The Red Lion, Myddle

Forget about previous reviews the pub has undergone a substantial and very tasty refurbishment since then. Divided into three areas; dining room, bar and lounge type area all are nicely decorated with lovely furniture. As you enter it oozes class and that's what you get in it's totality. Probably a bit pricey for some but it does tend to keep out the riff-raff. Food is really good and if you like steak try the fillet - they do it perfectly to your liking, but the variety is spot-on and the menu changes subtlety every now and then. Unless you live in Myddle you have to drive to this one but believe me it's worth it.

My only one issue is the real ale selection which tends to focus on local offerings but to my salvation they usually have something from Big Shed which are really good.

3 Oct 2016 17:15

Masonic Arms, Shrewsbury

Another difficult pub to rate. Owned by a big "cheese" but run by a succession of tenants this is not a bad pub - if you like wall-to-wall TVs.

Caters for the chimney pots nearby ( of which there are many and especially as the Severn Stars nearby churned out it's drinkers after being "suddenly" closed last xmas).

Very recently repainted inside (not refurbished) it's pleasant but can get a bit rowdy especially as it's en route to the football club (and back).

Beers are really well kept and tend to be of a more national take rather than local with some interesting varieties.

Beer garden is a bit like being in an extremely small exercise ground inside Colditz and is in reality a fag-break area.

Not everyone's cup of tea but somehow it work.

1 Oct 2016 18:57

The Cross Foxes, Shrewsbury

Nice pub shame about the welcome - or lack of it. Small single bar pub which is nicely kept and some good real ales which are also kept well. There the compliments end.

Strangers enter and are greeted as if they have two heads. The majority of the locals huddle around the end of the bar by the TV and worship the landlord who must have extreme arthritis as he seldom seems to move from his spot.

Horse racing days are particularly (non) interesting as locals in various degrees of drunkeness shout loudly about the donkey that just backed that should have pi**ed it coming into the final turn.

To be avoided unless you've been consecrated into the the following.

1 Oct 2016 18:38