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Had a bit of a tour of Black Country pubs organised for me on my birthday. The Dry Dock was going to be checked out but is now flats. This was a mile on and when I saw it was a Bathams, they was no choice.
Beer - exceptional. If I remember right, it was £2.40 a pint.
A classic looking pub inside, all wooden partitions.
Friendly bar staff.
A great pub.
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Welcome to 1973... thought I had gone back in time. Pub resembled a typical 70's pub with appropriate music from the DJ. Someone was off to hospital in the morning for an operation and some wag requested Rod Stewart 'First Cut is the Deepest' for them which started playing before the DJ relaised it was someone taking a rise. May be a bit rough and ready for some - if it isn't Noddy Holder's local it should be... oh and bathams Bitter on top form as well.
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The bitter is nice but thats about it. No mild. Rude owner, uninterested staff.
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Two-roomed Batham's house, probably the best-known of their estate apart from the Bull & Bladder. It's not much to look at (although the bar, oddly, is smarter than the lounge) but you don't come here for the decor. You visit here for the sort of beer that you take one sip of, then another, and realise you've knocked back about 2/3 of a pint without noticing.
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Great beer, and a surprising view from the beer garden.
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as the last two posts this pub was welcoming and the bathams bitter (as expected) was spot on,nothing amazing but a proper midlands pub 8/10
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Stay here in Novermber, apologies for the delay in reviewing but thought they deserve it.
Must reiterate what others have said, the beer is very well kept and good value, well worth a visit. Stayed there overnight, this place beats any Travel Lodge s**t as rooms are (although slightly tired) very clean, comfortable and staff were friendly and hospitable. You couldn't knock the breakfast (apart from no black pudding!) and overall exception value.
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Nothing particularly remarkable about the pub itself but it serves as good a pint of Bathams as you'd find anywhere and it's absolute nectar. The bar is traditionally basic and the adjoining lounge room comfortable and cosy. Nuff said.
Kev_M - 28 Oct 2010 21:31 |
Me mate had a bash here. Stayed the night. Smelly bogs,excellent Bathams,friendly staff but an overall air of disorganisation throughout. Would call if in the area but wouldn't go out of the way to visit.
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Unbelievably this pub is not in the 2010 Good Beer Guide - the only entry for Dudley is the Full Moon (a Weatherspoon's toilet). Proof if it were needed that CAMRA know sod all about decent ale. The Batham's Bitter sold here is as good a pint as you'll get.
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A tad surprised to be the first poster on this pub, so here goes.
The Lamp Tavern is a traditional two-roomed Bathams pub situated right at the very top of Dudley High Street. In fact the address is slightly confusing because you have to cross the busy main road where the High Street seems to end in order to reach the pub.
The public bar is U shaped and traditionally furnished, but with distinct drinking areas either side of the entrance. An impromptu sing - a - long had just got under way on the evening of my visit. At the back is a more sedate and comfortable lounge, which is pleasant enough, but seemed rather featureless to me. Further behind, accessed via a Batham's tiled corridor, is a music room, also used for functions. Unusually, there's also a cottage - The Lamp Cottage - which is available for Bed and Breakfast.
The Batham's Best Bitter - � 2.15p again - was in good form here and tasted rather more distinctive than at the Bull and Bladder. The pub is a GBG regular.
It's well worth the steepish haul up the High Street to visit this pub.
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