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Robert Raikes's House, Gloucester
Gloucester
GL1 2DR
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about Robert Raikes's House
More than adequately described by Soup Dragon and Old Boots below, so I'll just confine myself to the beer. It's disappointing that there's no real ale available here, but the Sam Smiths range of keg beers is better than tolerable. The landlord kindly pointed out that my half of Dark MILD was only £1, to which I could only reply that the last such drink I'd had in a Sam Smiths pub had set me back all of 67p. He correctly surmised that I must be from Yorkshire. I wouldn't mind a pub like this on my doorstep in Sheffield - it's like being in a museum or picture gallery, and worth every penny of the extra 33p.
On 1st November 2013
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about Robert Raikes's House
An impressive half timbered building in keeping with the medieval church and Greyfriars Priory ruins opposite. The wood is in natural colours rather than the blackened timber we are used to, a fair bit of the wood is new so someone has spent a lot of money on restoration. The answer lies inside at the bar, a choice of cold keg Old Brewery Bitter and the other Sam Smiths products. Inside there are four smallish main rooms two of them with new carved stone fireplaces and new flag flooring. The servery is in the second room back on the left and is the more popular with locals, other rooms are furnished with tables and chairs in a carefully chosen design to be in keeping with the building. Definitely a pub to see.
On 8th October 2012
- no rating submitted
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