The Cardinal, Stavanger, Norway - pub details
Address: Skagen 21, Stavanger, 4006 NORWAY
> Current user rating: 8.4/10 (rated by 5 users)
user reviews of the Cardinal, Stavanger
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| I was there a couple of weeks ago. Terrific pub with a massive collection of bottled beers (which I didn't try) and about a dozen beers on top. Eye wateringly expensive at around £10 a small glass. Friendly staff who spoke excellent English. Everybody used credit cards to buy beer and the bar has a number of fixed credit card 'machines' for that purpose. Best pub in Norway? Well I found an excellent microbrew pub in Kristiansand which was just as good. Paul_Rochdale - 11 Jul 2014 15:16 |
| Set in the old docks area of Stavanger amidst a group of similar looking, yet much less impressive bars (see photo) this pub is very reminiscent of an traditional English Vistorian town pub - confortable, sociable, well laid-out and hospitable, with large bar areas on ground and first floor. You buy your beer at the bar, not at your table like most continental places. The biggest problem is choice - there were 327 beers to choose from, about a third of them English and most decent (there were a few of the usual Eurofizzes to keep the less discerning punters happy). The eponymous "Cardinal" was cardinal Brakspear, and the pub claims a link to the Brakspear brewery - in fact Brakspear's Organic Ale was available (at �8.00 a pint). It wasn't cheap - the cheapest beer on was Greene King's IPA (they get everywhere) at �6.90 a bottle, while the most expensive was Orkney's Skull Splitter at �11.30. The beer I enjoyed most (after several samplings which ran up a small mortgage - don't tell Mrs A) was the local wheat beer White Dog. This is one of the most fantastic pubs in Europe and merits a very rare 10/10 from me. An essential part of any visit to this area and easily accessible from the cruise ships during their stoppover here. ETA - 28 Sep 2009 06:54 |
| English type pub in Stavanger's "publand". Dark interior, with the bar dominating. Quite big, spreads over two floors, the 1st floor has a more spacious feel to it, but same style as ground floor bar. Huge selection of bottled beers, around 330 according to menu, plus a few draught beers as well, but keg only except for special sessions. Staff is generally knowledgeable and friendly. Claims to be the best pub for beer in Norway - I wouldn't bet against it. Bard - 31 Jul 2008 21:10 |
| The best beer bar in my home town Stavanger, probably the best in all of Norway. They�re really putting some effort into stocking the best possible beer selection - by Norwegian standards, that is. N�gne � beers are available. 12 beers on tap and appr. 190 bottled. Cask night or "special samples night" Wednesdays. Friendly staff. anonymous - 4 May 2006 22:08 |
