Smugglers Den, Morecambeback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This is a nice little pub, apparently the oldest in Morecambe, with a real fire, plenty of brassware and other pubby knick-knacks and a decent selection of ales. The Lancaster Blonde was OK if not brilliant. I was the first customer at 13.30 and although a few more arrived before I left I felt that the place suffers from its backstreet location some way from the activity of the town and promenade. The barmaid (landlady?) informed me that she had just taken over the pub. I hope it survives in the longer term - it deserves to.
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Closed at around 2.30pm on a summer Sunday afternoon...
alexw - 26 Aug 2013 11:32 |
After a trip to the York Hotel and an aborted effort to try the New Inn (no ales), we turned round the corner to arrive at the Smugglers' Den. It's a nice little pub, probably Morecambe's nicest in terms of interior and atmosphere. The owners also seemed quite friendly. Unfortunately, the beer range is not quite as adventurous as the Palatine - Wadworth 6X, Robinsons Unicorn, Lancaster Blonde, St Austell Tribute & Adnams Broadside. Loved the small game of 'Play your Cards Right' you can have in the one corner!
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and 6 months after the last review nothing changes, GBG still says 12 opening on Satuday but board outside says 1pm. Oh well such is life back to Lancaster where the real ale scene much improved from my last visit many years ago.
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No idea what this place is like. SHUT at 12.45 on a Saturday afternoon. GBG needs to change the opening time for this place.
Fair play if the Guv can afford to let 12 thirsty people go elswhere.
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This is a pleasant cosy little pub, but not an easy one to find for the casual visitor. My search was rewarded by a splendid pint of one of my favourite beers, Coniston Bluebird which was excellent. There is some interesting bric-a-brac on the walls and an interesting collection of shell cases some from WW1. I sincerely hope this pub doesn't succumb to the greedy landlords.
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Replying to mdob. Guest ales were priced at 2.95, but you could have purchased 2 pints and saved 30p per pint. You failed to mention the local ale that was on offer for �2.10 per pint, thus undercutting the average local price by some 30p per pint. All prices were set to keep the pub open, but soon it will cost you nothing as it is likely the venue will be closed by the landlords due to the high rent and beer prices being charged to the tenant. If it is closed it is unlikely to ever reopen with such high standards. It's now in your hands (along with others) to organise enough customers to keep it open.
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I recently discovered this establishment after reading its entry in the Good Beer Guide. It certainly lived up to expectations being a place of character and quality. Selection and quality of ales excellent, staff friendly, music suitably muted, TV not prominent (one of my chief objections to many pubs being obligatory TV, especially when nobody is watching.) Even a piano in attendance - excellent!
My single gripe is the wild overpricing. (�2.95 per pint at time of my visit.) This is the highest priced ale I have come accross in this town. Pull yourself together landlord, this is Morecambe, not the Home Counties! Drop 50p off this and it would be the perfect hostelry, and comparitive in price to other local inns.
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If you are wondering why a seaside town has only two pubs listed it is because the name is spelled Morecambe, not Morecombe.
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