The Minories, Tower Hill

Being near my workplace this pub is popular during the warmer months with my work colleagues, chiefly due to it having a relatively large outdoor area where drinks can be imbibed while smoking. If you can ignore the noise of 3 lanes of constant traffic passing close to your tables it is a pleasant venue for an outdoor drink in summer.

However, being close to Tower Hill it does receive many tourists, particularly families looking for food service. This in itself is not a problem, however with the bar and table service having slowly declined over the past 3 years (staff levels having declined) you should prepare yourself for a long and painful wait to get served at the bar most afternoons or early evenings on summer weekdays and school holidays.

Be prepared on Thursday and Friday evenings to lose some coinage to "toilet nazis" (attendants) if you desire to wash your hands.

There is a wide selection of lagers on tap, though some quite pricey (�4.20 for a Peroni for example) and 3 bitters/ales and Guinness.

It is a shame really that the pub has become so understaffed during the warmer months in particular, because it's a good pub and one of very few in the Tower Hill region with an outdoor partially covered area.

14 Feb 2010 22:00