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The Sloop Inn, Haverfordwest

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw
Porthgain
Porthgain
Postal town: Haverfordwest
SA62 5BN

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Quinno _ left this review about The Sloop Inn

Located right on the mouth of the dock, this is a large multi-roomer with a characterful ‘shack’ feel; tongue and groove wood panelling aplenty including the ceiling. Pool room off to the right and a virginal dart board in the main bar with no way to play. Plenty of seafaring garb on the walls including details of various wrecks. The beer garden spills out onto the green which on the nice day we dropped in was being well-utilised. Four cask; Felinfoel Double Dragon, Doom Bar, Evan Evans Seascape (NBSS 3) and St David's Whitesands (NBSS 3.5). Gwent Y Ddraig scrumpy also on. We ate here and the halloumi burger I had was a good bit of pub grub. Staff were good and helped me book a taxi. As mentioned below, a ‘sloop’ is a type of boat that was used for transporting slate. Prices were fair and certainly not inflated at the same scale that was described a few years back. A good stop. 7.5

On 30th September 2022 - rating: 8
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Sloop Inn

Out of the way coastal single storey building with outside terrace and games room. Nice enough

On 9th September 2019 - rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Sloop Inn

This place is still much as described by Steve back in 2010. None of the areas were laid for diners when I visited during Saturday lunchtime, but food was clearly the main player here as just about everybody other than I and my companion were eating. I didn't see a menu, but by the look of what I saw others eating it mainly included pub grub. There were three ales on - Felinfoel Double Dragon, Hancock's HB, and Evan Evans Warrior. Being from London I didn't think the prices expensive, with an absolutely superb pint of 4.6% Warrior at £3.90 worth every penny.

There is maritime memorabilia everywhere you look in this pub. The room on the left, which stretches back to a lower area at the back, even has a rowing boat on the ceiling - or perhaps it is the ceiling? There is pinewood cladding all over the place giving it a light look, which doesn't seem out of place in here; the floor in the bar area as you enter is quarry tiled and there's a bit of carpeting, wood flooring and even slate tiles elsewhere.

I suppose somewhere like this just has to be a tourist destination, but it certainly wasn't heaving with people during my visit - we had no trouble getting a table just for a drink. As stated previously, it has an enviable location right by the harbour at Porthgain. It's certainly worth a visit if you're in the area.

On 6th August 2018 - rating: 7
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Donna 1966 left this review about The Sloop Inn

My favorite place in the world to end up at the end of a walk on a Summer's Day, friendly and seeping history, yes pricey which I agree could be addressed, but other than a place to end up having a drink and a snack, we only go there to eat on special occasions. The food is very nice and the staff second to none, especially Morgan and Moggs who we have come to know, and in the colder months there is nothing better than a pint by the open coal fire, go there and decide for yourselves, it has never disappointed me.

On 30th December 2010 - rating: 8
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Sloop Inn

The Sloop Inn is situated in the small harbour of Porthgain in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Porthgain is a bit of a tourist attraction being the place where the Welsh Black slate was quarried from the nearby cliffs and loaded into Sailing boats (sloops ) for transportation. This makes the pub a bit of a tourist attraction as well and they market themselves as ‘probably the most famous pub in Pembrokeshire’.
As you would expect from a pub in a tourist area, it majors on food and two of the four separate areas of this pub are set out for dining. The Menu was varied, with a lot of local fish, when we visited but I wouldn’t describe it as cheep. And the pint of Reverend James I has was the most expensive of our trip to Pembrokeshire, but it was a very well kept pint.
However I would certainly recommend it for a visit if you are in the area because it is a pub of some character. As well as the two dining areas there is a drinking area in front of the bar and there is a separate games room with darts and pool table off to the side. But it is one of those pubs where you could spend a fair bit of time looking at what’s on the walls and ceiling. The walls are packed with pictures and information of nearby shipwrecks and details of the Sloops that used to work the harbour including a collection of the name plates from the said Sloops. And the ceiling is festooned with all sorts of nautical memorabilia.
The harbour is less than 100 metres from the door and there is a village green to the front and a large south-facing patio for a outside beer when the sun is out.
As well as the Reverend James there was Felinfowl Double Dragon and GK IPA.
Yes it’s aimed at tourists, and an expensive tourist trap at that, but I can think of a lot of worse places to finish up for a pint after a walk round the harbour and up the nearby cliffs and despite the cost, it was one of the best pints of Reverend James I experienced during our trip.

On 17th August 2010 - rating: 8
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John Horton left this review about The Sloop Inn

Claims to be the most famous pub in Pembrokeshire. Small choice of well presented real ales. Good food & reasonably fast service. Pity about the prices though. Better food can be obtained elsewhere at lower prices & the beer at £3.20 per pint & £1.65 for half (in May 2009) is well out of order. On price alone it was not for me or my mates. Although staying just up the road we preferred to travel to Trevine and Mathry!

On 1st June 2009 - no rating submitted
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