Unicorn Hotel, Ripon - pub details
Address: Market Place East, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1BP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 37018) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 15 users)
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user reviews of Unicorn Hotel, Ripon
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| Another re-tick for me while in Ripon, this was my 3rd visit since last November. The wife and I arrived around 11.45pm on the Thursday before Easter and it was pretty busy….not surprising as it was bank holiday. The Wetherspoon’s real ale festival was on with 5 of the pumps given over to festival ales, my pints of Greene King Benjamin & Hyde's Bruges were good with the Benjamin being particularly decent, it went done well. With the pub open to 1am the clientele was mixed and very friendly. We wiled away a couple of hours here chatting and drinking after a particularly long drive up from London. I know it’s a ‘spoons but I do like The Unicorn. lezford - 12 Apr 2016 10:19 |
| Lezford was lucky to find a choice of ales in January. In mid February there were the standard Spoons nationals and Black Sheep Golden. This seems to be the case in Weatherspoons in their outlets in North West Yorkshire. For a nearby choice of 3 changing Yorkshire real ales try the new Wilfreds bar but it doesn't open until 4pm. Rocky53 - 21 Feb 2016 09:40 |
| The wife and I stayed here for 2 nights in late January and was very surprised with the quality and size of the hotel room and en suite bathroom. The downstairs bar area of this hotel / pub looks like it may need a bit of touching up but the rooms upstairs are off a high standard. Being a ‘spoons there is a good choice of ales which was better on this visit than the one I made at the end of November, during my various visits to the bar over my 2 night stay I drank Daleside Bitter @ 3.7% & Moorhouses Pride of Pendle @ 4.1%, both good well kept ales and at a cheap price. On all my visit to the bar the service was quick and attentive. Busy at all times but especially busy between 10am and 12 noon for breakfast and lunch. The bar closes at midnight but as a resident you are allowed to take drinks to your room which is a bonus. Decent ‘spoons, good ales and the hotel part is excellent value for money. lezford - 18 Feb 2016 13:41 |
| This imposing looking ex hotel in the Market Place has been thoroughly renovated in 2011 by Weatherspoon’s. Even though the pub is a slightly strange shape there is plenty of seating with booths down one side in the side bar and plenty of tables and chairs in the dining room towards the rear. The walls have a fair amount of wood panelling, local interest pictures on the walls with the Cathedral featuring heavily especially in the side bar towards the Market Place. On the bar are 8 hand pumps with 6 ales and 2 with coming soon labels on them. Only 1 local offering which was Saltire’s Pride @ 3.9%, a decent kept and served pint. 6pm on a Thursday and not that busy but it did start to fill up as we were leaving, as expected food was popular. The Unicorn has one of the smallest bar's I've seen in a spoons. Another tick from the current GBG for me. lezford - 15 Dec 2015 08:56 |
| It's a wetherspoons. The air con was on so high I needed to wear my coat. Every beer I tried ran out and although the manager said it takes 40 mins to clean the lines to put a new beer on, the beers that were 'coming soon' when we arrived were still 'coming soon' when we left a few hours later. I wouldn't go back even though the starter to share platter was not greasy at all and was very tasty and crispy. There are much better pubs in ripon. Catthedoglover - 25 Aug 2014 20:22 |
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