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The Seven Stars, Falmouth
Falmouth
TR11 3QA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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I L left this review about The Seven Stars
Still a great basic traditional pub serving all its ales from the barrels behind the bar. Beer was great and the pub was busy on our Saturday lunchtime with locals and others passing by for a pint. The pub is undergoing a redecoration both inside and out so the rear saloon bar is full of ladders etc. Looks like they are also redecorating this room aswell.
Hopefully this pub has still got a good future ahead.
On 18th November 2011
- rating: 9
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John Bonser left this review about The Seven Stars
Occupying a position on the edge of a large square in the town centre, close to the Falmouth Packet Boat memorial, is The Seven Stars, a basic no frills unspoilt locals pub, with a prominent Victorian - style frontage.
The public bar at the front features wood panelled walls with fixed bench seating, an original bar counter and shelving and a real time warp feel to it. The bar top has a deceptive curve to it - so position your drink with care !. There's a collection of key fobs suspended from the ceiling. Mobile phones are banned - a point emphasised by one attached to the wall with a nail driven through it.
The saloon bar at the rear ( note the glass in the door featuring seven blue stars ) is equally basic and has several notable plain glass large mirrors. This bar is serviced by a hatch at the side of the public bar in the corridor. The pub is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Heritage Pubs, the only such pub in Cornwall.
The long pub name board up at roof level - see the photograph here - has gone ( came down in a storm apparently ) and a rather temporary looking white tarpaulin bearing the pub's name and draped along the outside railings lower down is the current replacement. There's no hanging pub sign.
I'm a big fan of unspoilt, no frills pubs like this, but I'm afraid that this pub does feel somewhat run down and neglected. Some of the seat cushions and padded bar stools in the front bar are looking distinctly worn and dirty and, in the rear room, part of the ceiling appears to be missing. The exterior could also do with a lick of paint.
Locals here are very friendly and a warm welcome is assured. This is a pub where conversation and beer ( or cider ) rule the roost. However, a degree of grubbiness means that it doesn't look desperately inviting from the outside and it is perhaps telling that, on two separate occasions, other visitors to Falmouth who I got into conversation with were people who, like myself, had specifically sought this pub out, as opposed to people dropping in by chance.
Beers are served direct from the barrel, placed on metal stillages behind the public bar. On my recent visit, beers on were Bass, Sharps Special and Skinners Cornish Knocker. Bass is apparently a regular fixture and a cartoon in the bar dated October 2004 shows some glum looking customers bemoaning its absence on one particular occasion. Over 2 consecutive evenings, all 3 beers were found to be in excellent condition. Prices ranged from £ 3 to £ 3.10p. The pub is listed in the 2010 CAMRA Good Beer Guide.
I do hope this pub can keep going. If you get the opportunity, do drop in, but watch the opening hours - despite its central location, it closes in the afternoon, even at weekends.
On 5th October 2010
- rating: 8
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Gill Smith left this review about The Seven Stars
Called in as it is in the 2010 Good Beer Guide. There were 3 beers available from casks, Bass, a Sharps and a Skinners. Chose Sharps Special, but it had gone off and was exchanged for us. It is a National Inventory pub due to its interior.
On 20th July 2010
- rating: 5
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Gary Seymour left this review about The Seven Stars
This is a pub in a time warp not to be missed. Real Ale. Dogs welcome in back room but ensure you see main unspoilt bar.
On 5th January 2009
- rating: 10
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