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Stayed here for the weekend in a comfortable room at a very reasonable rate. Staff very friendly, ale on good form and food very good. Would stay here again!
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Efficient barman, busy on our saturday night visit, 5 ales on, I had OPO 'Post Craft Ale' [a pleasant pint] & Jennings 'Cumberland' [a well kept ale].
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Empty last Thursday lunchtime. But always a good pint here. So it’s always on my route!
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Spacious pub up a short alleyway over the road from the Wheatsheaf. Two decent smoking areas, 1 to the front & 1 at the side, pleasant barmaid on our first visit and staff were friendly when we went on quiz night. I had a pint of Rev. James ''Gold'' which was o.k. but much preferred the Adnams ''Mosaic'', a well kept nice ale.
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Staff looked a little shocked to see 6 people coming in on a Monday afternoon! Only the one pint was taken here as time was short. The food looked tempting but I think I'd wait until a busier day before eating here.
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Beer range isn't that great but the food was pretty good, home cooked chips and no microwaved food. It's a surprise to see it empty considering some of the other pubs which serve bland food.
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This is an attractive old building not immediately visible from the road, but set back up a small alleyway that leads in to a courtyard that doubles up as a beer garden. This extends around the side of the pub offering a choice of several tables. Somewhat surprisingly the building was never a Post Office, instead the name refers to the posting of coach horses, whatever that is, according to a blackboard next to the bar.
Unfortunately the interior has clearly been the subject of a corporate makeover at some point, and now has the kind of bland, mass produced look that afflicts fat to many pubs. Only a couple of old wooden support posts hint at what was probably a much more attractive pub at one time. The pub is all one room, although divided in to a couple of different areas. The rear part is up a couple of steps and seems more geared up for diners, whilst there is a small snug at the front of the pub with a wood strip floor and a couple of leather sofa�s, along with a small fire-place, wood burning stove and a plasma. I didn�t check the menu, although noticed a few posters advertising a �2 for �10� deal.
Beers on tap were Marston�s Pedigree, Marston�s EPA and Hobgoblin. There was also a pump for a Banks beer, but this appeared to have run out. Ciders were Strongbow and Thatcher�s Gold.
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Acoustic night last Thursday but a lot quieter and not quite as good an atmosphere as the Wheatsheaf. Beer good, though only a swift half of Banks's.
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Dropped into the Old Post Office again last again last night and enjoyed 3 pints of Marston's Ploughman's Ale which were very good. Still recommend this place for starting or finishing a pub crawl round Shrewsbury.
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This Is another good pub in Shrewsbury town centre that I frequently visit. I did so last night and there was a band playing 50's rock n' roll inside. Quite good they werere too. I had 1 pint of Jenning's Cocker Hoop and hoped to have another but unfortunately they ran out so had a pint of Banks's instead (this and Mansfield Ale are only permanent ales). A nice place with dining area, beer garden and comfy sofas that offers food and a nice experience. Good pub to either start or end a pub crawl round Shrewsbury.
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The Old Post Office - or "OPO" as it seems to like being called - is a Grade 2 listed 16th century Tudor building set back in a small courtyard, off Milk Street, virtually opposite The Wheatsheaf.
Like most Shrewsbury pubs seemingly, it has a wooden framed interior. Inside the pub, an information board tells us that the OPO is now the only one left of 5 licensed premises that used to be in Milk Street. We also learn that the pub name bears no connection to the Royal Mail, but instead reflects the fact that the pub used to be a posting house for horse drawn coaches and that overnight stabling was available until the 1900's.
Whilst not being entirely spoilt, the interior has been updated somewhat to try to appeal to the younger drinker a bit more. Hence we have a few sofas, a largish flat-screen TV and music rather louder than seems appropriate for a pub of this age. Regular accoustic music sessions are held and - horror of horrors - karaoke is staged on Sunday night.
There's outside seating in a small shady courtyard.
Three real ales were on - Banks Bitter ( � 2.15p ) , and Jennings Cocker Hoop and Crag Rat. I didn't see any branding, but I suspect it's a Banks pub.
The Banks Bitter tasted fine, bit I didn't really warm to this pub at all and I'm inclined to give it a miss next time.
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Fairly quite for a Saturday night , Ringwood Doopledog was ok , the Marstons Ashes tasted like watered down Pedigree , not a bad pub .
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Can honestly say I never even noticed this 'Loft' on my visit! It must be some distance from the rooms as I had no problem with noise whatsoever. It's quite a rambling place upstairs which my explain this.
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This is a food and music led pub with loads of dining tables towards the rear of the pub. The front part of the pub has comfy seating with leather sofas it also has a big screen TV and a quiz machine. It�s effectively one room but has several distinct areas. There is an adjoining venue called The Loft that has an admission charge at nights. Would you really want B & B at a place that�s got a late night music venue? It�s got lots of old wood inside and a good looking fireplace. There is a cobbled courtyard that stretches round two sides of the pub for a bit of peaceful and sheltered outside drinking. There are three handpumps on the bar, last night they were selling Banks�s bitter, Jennings Cumberland and Wychwood Hobgoblin. I had a pint of the Hobgoblin which was pretty good. It�s quite a nice place for one.
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Classic timbered building like so many in Shrewsbury. It's fairly open plan inside but has a nice courtyard-style beer garden. On my visit two Jennings beers were available, less than some of its neighbours but Cocker Hoop was in good nick. It also offers reasonably priced B&B in cosy little rooms. Service polite and friendly. Can't ask for much more. Spoilt for choice for pubs in Shrewsbury!
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