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45 Dene Street, Dorking
Dorking
RH4 2DW
Served areas
Reviews of 45 Dene Street (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Moby Duck left this review about Red
As mentioned before , an internally modernised pub but not so drastically, enabling it to retain a pubby feel.
Two local beers were on , Surrey Hills Shere Drop and Dorking Surrey XPA, I was pre- warned of the hazy appearance of the latter which I was fine with, the beer itself was of average quality. The pub is ok but not somewhere I'll likely be returning to in a hurry.
On 26th July 2020
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1871 recommendations about 1844 pubs]
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Red
Modern side street pub, in Good Beer Guide
On 18th September 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1456 recommendations about 1434 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about Red Bar & Lounge
Originally the Jolly Butchers, this is a smart side street pub, just a short diversion from Dorking's High Street, which has been given a sensible contemporary makeover. You enter into a bare boarded room with an island servery directly opposite. The pub appears to have had a two bar layout in the past, but partitioning walls have been removed, leaving the bar stranded in the centre of what is now essentially one large room. A good deal of smart seating runs around the perimeter of the pub including some comfy looking chairs on the right hand side and nice padded banquettes in the rear left section. The pub adopted its current guise as far back as 2010, but still retains the fresh feel of a pub that has undergone a recent refurbishment, with lots of new looking bits of decor dotted around the place and a fairly bright, airy colour scheme giving the place a swanky, contemporary vibe. For all this, the place still felt like a typical local's pub when we visited on a Friday evening, prior to a night at Dorking Beer Festival. Even at 18:00, the pub was surprisingly busy with very few seats available and plenty more customers crowded around the bar. To the left, a door leads through to what appears to be a modern extension housing a dining room with fancy new tables and chairs all set for formal dining but empty on this particular occasion.
There were three ales on the bar when we arrived - Dark Star Hophead, Surrey Hills Shere Drop and one other from a local brewer that I forgot to note. The barmaid gave us a fairly friendly welcome and the Hophead was in pretty good shape, as you would expect from a pub that has made it into recent editions of the Good Beer Guide.
This is a pretty decent example of how a failing traditional pub can be given a modern makeover and draw the crowds back again. Whilst the aesthetic wasn't really my cup of tea, I still found the place had a proper pub atmosphere thanks to a decent sized crowd and the well kept local beer makes the place worth seeking out if you want a quick pint or two in Dorking.
On 13th January 2018
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3114 recommendations about 3114 pubs]
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Dorking West, 0.73 miles, 14 min walk (show)
Dorking, 0.93 miles, 17 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Live Music : Yes last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 31 October 2014 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 13 January 2018 by Pub SignMan
