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The Star & Garter, Stafford
Stafford
ST17 4AW
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Steve C left this review about The Star & Garter
The Star & Garter is an L-shaped pub with a central L-shaped bar counter that supports standard and premium keg alongside four hand pumps, one of which was in operation drawing Sharp’s Doom Bar. For some reason the names of the keg products are written along the font handles, so small that nobody can read them. So they’ve had to put labels on the back bar so that customers know what is available. To the left of the bar counter is banquette seating in a comfortable area with a burner in a raised fireplace. In the right rear is a dartboard and pool table. Televisions are found throughout, Champions League was being shown via BT Sport during my Wednesday evening visit last week. Out the back is a split level patio area with seating. The service was polite and the pub was busy, but the lack of a decent ale will put some off. Being the most southerly of the town centre pubs with a below par neighbouring pub means that I doubt I’ll ever visit here again.
On 20th March 2023
- rating: 5
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Will Larter left this review about The Star & Garter
I called in for a swift half towards the end of our afternoon tour of Stafford, with train time looming. The Star & Garter is an attractive building on the way into the town centre with bay windows and portico painted white. It was quite pleasant inside too, though I dodn't take any detailed notes of features. There were two hand pumps with Doom Bar turned around and Pedigree should have been, as it was frothy and banana-ish. This may simply have been a consequence of being at the end of the barrel, but the person who served me, although friendly and welcoming, had not seemingly received any training with regard to faults in real ale and what to do about them.
On 20th January 2023
- rating: 4
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Al Bundy left this review about Star & Garter
A very good pub away from the town centre. 4 cask ales and 2 real ciders available (3 handpumps directly as you enter and 3 at the side). Outside seating at the front of the pub. Pleasant inside.
On 20th August 2015
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Star & Garter
Substantial old building with main entrance located up several steps. Opened out inside to form a 'J'-shaped bar. Refurbished with semi-traditional but bland furniture and decor. Various silent TV screens. Radio style background music feed. Pool table to the rear. Small front terrace. Reasonably busy on a Sunday evening, which is a good sign. Four of six handpumps in use, with real ales including Rev James, Mansfield England's Pride and Adnam's Old (£3.00).
On 22nd February 2015
- rating: 6
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Soup Dragon left this review about Star & Garter
A neat looking detached corner pub in undressed brick, with some white rendering and black paintwork. there is a front patio.
The interior is technically open plan, but forms two areas in an L-shape around the bar that is just to the right of you when you enter. The far area is a pool and darts room, in white and red, where a couple of young chaps were playing. The lounge area is in white mainly with two brick fireplaces, one at either end of the room. The seating was brown. Interest was supplied by a few arty pictures and some old real ale bottles - Tanglefoot being one. There was a dart board here too and a TV, not on. The clientele here, a couple of maturer chaps. The service was functional.
Beer; tap stuff, with no MILD - three real ale hanpulls (with Salopian Shropshire Gold, Wadsworth 6X and another) were turned around - maybe the for sale sign had something to do with it.
A little lifeless to be honest and not helped by the loss of its real ales.
On 30th July 2010
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