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The Blue Boar, Leicester
Leicester
LE1 5JN
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Reviews of The Blue Boar (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Ian Mapp left this review about The Blue Boar
Not the best time to visit - 10pm on a the first weekend night after new year - there was only one other punter - and she looked like she had been there an awful long time.
A single roomed micro but with a pubby feel. Not sure about the patio door keeping the cellar separated.
Maps of old leicester on the walls. An electronic scoreboard lots and lot of choice. St Barnadus and Delirium Xmas Ale detailed at £12.50 a pint.
Maybe thats what my drinking partner had been on :-)
On 8th January 2024
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Steve C left this review about The Blue Boar
The Blue Boar is a small floorboarded single room open plan pub with a mix of standard and high furniture, some of which is made out of old barrels. The walls are wood panelled, a wooden bench runs along the left-hand wall and a beer shelf runs along the right. There are lots of framed old maps of Leicester interspersed with multiple award certificates up on the walls. According to the drinks list on the TV screen, the bar counter along the rear wall was supporting nine cask and four nitro products during my recent midweek evening visit. I went for Beowulf Brewing’s Finn’s Hall Porter which went down well. The food stretches to rolls on the bar. If you’re looking for love I’d probably give this place a miss, but if a few decent pints take your fancy then come on in.
On 7th March 2023
- rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about The Blue Boar
Cobs, cheeseboards and lots of dark beer. 8 cask plus keg. Our Brass Castle Trinitario (NBSS 4) and Totally Brewed Into The Portal (3.5) went down well. Surprisingly busy for a midweek afternoon with a nice bunch of drinkers in situ. Is this now central Leicester’s best cask pub? Might well be. 8.5
August 2019
A newish (2019) Leicester micro-ish pub, bizarrely lit in UV as you approach which makes it look more like a cocktail and shots bar. Enter to a straightforward single room. Light wood heavy – floor, panelling and bar. Some simple unfussy bench seating and a couple of large barrels for those who want to stand to perch their beverage on. Tasteful decor majoring in old maps aerial photographs of Leicester. No music; sometimes a blessing, othertimes a slightly weird curse, I got both extremes here in the hour or so I stayed. Nine handpumps with a stock of micro and small regionals at the bar, presided over by the friendly owner. I went for Titanic Plum Porter (NBSS 3), Beowulf Porter (3) and Nene Valley IPA (3.5). Also proper cider and a key keg sampled from Twisted Barrel. Cobs available for 2 quid. I enjoyed my visit here and it also got the thumbs-up from Mrs Quinno too, an evening more discerning punter than me. 7.5 Rated 8
On 12th November 2022
- rating: 9
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 9pm - last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 20 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 20 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 12 November 2022 by Quinno _