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Boat Inn, Matlock
Cromford
Postal town: Matlock
DE4 3QF
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about Boat Inn
An odd shaped pub that seems to have been the result of several different buildings joined together. Approaching from the market place the first part of the pub seen is the window of the dining room on the corner, followed by one of the entrances. Further on is another door, though I'm not sure this was in use, and the pub can also be accessed from round the other side where there is a smokers shelter. Having missed the first door, or rather having mistakenly thought that it was locked, I arrived by the roundabout route. Once inside it's a complicated layout of rooms with mostly bare brick walls, beams and joists with the small bar against the back wall. At each end of the building there is a fireplace, one with a solid fuel stove and the other with an open grate which gave out a welcome heat.
On the bar were five hand pumps, with Marstons Pedigree, Dancing Duck Ay Up, Derby Penny's Porter and Borough Bridge XL Mild, plus one other. The porter was good and this seemed like a pub that would be a pleasant place to spend a less rushed visit than mine, with a bus due any minute.
On 3rd February 2014
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Boat Inn
Very quiet for a Friday lunchtime, but the pint of Odyssey from the local Leatherbritches Brewery was in good condition. Noticed the dog bowls, but thankfully the place doesn't smell of the creatures. Surprisingly unkeen to sell the advertised ploughman's lunches to two customers who came in a bit later on - funny way to run a pub if you ask me...
On 28th February 2009
- rating: 6
[User has posted 8117 recommendations about 8117 pubs]