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The Half Moon Inn, Durham
Durham
DH1 3AQ
Reviews of The Half Moon Inn (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about The Half Moon Inn
I didn't take detailed notes of my visit, for a reason that will become clear, so I refer anyone interested in the physical attributes of the pub to previous reviewers. There are four nationally known brands on the hand pumps, with Wainwright, Bass, Landlord and Doom Bar at the time of my visit. I went for the Bass, but a quick tug at the pull showed that the barrel had run dry, so I went for Landlord, which was fine, but my days of being impressed by this beer are long gone. As I sat down at a table near the front window I noticed that the man sitting at the next table was the same man who had fallen asleep in the Swan & Three Cygnets 15 minutes earlier. I noticed he had a fairly cloudy beer in front of him, so I took the opportunity of our recent acquaintance to ask him whether that was Bass he had there. He confirmed it was, so I suggested he should get it changed, as a fresh barrel was being pulled through. He declined, saying that the beer was all right. I can think of several pubs I have been in where the barman or licensee would have been over like a flash to replace his beer, as they must have known who they had served the last pint to. Their failure to properly look after their customer left a bad taste in my mouth, though evidently not in his.
On 25th May 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3734 recommendations about 3471 pubs]
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Old Boots left this review about Half Moon Inn
In the quarter century at least I have known this pub it remains pretty much unchanged and one of the best in the city, other of course than the beer range changing and it’s still probably my favourite Durham pub. Once the best place for Draught Bass it still holds its own beer wise although Taylor’s Landlord being the replacement for Bass doesn’t quite match up to Bass’s glory days. There are three big screens all showing different sports in the main street level bar. A classic.
On 24th January 2022
- no rating submitted
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Half Moon Inn
This old, traditional city centre hostelry has a crescent shaped room around the bar. It was fairly quiet on my Thursday afternoon visit, with the barman looking fairly bored. Live women's golf was on the TV, but nobody seemed remotely interested.
4 real ales were on offer - Landlord, Bass, Doom Bar & Tribute, not the varied selection I would have expected for a pub in the 2022 Good Beer Guide.
Comfortable and cosy city centre pub. The kind of place you might take somebody on a date. Not really for me though.
On 27th November 2021
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 04 May 2014 by Alan Hurdle
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 04 May 2014 by Alan Hurdle
- Darts : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
