Stations with pubs and buffets

[yorksrob]

Customer: "Orange juice please"
Bar steward serves Orange & mango
Customer: "Oh, that has mango in it, can I just have orange juice please?"
Bar steward: "Don't you like mango?"
Customer: "No, I asked for orange juice"
Bar steward puts the bottle back in the fridge
:roll:

Then there's Leeds Wetherspoon (this should be on your avoid list ), who rabble on about "Think 21" when a 19, nearly 20, year old drinking coke has the audacity to ask for a chocolate fudgecake. The bar steward then refuses to read what their own sign says. Numpties!

Places to avoid indeed.

Here here.

For me it's not so much the price of beer in SSP outlets that annoys me, rather the tendancy to run out of proper (cask) beer at inopportune times. If you have three lines of ale and yet still end up on a Saturday night with nothing on then there is clearly something wrong with your supply chain.

For Leeds I can highly recommend the Brewery Tap just around the taxi rank

 

[Clip]

Having just been to margate i see the old cafe is now being turned back into a proper pub/eatery type place. still not open but looks nice inside

 

[DarloRich]

Brigantes is good also - VERY close to my office in York (which is never good at lunchtime!)

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Has anyone been to The Euston Tap yet? From the same people that bought us The Sheffield Tap and Pivo in York. I am at Euston in December and am considering a visit but it needs to be good to keep me away from The Crown and Anchor (http://www.thecrownandanchornw1.co.uk/index.html)

Euston Tap http://www.eustontap.com/

Euston Tap Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120007788042434&ref=share

And where exactly is it from Euston station?

 

[142094]

I'm in London next week. Might have a try. Hopefully will be able to get theb train back afterwards.

 

[Proud Salopian]

Best pub near Euston is the Bree Louise, which is not more than 3-4 minutes walk from the concourse on the corner of Euston Street (not Road!) and Cobourg Street.

 

[theblackwatch]

Told today of a new pub opened at Euston (next to the Doric Arch), owned or run by the same guy who opened the Sheffield Tap earlier this year.

 

[caliwag]

Bree Louise...50p off each beer in your group if a CAMRA member present.

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Bree Louise...50p off each beer in your group if a CAMRA member present.

I do like it there but always rammed, thats why I like the Crown and Anchor down the road, pretty quiet except when workers are coming out around 5 ish, and they have several real ales, served in a proper glass with a handle!

Both very good boozers though, plus C & A do superb reasonably priced food too!

 

[ObservationCar]

Doric Arch is a cool wee place in Euston, normally go in there before I get the Sleeper back North. With a couple of hours to kill between rush hour and Sleeper Departure its a good wee spot to try some really interesting ales', Plus seeing the old BR Signs of Scottish stations makes me glad that in a few hours i'll be back in the Highlands away for the mental buzz of London.

Theres a pub in Inverness Train Station called Berties, not the best pub ever, as it catters for early morning drinkers. But they do carry out drink which always works out cheaper than buying drink on the train.

And my local for a number of years, "the Mallard", on platform 1 in Dingwall. Was voted pub of the year in 2003 in the Sunday Mail, its not as good as it once was, but still serves up some good food and is a necessery calling point for all away football fans on there way to watching their team beat Ross County as it is just overthebridge to the stadium from the Mallard

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Most of us will know Crianlarich as the station where trains divide / join at the fork between Oban and Fort William.
Maybe not so many of us know about the Crianlarich Station Tearoom - it won a "Best Station Buffet" award in 2007.

Anyway, there's often a wait at Crianlarich while the two train-portions arrive and join (or while they separate and depart), and its situated in the middle of a long journey, sometimes through cold landscapes, so a hot filled roll or something similar could be very welcome mid-journey. What some people in the know have done is to call the cafe in advance to place their order so that they can jump out at the station then return on board a minute later with a piping hot snack, to the envy of everyone else!

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Just had a nice pint of Guinness in the pub at Leeds, Not bad for a station pub but it was Sunday lunch and quite quiet, I imagine it will be worse at busier times, but it was very clean and the staff friendly, so can't grumble to much. Real Ale choice wasn't up to much but again you wouldn't expect huge amounts at a station chain pub.

 

[142094]

Most of us will know Crianlarich as the station where trains divide / join at the fork between Oban and Fort William.
Maybe not so many of us know about the Crianlarich Station Tearoom - it won a "Best Station Buffet" award in 2007.

Anyway, there's often a wait at Crianlarich while the two train-portions arrive and join (or while they separate and depart), and its situated in the middle of a long journey, sometimes through cold landscapes, so a hot filled roll or something similar could be very welcome mid-journey. What some people in the know have done is to call the cafe in advance to place their order so that they can jump out at the station then return on board a minute later with a piping hot snack, to the envy of everyone else!

