The Waterlily, Ipswich - pub details
Address: 100, St. Helens St, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 18203) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Derby Road - Ipswich (1 mile), Ipswich (1 mile), Westerfield (1.8 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 4 users)
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Dove, Ipswich (0.1 miles), Grinning Rat, Ipswich (0.1 miles), County Of Suffolk, Ipswich (0.2 miles), Orchard, Ipswich (0.2 miles), Spread Eagle, Ipswich (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Waterlily, Ipswich
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| Has now reopened- but no sign of any real ale, or indeed any customers. edchambers - 3 May 2009 21:54 |
| No signs of life in this pub at 2pm today despite opening hours sign on the door suggesting it should have been open. On the door is posted a notice from the council saying they are planning to close the pub because of excessive noise.. Last year the council successfully killed off the Victoria pub just across town using the same strategy. Like the Victoria, Lily's Bar is situated on an extremely busy road where the main noise pollution must be the incessant sound of traffic. Also like the Victoria, this has been a licensed premesis for many decades, so local residents moving in must be aware they are choosing to live near to a pub where there's likely to be noise at times. The unfortunate person who took on this pub- which had been closed for a year or two- and invested money in bringing it back to life, presumably under the impression that a bar close to Suffolk College was bound thrive, must now be wishing he'd taken his investment elsewhere. edchambers - 8 Mar 2009 21:55 |
| Now re-named to Lily's bar and newly painted. I saw an Adnams Bitter pump clip on the hand pump. I will request the pub name is changed on BITE. Love_good_ale - 23 Sep 2008 20:53 |
| Walked past today and it is now being painted on the outside. It also has an advert for bar staff on the window so it must be opening soon. I would imagine the pub will be called a new name judging by how it has been decorated. There is one hand pump that I can see but all the other pumps are keg/fizz. Good to see a closed pub is going to re-open again. GRS Inns/Punch may have their worked cut out with The Dove and Grinning Rat in such close proximity. Although looking at the place they will be looking for different customers to those two. Love_good_ale - 19 Aug 2008 16:15 |
| The iron shutters have now been taken off the windows and the place is being stripped out- whether for restoration as a pub or for some other purpose I don't know. Perhaps someone from East Ipswich can let us know whether the pub has been saved. edchambers - 22 May 2008 23:31 |
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