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Merchants 1688, Lancaster City Centre, Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 1HT
Served areas
Reviews of Merchants 1688 (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Merchants 1688
This place has gone down in my estimation since my visits a few years ago. On entering, there was a strange smell, of long-unwashed socks in a kit bag, or a male changing room, something unsavoury anyway. Service was not as good as when I've been here at busy times, and I wasn't as impressed with the five beers (on eight hand pumps) as on previous visits. And why are they charging over £4 for a pint (£2.05 for a half of fairly ordinary Tirril Nut Brown Ale 4.1%) when it's less than £3 for a slightly stronger beer at the Cornerhouse, five minutes walk away? I went and sat outside to avoid the smell (I hope it's only temporary); I'll be back before long, and hope things are not going permanently downhill.
Date of visit: 23rd July 2019
On 16th August 2019
- rating: 6
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Jon B left this review about Merchants 1688
a trendy little cavern place with tunnelled rooms coming off a main bar. has a wide range of real ale and some will like it. for me it's vacuous, too cramped and attracts the snooty brigade like the place next door.
On 3rd September 2018
- rating: 4
[User has posted 627 recommendations about 619 pubs]
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Gill Smith left this review about Merchants 1688
Thought this was a grand place for real ale. Not far from the railway station you pass through outside seating area to enter cellar like bar area with a couple of other cellar rooms going off from the bar. What a beer selection today though of varying styles and strenghs across all 10 handpulls. Beers from Settle, Avid brewing Co, Beer Brothers, Kirby Lonsdale, Blackedge, Coach House, Harbour, Allendale, Rudgate and Tirril.
On 1st May 2018
- rating: 9
[User has posted 1296 recommendations about 1186 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10p per pint - last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Saturday - last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : Yes - Sunday - last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 01 November 2017 by ROB Camra
