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The Cobweb Inn, Boscastle

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The Bridge
Boscastle
PL35 0HF
Phone: 01840250278
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Cobweb Inn

Loved this pub. Full of interesting nick nacks and the surface of every wall covered in photos / posters.

Beer was from Tintagel Brewery and St Austell Brewery and in great condition.

Food was excellent - fish finger sarnie, chips and salad for less than a fiver.

A real result.

Photos at my walking blog - http://bit.ly/2gBku3J

On 21st November 2016 - rating: 9
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Thirsty Chaz left this review about The Cobweb Inn

Boscastle was full of tourist so chilled in here . Dark main bar excellent,maybe some legendry noggins in here.Steady drink a selection of Cornish Fare wish we had stayed longer.

On 17th August 2014 - rating: 8
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John Bonser left this review about The Cobweb Inn

Situated close to the harbour in picturesque Boscastle, amongst the usual array of coffee shops and souvenir shops, and set close up against a steep cliff face, is The Cobweb Inn, a stone built four storey former warehouse that has, apparently, only been licensed as a pub since 1947.

The main bar, at ground floor level, features flagstone and slate floors, low ceilings and dark beams, from which hang a fine and varied collection of dusty jugs, beer bottles and other assorted oddities. The Cobweb Inn gets its name from the cobwebs that still, in some places hang from the ceilings and which, when the building stored alcohol as an off licence in days long gone, used to keep the flies away from the beer barrels. It’s a rather dark, gloomy interior with little natural light. Pictures include some of the Boscastle Brass Band and there’s a framed price list from 1971.

The main bar area consists of two adjoining rooms of similar style, although the second room has several old brewery mirrors – eg Samuel Smith, Bass. Furniture includes a number of large curved settles with rather worn seat covers and several old chairs carved out of tree trunks. Perhaps, oddly, as it’s not a particularly large area, at one end of the room is a snooker table.

Upstairs is a restaurant accessed via a fire escape staircase on the outside of the building. A popular Sunday carvery is served here. There’s also a separate dedicated restaurant area at ground floor level.

Notably, for a pub that gets much of its custom from holidaymakers in Boscastle ( made famous of course by the flooding in 2004 ), live music nights occasionally feature. Pleasingly, there’s still something of a local pub atmosphere with, on my visit, several old Cornish sea dog types propping up the bar.

On the real ale front, like most pubs in the area seemingly, they showcase the local breweries. On my mid-September Sunday afternoon visit, as well as the better known Tribute and Doom Bar, 2 beers from the local Tintagel Brewery were on – Cornwalls Pride and Harbour Lights. Having just walked here on the hilly coastal cliff path from Tintagel, the first pint of Cornwalls Pride seemed to go down without touching the sides. It’s a fine robust darkish bitter.

If you’re in Boscastle, you should try and make time to call in.

On 12th October 2011 - rating: 7
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Bodmin Parkway, 20.95 miles, 6 hr 44 min walk (show)
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2nd Sep 2023, 16:11
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1st Sep 2023, 15:08
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  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
  • Real Ale : Yes - Doombar - last updated 11 September 2013 by Dave McNally
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