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Partner in an Architectural Consultancy firm in Malaga, but come from lovely Salford...shame about the weather! Enjoy sailing in a 25 foot gaff shrimp boat kept at Inverkip Marina on the River Clyde. Get to and fro from Malaga on good ol' Ryan Air into Prestwick...usually 25 pounds. Really enjoy a good British pub, good beer, good chinwag and am used to well made food. No longer belong to CAMRA as feel they've outlasted their purpose and each section is a precious club...don't dare to disagree! Used this site a lot but have been instructed to put a review on here by a sailing comrade...hope it's of use to someone like me.
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HarryCohen has been registered on this site since 11th November 2010
The Russian Tavern (Port Royal Hotel), Port Bannatyne
Directed to sail to Port Bannatyne by my reluctant "crew" Boris...or more exactly Boh-reees as he is from Kiev and very Ukrainian. Boris stomped ahead to this white-painted stone building on the seafront which, strangely is THE RUSSIAN TAVERN. Inside it's like a habour bar in Zeebrugge, or a country French cafe, but with flourishes of Russian murals, adverts in Cyrillic script, and those lacquered wooden dolls.
The Details: Five Russian beers, one Ukrainian - "Oblomov" a malty light lager. I had "Stary Melnik" from near Moscow, rated by CAMRA, and like a hoppy Indian Pale Ale.
Our meal was a footlong dish of local crayfish for myself, and a big dog's bowl of spicey stew, a borscht containing much more than beetroot and rated highly by Boris. The basket of bread was hot from the oven. 17 pounds for the two.
Real Ales are poured straight from the firkins and the choice was: "Arran Blonde" from the Isle of Arran, Houston Brewery's "Peters Well" and "Gold" from Williams Bros in Aloa. There was Erdinger Weissebeer on tap both blonde and dark.
An excellent evening chatting with all manner of folk, many from abroad, and through the windows fabulous views across the sea to the highlands. I shall have more confidence in Boris in future, and he insisted I put this review on "that computer site you follow like a sheep."
13 Nov 2010 11:57