, this has got to be the one.

On 9th May 2012 - rating: 9
[User has posted 3699 recommendations about 3440 pubs]


Please Note: This review is over a year old.


John Bonser left this review about The Corner Pin

Occupying a street corner position convenient for the station is The Corner Pin, a small traditional locals pub. Fine etched windows indicating Smoke Room and Tap Room tell us that this was formerly a two bar pub and, although it’s now been knocked through to create one room, each part of the pub has retained its distinct characteristics and identity.

The Smoke Room part of the pub is carpeted, well appointed and comfortable and features some stone walls, ceiling beams and a trophy cabinet. The Tap Room area is more basic, bare boarded and has a dartboard down the far end.

Etched windows denoting Whitworths Fine Ales indicate former ownership, but it’s now a free house with, seemingly, a good reputation locally for real ale. The pub is listed in the CAMRA 2011 Good Beer Guide and was proudly advertising that the local CAMRA Pub of the Year award would be presented to the pub on 21 April.

A large advertisement in the local CAMRA branch magazine – Donny Drinker- tells us that this pub is under the same management as The Railway, which is close by and which, for some unaccountable reason, I forgot to call in on.

Beers on were York Terrier - £ 2.70p – and two Ossett Brewery beers.

This is another pub that I’d be more than happy to revisit

On 6th April 2011 - rating: 8
[User has posted 560 recommendations about 560 pubs]

Page: 1 2