Back in '08 on the first day of an ALR I was going from Newcastle - Mallaig. Problems with the wires meant I missed the connections at both Waverley and Queen Street, so Scotrail got us all in a taxi (which was going to drive all the way to Fort William). Caught up with the train, so boarded at Crianlarich. Had a good 20 minute wait until the train came in so took the opportunity to have a bacon sandwich and nice cup of tea.

 

[tinselworm]

Weston-super-Mare has "Off the rails" accesible from the platform if it hasnt been mentioned.

 

[Chapeltom]

How do the buffet bars at Sheffield & Stalybridge compare price wise? I mean what are talking for a pint?

It costs me roughly the same to get to either, which does the cheaper beer?

 

[Max]

How do the buffet bars at Sheffield & Stalybridge compare price wise? I mean what are talking for a pint?

It costs me roughly the same to get to either, which does the cheaper beer?

I can't remember exact prices but if you go for one of the local ales at the Sheffield Tap it's pretty reasonable for a pint.

 

[142094]

Staylbridge is cheaper, in some cases by upto 50p a pint depending on what you want. Also has more options for food.

 

[badger1badger]

The refreshment rooms on the station are very good bit further down in hudds two good pubs on the platform and the sportsman a few minutes walk with a good choice of ales

Enjoy !
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Hi guys I know it has been posted elsewhere but a reminder that a bitecard gets you a discount on your station pint in many places

cheers

Paul

 

[Elec_Engr]

About quarter of an hour shlep from Sandwich, not on the platform but well worth it, otherwise Red Cow in Sandwich amongst others well worth it!

 

[broadbander]

The Steamhouse at Urmston Railway Station - old station buildings converted into pub/restaurant. I've never been, just passed through.

 

[pjh]

I know it's not on the national network but I am rather partial to The Trackside at ELR station Bury

 

[GarethW]

Apologies if they have already been mentioned _ I haven't trolled through all ten pages of the thread.

Not strictly on the station but all within a couple of minutes walk from St Denys are the Dolphin, Junction and South Western Arms, all were very decent real ale pubs. Caveat its been a couple of years since my last visit.

I used to commute from St Denys and many was the time I didn't get home till quite late.

Used to think that three very decent pubs such a short distance from a little local station was pretty good going.

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Mallard Winter Beer Festival 2011, Platform 1, Worksop Railway Station.

Up to 17 real ales & 2 Ciders. Snacks available all sessions, open 11-11. Catch the train from any stop on the Robin Hood rail line direct to Worksop, which now runs on a Sunday. The return train leaves from outside the bar door!

Fri 28th to Sun 30th of January

Taken from Nottingham's CAMRA website, obviously you don't have to use the Robin Hood Line to get to Worksop. My plan from Langley Mill will take in a visit to Sheffield for a pint or two in the Sheffield Tap before getting the Northern Lincoln service to Worksop. Depending on time I may return via Nottingham or Sheffield.

 

[Chapeltom]

The bar at Preston station is a rip off, paid £3 for a pint of John Smiths a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't have been so angry if I'd asked for a pint, I wanted half as I was completely bladdered by then anyway!!

 

[bus man]

Apologies if already mentioned

but there is the head of steam on huddersfield station and another real ale bar at the other end of the station . The head of steam is good , the food is good.

 

[142094]

The bar at Preston station is a rip off, paid £3 for a pint of John Smiths a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't have been so angry if I'd asked for a pint, I wanted half as I was completely bladdered by then anyway!!

Don't go drinking in London then, in some places you'd only get a half for £3!

Apologies if already mentioned

but there is the head of steam on huddersfield station and another real ale bar at the other end of the station . The head of steam is good , the food is good.

Think it is somewhere near the front, Head of Steam one of the best on a line that is full with good pubs.

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Is anyone going up to the Mallard beer festival on Worksop station this weekend?

I meant to put it on my last post but realised I didn't!

 

[yorksrob]

Don't go drinking in London then, in some places you'd only get a half for £3!

TBH I wouldn't mind so much if was for a decent pint. They could do so much better at Preston

 

[CallySleeperKid]

Don't go drinking in London then, in some places you'd only get a half for £3!

Some good boozers between St Pancras and Euston, and not too pricey either.

 

[142094]

Tried to find the Euston Tap the last time I was there, think I was walking in the wrong direction. Found a decent pub around the corner from Kings Cross (opposite a Tesco) that was doing good pints of London Pride for around £2.50, but can't remember the name of it.