Penny Black

This is our favourite local pub! The prices are good, the staff friendly and most times the pub feels like a great community get together. We love to come here for breakfast (muffin deals are our favourite) and club lunches when there is a special promotion going every day. The coffee refills are handy for when we gather for longer stays. And there is beer festival going every October so great tasting opportunity!

I have to admit that I am not a fan of Weatherspoons and only dropped in here as another eatery was fully booked. My friend and I ordered breakfast - he a full English and I the full vege. It was 9am on a Saturday. This is the second time I’ve eaten at a Weatherspoons in my lifetime and on both occasions the Quorn sausages are somehow weird. I have no idea how they cook for damn things, but there you go. Apart from that the food was ok. I was starving and it filled a hole, as they say. The black coffee was bland. However the main saving grace was the price. Mine was an incredible £4.99!!! Kids even get to eat free. For those on a low budget, it’s great. I would definitely go back for a cheap nosh up. The service was efficient and the food didn’t take too long even though it was fairly busy. As for the type of atmosphere one expects in a cheap pub, well it’s a great place if you like people watching. I was really unimpressed by a family next to us who had brought their kid out with a cough that sounded like the plague, but apart from that, all good. Another thing I really liked was that there were size options with calories. Very helpful expect I still couldn’t help myself by double up the portion for only 50p oops.