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Nothing to add to previous reviews - this really shouldn't be known as "Craft Bar @ The Salisbury Arms". An uninspiring font range and a choice of 2 canned beers (one of which was an American IPA for £3 brewed by Thwaites in Blackburn) is poor for somewhere trying to pretend it's "craft". Suggest they go to Islington and see how it should be done. Voted with our feet and left pretty swiftly and the lack of other customers suggested we might not have been the first to reach a negative conclusion about this place.
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The Salisbury Arms is probably not my sort of pub as a tourist; too cool by half, hipster staff, artisanal beers. But there was something that got me, maybe the blues music, maybe the witty bar bloke or maybe the beer (Meantime Yakima) though at 4.55 it was close to the dearest pint I had in my 6 week UK tour. Whatever, I found myself enjoying the place.
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Well it wan't a fluke the 1 ale remains good and staff were friendly.
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I agree this is not a 'craft pub' not with only one real ale on tap (GEM - very nice though), but it's clean, hospitable and was quite full on my last friday visit. I did have to ask the barmaid to top up our pints though, there was so much 'head' on it and at these process I want a full pint I am afraid! Fine as part of a crawl.
odbod - 25 Nov 2013 12:29 |
Pleasent wine bar style pub The Meantime Choclate Stout went down a treat.
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Much improved, but a few bottles in the fridge, Gem and Otter on the pumps do not a craft bar make.
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Run under temp management on a holding basis by the props. of the nearby Five Bells for Enterprise Inns, this fairly tired local has the dubious distinction of being Salisbury's most expensive pub (Stella �3.95 pint). Nice couple managing it, occassional discos, pub is apparently closing for a major refurb in March 2012.
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Sadly 'Mop' the landlord has now departed for a quite life!! Rumour has it that the landlord and landlady from the Five Bell's are taking over............and the Five Bells is dead at the best of times. Can't see this working myself.
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Weird. The only person in there was the bouncer (why?), the atmosphere was dead, the keg beer was well past its best. The bar staff was friendly, but that's all you can say for the place. Clearly no change since John's comment in 2003.
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Dark, dismal and dreary. Doesn't serve food, beer is cheap but wouldn't go back. i could see why the pub was empty.
anonymous - 11 May 2007 12:38 |
Made the mistake of going in here when I had about an hour to wait for a bus. Moribund atmosphere and vile John Smiths. No real ale. Go to the Haunch of Venison for a much better time.
John - 18 Jul 2003 18:57 |
