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2nd GBG Tick and pub of the evening.
Location isn't much to shout about - surrounded by 1960's council flat properties, but the pub is charming inside.
Standout attraction was the landlady who came out an engaged in a lengthy chat with three strangers to make them feel welcome.
Beer was in good nick, from Summerskills.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2MsN5nm
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Hidden away in what has to be not the most attractive place on the barbican but once inside the place has been done up very smartly but still also very cosy.
I did like it in here and the ale was good but I do think that it is just too expensive for where it is.
It need to lower it's prices a little as you can't really say that this is a barbican pub like the others.
Apart from that I quite liked the place.
7/10
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Now reopened and expanded. Decent beers and good food and a CAMRA discount on beer and food.
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Sadly, closed and boarded up.
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nice pub, which if you didnt know about it, would find it hard to find.
been in a few times and never had a bad visit.
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Pretty good pub, neat and tidy as others have said and a welcome retreat from the mayhem on the Barbican. It still gets quite busy itself on a Saturday night though. A shame it only does St.Austell beers but at least it's an outlet for them if that's your thing, and they are well kept here.
PhilR - 18 Aug 2013 23:49 |
Proves welcome when the Commercial is no doubt closed! Good range of St.Austell ales: Tribute, Proper Job..and guests. However, when I popped in Sat afternoon, place totally devoid of customers or atmosphere. More Restaurant/Gastro than real pub feel!
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Was here Saturday early evening & was very impressed. Tucked away a few minutes walk from the Barbican, there's only St Austell beers on as its tied but they were in fine nick. Landlady was very friendly & full of banter. Small but clean pub. Four of us ate & had different dishes, all of them were sensational!
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very nice little pub, considering most of the other pubs around here are not that good, good beer friendly service.
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Have been to this pub a couple of times recently and can really reccommend it. Beer is top quality and it is a very friendly place. Haven't eaten here yet but if I am back in Plymouth I shall certainly dine here
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I popped into this rather excellent boozer last Friday evening around 7:30 ish in need of a livener. I asked the barman for help with directions to another part of Plymouth and no sooner had I asked, than the landlady summoned her younger son from upstairs to bring down his laptop. Google maps was fired up and by 7:40pm I was nicely refreshed after a pint of Proper Job and fully briefed on how to get to where I needed to across town. Thnaks very much The Fisherman's Arms!
cobbo - 12 Apr 2010 12:10 |
Have been using pub on/off for a number of years during visits to Plymouth, going back to pre refurb days. Now go in a few times a year on visits to daughter at Uni. Always had friendly welcome, only ever seen Landlord being chatty to locals and visitors alike. Eaten there several times, albeit only of pub snacks rather than restaurant type menu. All three real ales well kept. Food excellent quality, fish and chips superb. Only gripe, food and beer bit pricey but as standards for both high worth it.
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Still serving three cask ales. I visited last month together with my family as part of our son�s graduation celebration. An assumed gastro pub with promises above it's abilities. All four meals (including one vegi options) were delivered over engineered with an over sweetened and messed about vegetable accompaniment that appeared to be the same, regardless of the original menu choice. None of us finished our meals. Also very over priced. Adjacent table also complained that they had requested that fish choice should be delivered without any sauces overlay, totally ignored. Landlord last observed outside the pub smoking with the locals.
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I have to say this place was a fantastic find! If you like grubby old pubs that smell and full of blokes then I guess it won't suit you ... but we loved the personal service, the fantastic food (great price if you are used to London standards) and the homely atmosphere. We wanted to avoid the mediocre restaurants and bars down by the harbour, so this was a gem. I agree with Joe's comment below.
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Well I was there before conversion to a gastro pub and I really liked it - it was all of the good things that Ulric and Trequites say below. BUT Ulric has never seen more than 6 people in there at any one time - seems to me that this is not the recipe for a successful business. Went back tonight for the first time since conversion. Still had three St Austell ales on, Tribute, Proper Job and HSD, two of which were really good, the PJ was going off as these things sometimes do. I ate there. The food was excellent and, by London gastro pub standards, very reasonably priced. The point is you could still have a pint there and eat well but the pub was busy, very busy. I'd rather a pub was still a pub, even if its main focus is food rather than converted into flats or whatever. Get real and appreciate the changes in society and thank God for the preservation of these pub and its ability to still sell decent St Austell ales. I say this as a pub traditionalist but one who lives in the modern world.
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Oh no! The Fisherman's Arms is now a gastropub! My main reason for visiting Plymouth (for a good pint or three of HSD in pleasant surroundings) has now gone.
They still sell HSD but it's gone up from �2.50 to �2.95 and I can't really see the diners opting for a strong, characterful beer with their meal, so how long will it stay?
I'm sure that the new landlord/chef means well, but I really do question the need for a smart food-orinetated pub in the middle of a council estate. Why couldn't they have picked a run-down dump to do up, instead of a Good Beer Guide pub like the Fisherman's Arms?
A totally different clientele, and all the character has gone from what was once a really nice local. What a shame.
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Ignore my previous comment - this place has been desecrated, turned into another of the standard Barbican type pubs. It has been sold and refurbished in the worst possible way. It's lost all his character, olde pub charm, friendliness and individuality. There is no longer a free jukebox (or indeed any jukebox), pool table or dart board. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!! Try the Commercial instead if you're in the area.
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Lovely community pub where we felt welcomed as we went into the bar area. Had our drinks in the lounge that has a raised rear area. Lovely barrel tables.
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This is a particularly nice St Austell pub, as UlricVonBek says, tucked away in the back streets of the Barbican. I haven't been here for nearly 10 years, but it hasn't changed - quiet, good beer and friendly locals. The HSD was good and the cheapest I've had for some time. It's in the 2007 Good Beer Guide and well worth seeking out over the more obvious pubs on the Barbican if you fancy a quiet pint.
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This is a great little two-bar pub tucked away in one of the back streets off the Barbican (but make sure you get the right pub if you're coming up the steps from The Barbican - it's very easy to go in the first one you come to by mistake...go under the flats and it's just round the corner). There is a good selection of real ales, and a friendly landlady who'll happily play darts with her clientele (I've never seen more than six people in there at any one time). There's a quiz machine, pool table and FREE!!! jukebox. Not the place for you if you're out for a night getting drunk with the lads (although there's plenty of pubs like that on The Barbican, so maybe start here), but if you fancy a couple of quiet beers and some surreal chat with the two or three locals, give it a try. No food at the moment, but they are "considering" it for the future.
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