Pub reviews

Hull's newest micropub The Hed'on Inn is better than it sounds

The Mayflower has had its up and down but it's definitely turned a corner

Warm, embracing and run by people with a bit of character, The Crown is a quirky place says Phil Penfold.

This American-style brewpub is impressive on a number of levels. First off, the vast copper vats at one end of the spacious, light ground-floor building and the snaking pipes carrying the newly-brewed beer to...

The Phoenix pub in York is a proper boozer sitting almost glued to the City walls close to the Barbican. There’s not a sniff of spit and sawdust, just great scrubbed floorboards, decorative iron tables...

Licensee Antony Pratt is a relative newcomer to the pub trade. He lives in Ainsty and watched his local change hands time and time again – and in 2013 had a lightbulb moment.

Anyone walking the Cleveland Way or cycling the cinder track from Scarborough to Whitby will probably know of the Hayburn Wyke. The pub lies on the old railway track in the woods just by the tiny bay of the...

The Cross Keys is not unlike many Yorkshire country pubs. The prepossessing inn at the heart of Hillam, near South Milford, comes festooned with colourful hanging baskets and tubs. On a summer evening,...

With the Elsecar Heritage Centre and the Dearne and Dove canal just around the corner, The Market is a popular pub with both regulars and those just dropping by. Inside, it’s rather like the Tardis – so...

Individual Inns is a small chain of pubs with rooms, and owner Martin Clarkson has a very keen sense of what people like. He certainly seems to know what pleases me: friendly service, a relaxed vibe and a rustic, value for money menu.