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The Mason Arms, Bury St. Edmunds

14 Whiting Street
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 1NX

Phone: 01284753955

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Bury St. Edmunds Central

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Old Boots left this review about The Mason Arms

A clap board (?) covered GBG listed pub badged as Greene King but just their Abbot and IPA on the seven handpumps plus a couple of their kegs. The other five casks were a mix of fairly local beers, Mad Squirrel, Woodford's, Oakham and a Cornish visitor from St Austell. No doubt these change frequently. A low 5 way T-bar is devoted to fake foreign lagers and a higher quad has two more fake lagers plus Guinness and a peach lager - Pilfer. Descriptive wise its about the same as Blackthorn found 10 years ago and Strongers last year. I walked in on a Tuesday quiz as it finished, the pub emptied almost straight after the quiz, I also failed to note the warning about mind the step on entering the bar. Nice pub though and worth its GBG place.

On 16^th October 2026 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 4293 recommendations about 3953 pubs]

Strongers . left this review about The Mason Arms

The Masons Arms is a short and wide pub with old thick wooden beams throughout and a central bar area that has a serving counter across the rear that faces a couple of barrel tables and a thick Masons Arms etched glass floor that looks down into the cellar below. There’s seating either side of the bar area, the right-hand side being down a step. Out the back is a popular beer garden that is also access via the old horse and cart arch up the left-hand side of the pub. In amongst the keg, I counted seven hand pumps that were drawing St Austell’s Tribute, Woodforde’s Sunbreak, Oakham’s Green Devil and 3 Witches alongside GK IPA and Abbot Ale. There was a Masons badge on the last hand pump, not sure what this was. This is a very popular pub that is worth a look.

On 25^th November 2025 - rating: 8
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Mason Arms

Decent pub which is just a few minutes stroll from the main square. Good choice of beers with 4 from Greene King plus Oakham Scarlet Macaw, Tribute, Black Sheep and Woodforde's Volt. I went for the Volt which was excellent. Well worth a visit.

On 8^th May 2022 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 2010 recommendations about 1856 pubs]

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