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Victoria Inn, Bow Street
Borth
Postal town: Bow Street
SY24 5HZ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
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Quinno _ left this review about Victoria Inn
First visit in 10 years on the mega crush of a day that was Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Popping inside and the bar was a bomb site, with hundreds empties and a dishwasher that sounded like it might not last the evening. Fortunately a couple of the ales were still on and I went for the Purple Moose and was rewarded with an outstanding pint (NBSS 5), supped in the lovely rear garden/beach area with an incredible sunset and about 100 other punters. On the right day this is one the finest beer gardens in Britain and the beer topped off a memorable visit.
July 2009
The Victoria is now re-furbed and re-opened. Popped in for a pint and noted that:
a) The inside looks like a sanitized Wetherspoons. An odd choice for Borth.
b) The interesting ale selection has been replaced by Rev'd James. Boring.
c) No obvious availability of ice creams, cockles or stuffed Gorillas.
d) And no multi-coloured fairy lights outside.
Can't imagine it'll be much fun on a wet November evening. We shall see. For now, it's abdicated its place as Borth's best pub. Rated 5
April 2007
A really, really good pub, lots of atmosphere. Has three ales on the go (two from the fabulous Wye Valley brewery and a Rev'd James) which are usually in good condition, though the Rev'd James had to go back on our last visit. Sells cockles and ice creams (from a dark room round the back!) and has food on in a restaurant section in the rear overlooking the sea. Also has a nice beer garden (no access to the seafront though, apparently!), as well as telly and a large stuffed Gorilla called Jacko who you need to guess the birthday of for a quid. Oh, and the colourful fairy lights outside too. A winner, well worth the trip to Borth for on a wet and windy Friday night! Rated 8
On 1st May 2019
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about The Victoria Inn
A smart two bar pub, with another room upstairs (the Atlantic Bar, according to the sign) with a balcony, and an outside seating area which adjoins the beach. The right hand bar was not open when I was here, though several customers, myself included, were sat there. The action was in the bar to the left, where a vociferous crowd were watching a Liverpool game in the Champions League on TV. As the game was impossible to ignore I took my beer to the other room, where it was peaceful enough until a group of young men took the adjacent table and I was forced to eavesdrop on their conversation, which put paid to my chances of finishing the Guardian crossword. There were three beers on, and numerous other hand pumps unclipped, though with the crowd at the bar I was unable to make any notes and only recorded that my beer was Mantle Moho, a pale ale brewed in Cardigan. This was the livelier of the two pubs I visited in the evening, having "done" the Railway in the afternoon; if I had come here first I would have been glad to escape to the quiet of the Friendship, but that's just me. Others will undoubtedly prefer the Victoria.
On 26th February 2018
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Victoria Inn
One of the key selling points of the Victoria Inn is its location backing onto the shingle beach at Borth.
This it exploits with an outside area accessed from the left hand downstairs bar and an outside balcony accessed from the upstairs Atlantic bar which affords great views across the beach and any sunset, should you get one.
Another is the beer choice which seems to have taken a turn for the better since Quinno’s last visit. It now has four ales and a cider on the five pumps on each bar, which is better than most of the Welsh seaside pubs we encountered. Granted two of these were Sharps Doombar and Atlantic which are ubiquitous for this part of the world, but then there was Wye Valley HPA and the excellent Mantle Brewery Moho which was in good nick.
Downstairs it has two bar rooms with the slightly smaller room more aligned to eating. And then up the stairs is the very pleasant Atlantic bar room and an additional proper dining room.
We visited for a spot of lunch and the Chicken Curry Jacket and Cheese ploughmans we had were very good. Mixed food and service reviews on Trip Advisor for this one but as our visit was in the first week after the school hols on not a good beach day so the pub was not so busy ,we did not experience any of the service and food issues reported on that site.
So I have to report as we found and for a decent pint and lunch stop this was a comfortable place and hit the spot for us
On 20th September 2016
- rating: 7
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