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Kings Head, Carlisle
Carlisle
CA3 8RF
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Reviews of Kings Head (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about Kings Head
Slick restaurant style or perhaps over zealous, plague management; table service only and you can’t see the pump clips. The “conductor” rattled out the beer choice a bit quick so other than a sub 4% bitter I haven’t a clue what I drank. I was assured, Monty Python cheese shop style, it was very popular in these parts. Well kept but not a beer I’d make efforts to find again. The interior you ask? Well an old place, the outside promises much, internally it’s sanitised oldness , carpet on the upper level, tidied up woodwork, the odd plastic beam or two. Old photo decor, there’s a juke box but no screens or machines I could see. GBG listed but then there’s a lack of candidates in Carlisle.
On 20th September 2020
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 2299 recommendations about 2130 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about Kings Head
This is an old pub in the largely pedestrian centre of Carlisle. It's fairly small and open plan with wooden floors and the bar set in the middle. There are areas with seating and tables either side of this. On a Saturday lunchtime it was packed.
It was difficult seeing what was on the five hand pumps but there were two Yates beers, a Theakston's bitter, a cider and Fuller's Firecracker. I had failed to spot the name George Gale on the pump clip so it was only when I returned to London I discovered it had come all the way from Chiswick. I didn't note the price but it was over three quid.
I thought this was a decent enough pub but would probably have enjoyed it more if a seat had been available.
On 30th November 2015
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]
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Tex Icecubes left this review about Kings Head
My favourite pub in Carlisle. In a side street off the market square makes it popular with shoppers grabbing a bite to eat on an early afternoon.
The Yates bitter is always in superb condition, and there are 3 other guest beers, yesterdays choice was Dark Star Pale, Dark Star Seville and Merry Monkey (an african seasonal beer).
The staff and the landlord are always friendly and efficient. Just a stride away from William Hills, but no sky tv, just background music.
On 25th March 2014
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 28 recommendations about 26 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 March 2014 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 25 March 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 25 March 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 25 March 2014 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : No last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes - Lunch Only - last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : Yes last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 25 March 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 28 November 2015 by Aqualung .