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Scale & Feather, Hull
Hull
HU1 1LF
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Reviews of Scale & Feather (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Scale & Feather
Looking more like a wine bar from the outside than a pub, the interior is much more pub-like. I arrived on a quite Tuesday lunchtime to find just the landlord, a barmaid and one other customer.
There is a small seating area containing the bar at the front. That was all that was needed when the pub was quiet, but the room does extend someway back for busier periods.
Cask ales on were Salt Suede, Riverhead March Haigh, Abbeydale Moonshine & Ilkley Blonde. Ciders were Thistly Cross Whisky Cask & Lilley's Rhubarb Cider, whilst craft beers were Verdant Neal Gets Things Done, Vault City Strawberry Banana Milkshake & Yonder Smore: Chocolate Covered Biscuit & Toasted Marshmallow Stout.
I ordered the Riverhead beer and quickly realised that it wasn't anywhere near right. So, I returned it to the bar. The landlord was really apologetic and offered me another beer. I chose the Ilkley Blonde, not normally my kind of beer, but in absolutely perfect condition and ultimately my favourite beer of the day. It wasn't long before the landlord disappeared down the cellar and was pouring through a new cask from Otter. I was impressed by the professionalism shown here, something that is so often missing from many outlets serving cask ale.
I was pleasantly surprised by this pub. It certainly warrants its place in the Good Beer Guide.
On 23rd January 2024
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about Walters
After visiting the nearby Lion & Key and WM Hawkes, this sister pub came as a bit of a surprise, pitching itself as a modern bar rather than the more traditional pub set up favoured by the other two. This was apparently a barber's shop previously, but the building looks rather too grand and big for that, so I'm not sure what else it has been. Today we find a fairly smartly presented bar with entry into a plain lobby area and the bar through a door to the right. The bar area has red vinyl flooring and the servery runs along the front part of the right hand wall with a simple counter and bar back, some odd lamps hanging over the counter that look a bit like hairdresser dryers (back to the barber theme perhaps?) and a large barrel at the end of the counter with a small tree planted in it. Some nice old Guinness, Coca-Cola and such like mirrors were hung on the wall opposite, under a high shelf full of bottles. The remainder of the room further back is done out in cream walls and red pillars with comfy padded banquettes down each side supplemented by a few tub chairs. Decor is very limited, with the only real items of note being some evenly spaced out framed LP covers in smartly regimented rows - a great contrast to the chaos and clutter of its sister pubs. There appeared to be a beer garden to the rear which I didn't get round to exploring, whilst the toilets are up a flight of stairs which you can see from the entrance lobby but need to enter the main bar in order to actually access. Madonna played through the speakers for the majority of my stay and the place was extremely quiet compared to their two other venues, which meant there wasn't enough chatter to properly drown her out.
Beer options were unsurprisingly similar to those in the other two pubs, with the full range comprising Cat's Head, The Reaper, Strawberry Blonde and Dark, Neepsend Hazel and Hilltop Mild, Classic Bitter, Blonde and Golden Ale. Two Cat's Head ciders were also available, but I went with a pint of the Mild, which was unfortunately rather poor quality and I struggled my way through what in hindsight I should have probably returned.
This place came as a big disappointment after the successful visits to its sister pubs. I found it all rather flat on a Saturday evening, with little visual stimulation, few customers and poor beer. The pub has won several accolades in recent years and I appreciate I may have just caught it at the wrong time, but based on this visit, this would be the first pub I'd drop on a return visit to Hull.
On 19th February 2017
- rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about Walters
As noted below this is a modern bar. The tables here were adorned with beer mats advertising Wm Hawkes and the Lion and Key so one must assume that all three places are under the same ownership. They certainly all sold Cathead beers which are brewed at the Lion and Key.
I found this one preferable to the Wm Hawkes as at least it isn't pretending to be a genuine old pub and more importantly they don't inflict those ridiculous dimple mugs on all comers.
This one has eight hand pumps which included Great Newsome Koru & Ploughman's Pride, Neepsend Stout, Captain Cook Slipway, Cathead Summer Blonde, Saltaire Raspberry Blonde and Revolutions Pretender. I went for the Neepsend Stout (£3.50)which was outstanding and although this is expensive for the area the Cathead one was only £2.90.
I'm not really one for modern bars but liked this one and the huge array of album covers makes for an interesting diversion.
On 2nd August 2016
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 04 August 2013 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 7 p.m. - last updated 19 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Function Room : Yes last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 19 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 April 2016 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 04 August 2013 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 19 September 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 23 January 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
