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The Crown & Cushion, Chesterfield
Chesterfield
S40 1PB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Al Bundy left this review about The Crown & Cushion
A lively town centre pub. Open plan and full of jolly locals and some local knobheads too. Depending on where you sit you can have a good chat with a few pensionable blokes or be stuck with a set of tattooed gobshites all trying to act hard while stroking their fat arsed bint of a girlfriend. A few shiny handpumps on the bar but only Wainwright's on on this visit.
On 2nd June 2016
- rating: 5
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Will Larter left this review about The Crown & Cushion
On my recent visit this pub had changed so much inside that I had to turn around and go outside again, to check that I wasn't in a similar building further down the street. It's owned by a pubco called Contemporary Taverns - I don't know if it's company policy to have loud music with a thumping bass in mid-afternoon on a market day, but that's what I got. The previous attempt at a cafe-cum-pub atmosphere has been cleared away and it's now a vertical drinking establishment with bare floorboards and a few high tables. On the bar I counted six hand pumps, with three beers and a cider. The beers were Marstons Pedigree, and Lancaster Bomber and Wainwright from Thwaites; the cider was Westons Old Rosie. So nothing earth-shattering in terms of choice, and the ear-splitting music means that this is unlikely to see a repeat visit from me, until the next makeover.
(Date of visit 3rd November 2013)
On 26th January 2014
- rating: 4
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Joplins
You walk through a small cafe down a couple of steps to a small lounge style bar. There were three ales on from Hopback Brewery. This was a 11.30 am visit and the music was blurring.
On 27th June 2012
- rating: 5
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Will Larter left this review about Joplins
A traditional-looking pub façade, with the fake half-timbering seen in many Chesterfield town centre buildings, but once inside it's surprisingly like a cafe, with a food counter and cafe-style chairs and tables. The bar is further back on the right, and then there's a conservatory extension to the left rear which repeats the tables and chairs seen at the front. Around the bar it's more like a pub, and there are four hand pumps with three ales and a cider. The ales were Old Hooky and Hooky Bitter from Hook Norton, plus Hopback 25th Birthday Ale. My Old Hooky was OK, though not in tiptop condition and needed several attempts to get anywhere close to a full measure.
I had to ask the barman to turn the music down, as we were the only customers and it was difficult to hear oneself speak, and he did this with alacrity. Being close to the market, this pub probably gets a lot of daytime trade and presumably the theory is that a bit of loud music will drag in some passing evening trade. In my case it's more likely to persuade me to walk a few minutes further to the music-free Wetherspoons, but chacun à son goût.
On 15th June 2012
- rating: 5
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