Robin Hood, Stourbridgeback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Almost 3 years on from my last visit and I have to say that the Robin Hood remains the best pub in Amblecote. It was just as busy as our last visit with all tables in the front bar taken. We were relegated to the paved terrace at the rear, which was also busy despite the temperature starting to drop a bit on this Saturday evening. The ale selection was better than last time - Holdens Golden Glow, Bathams Bitter, Titanic Plum Porter, Pardoes Netherton Pale Ale, Purity Mad Goose, Wye Valley HPA, St Austell Proper Job, Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Enville Ginger Beer & Exmoor Gold. Cider was Thatchers Heritage, Mr Whiteheads Rum Cask & Gwynt y Ddraig Dog Dancer. Increasing my rating to an 8/10.
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Marginally the best of the 4 Amblecote pubs we tried yesterday. There is a good selection of ales - Salopian Oracle, Bradfield Farmers Blonde, Holdens Golden Glow, Enville Ginger Beer, Bathams Bitter, Six Bells Supper & Blackwater Hair of the Dog. Thatchers Heirtage Cider was on an 8th handpull. It's a reasonably dark but fairly pleasant interior and it stretches back a little further than you initially suspect, with further small rooms being used by diners to the rear. Nice pub. If I had one criticism, it would be the lack of a dark beer. None were to be found at all over the 20 or so handpulls in Amblecote yesterday, which was a little disappointing. Neverthless, I would recommend a visit to this pub and to incorporate into a small crawl of the area.
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What a truly fine pub this is. Seven beers on, a wide range, reasonably priced, and those I tried were in fine condition. The staff were pleasant and the customers friendly. If every pub was like this the world would be a much better place,
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Nice 'locals' pub, very busy on the Saturday evening we visited and it was standing room only which wasn't very comfortable given that the pub is quite small. There was a rear room given over to dining and this was empty at the time we were there, always annoying when you've travelled especially.
The beer however was excellent, we had Kelham Island 'Pale Rider', Enville's 'Enville Ale', Salopian 'Up for the Cup' and a Craddocks. There's also Bathams on. We thought the quality was excellent, but all were on the sweeter side and more of a balanced range would have been nice. Oddly, the beer pump area is very poorly lit.
Really liked the Robin Hood, but with beer this good, it would be lovely to see the dining area at least partially opened to the many eager drinkers.
Roy22 - 28 Nov 2011 18:56 |
In the vicinity following mooring up our narrowboat nearby, we were ion the market not only for good ale pubs, but also one that could serve decent grub. After a bit of a trying schlep up the hill, we finally happened upon the Robin Hood, which immediately exuded a feeling of liveliness and good cheer. It is an attractive, double-fronted exterior and the front rooms have the cosy feel of your own living room, without being bland. Note the impressive and continuous row of bottled beers around the top of the walls.
Both punters and staff appeared friendly, and we keenly engrossed ourselves in the range of 5 interesting ales, which covered a considerable range of styles and strengths. Forgive me for not remembering them now, but this was one of 25 or so we visited in a week! I can say that they were found in excellent nick though.
Food-wise, there was a similarly broad range of hearty dishes. Some of these, such as the chicken stuffed with black pudding covered with a stilton sauce, err on the rich side and it won't suit everyone's palate, but despite some initial doubts the quality of these dishes proved to be high. We ate in the restaurant area in which one receives waiter service from a barman, who must've been increasingly busy with drinks orders as the pub started to fill up.
Overall, I really rather enjoyed myself here, and it is only a shame that I probably won't be in this locality again for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless I would not hesitate recommending to those of you who are and who enjoy generous good value grub and good ale that you should investigate the Robin Hood ASAP.
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The new gaffer has done well in improving the pub as it was beconming a bit run down as the years progressed. Always has Enville Ale & Ginger plus Bathams as well as 4 changing guests, usually including a stout/mild or something dark. Always in good condition even though it has been rather pricey at times but hasn't gone up in price as much as I'd anticipated recently.
Squeezing past the regulars in the passage to get to the loo gets a bit annoying at times as does the pervading smell of chip fat sometimes but the ambience is good and food is excellent.
Always worthwhile dropping in!
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Came in here on a marathon day sesh a week ago. By this time I'd had a belly full and consequently spilt a third of my pint on my trouser leg.
anyhow, i liked this place for well kept beer, its a little out of the way from the others which is a pain in the bum but the staff are friendly and the people are good enough. I'll make more of an effort on my next trip to remember the beers etc, but be assured that the mild, bitter and stout in here are all fine, good quality products.
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Very pleasant local with excellent range and good quality ale in excellent Black Country walking area (really).
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The bees knees, at last my search for MILD in the Stourbridge area has come up trumps. Ever changing guests including a MILD. Never been in before, just popped in on the off chance lunch time today and was astounded to see Titanic MILD on handpull.
Just the uplift I needed after walking out of two pubs round the corner on Brettell Lane, The Swan with no MILD and the Starving Rascal which let its self down with Banks's Smooth Pour.
Got talking to the gaffer in the Robin Hood, only been there 10 months and after the success of the MILDS for the "MILD in May" season is intending to continue with ever changing guest MILDS from now on. In the last few weeks he's had Dark Star MILD, Holdens MILD and another thats slipped my mind. By my second drink I was talking to locals who decided to try the Titanic MILD. An unbelievably friendly pub, Sunday roasts looked excellent. Returned later with my drinking partner "nomild-walkout-mac" for another couple of pints of Titanic MILD, Mac was suitably impressed. The other drinks available on handpull included Bathams Bitter, Loddon Hullabaloo, Frankton Bagby - May The Force Be With You, Shropshire Gold Barley Ale, Atlas Nimbus Pale Ale and Aspall Suffolk Cyder. An excellent pub with a really happy atmosphere.
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Best Real Ale for Miles
Ian Hand - 25 May 2005 19:00 |
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