| Best places to drink in Ipswich? 19:27 - Sep 11 with 8738 views | MaySixth |
always liked The Greyhound but just far too packed for me these days (good luck to them, deserve the money)
Arbor House not bad but slow service
anywhere else decent these days? |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:04 - Sep 12 with 1808 views | Herbivore |
Silver Star. |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:06 - Sep 12 with 1793 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 11:59 - Sep 12 by Lord_Lucan |
The Brewers is often overlooked and very underrated pub in general. |
I make you right |  | | |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:33 - Sep 12 with 1752 views | Millsey |
Brewers Arms |  | | |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:50 - Sep 12 with 1724 views | itfcjoe |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:03 - Sep 12 by tractorboy1978 |
£1.95 pints, landlord Steve's arse crack hanging out the back of his shorts and the worst pub toilets imaginable. TWTD. [Post edited 12 Sep 2023 12:08]
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A pub dog that has eaten so many chips from people bringing them in from across the road that it's belly drags on the floor |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:52 - Sep 12 with 1717 views | Herbivore |
The correct answer is of course the Arcade Street Tavern. | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 13:36 - Sep 12 with 1642 views | Hogger |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 11:59 - Sep 12 by Lord_Lucan |
The Brewers is often overlooked and very underrated pub in general. |
Yes, great little pub and you can bring your own food before the match! |  | | |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:08 - Sep 12 with 1576 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 12:03 - Sep 12 by tractorboy1978 |
£1.95 pints, landlord Steve's arse crack hanging out the back of his shorts and the worst pub toilets imaginable. TWTD. [Post edited 12 Sep 2023 12:08]
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I was living over that way when it closed, so we went in for old times sake. The smell of old frying oil was over powering, the karzis were as Lucan remembers and it looked like the paper would peel off the walls with the stuff that had soaked into it. My previous visit had been watching us V Peterborough in 2011.... | | | |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:27 - Sep 12 with 1553 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 11:20 - Sep 12 by bluelou |
Agreed, and depsite being great for cask, for some reason the Greyhound and Woolpack seem to actively avoid decent keg ales so Arcade is the pub that gets both right for me. |
The Greyhound has always been tied Adnams if I'm not mistaken, so can probably only have one guest ale at a time, which is the deal in some others? Not sure if same for the Woolpack... possibly seeing as Sue effortlessly segued there from the Greyhound, whenever it was, probably 25/30 years ago. Memory is not so hot on the detail :)
Fat Cat and Dove best free houses imho. We've done this before but you can do a cracking ale crawl even the unfit pot belly old farts like me can manage, starting at Fat Cat, then Dove, Woolpack, over park to Greyhound, Brewers Arms for a shot to give the stomach a rest, St Judes if you can stand the smell and comedy decor (good ciders and ales though), Arcade Tavern, then over to Thomas Wolsey, Black Adder, and The Nelson for a beef panini with gravy and chips. |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:33 - Sep 12 with 1540 views | hoppy |
You haven't specified in general, or specifically for a match day?
Near us, The Dove (what I would call my local) and Fat Cat are both very good. In town, often go in The Thomas Wolsey, and our usual 'pop in' on the way to the ground on a matchday if parking at my office has recently been The Swan. |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:37 - Sep 12 with 1529 views | itfcjoe |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:27 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
The Greyhound has always been tied Adnams if I'm not mistaken, so can probably only have one guest ale at a time, which is the deal in some others? Not sure if same for the Woolpack... possibly seeing as Sue effortlessly segued there from the Greyhound, whenever it was, probably 25/30 years ago. Memory is not so hot on the detail :)
Fat Cat and Dove best free houses imho. We've done this before but you can do a cracking ale crawl even the unfit pot belly old farts like me can manage, starting at Fat Cat, then Dove, Woolpack, over park to Greyhound, Brewers Arms for a shot to give the stomach a rest, St Judes if you can stand the smell and comedy decor (good ciders and ales though), Arcade Tavern, then over to Thomas Wolsey, Black Adder, and The Nelson for a beef panini with gravy and chips. |
Woolpack is a Punch pub, would have been Pubmaster back in the day | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:45 - Sep 12 with 1511 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:37 - Sep 12 by itfcjoe |
Woolpack is a Punch pub, would have been Pubmaster back in the day |
Never been Adnams? Explains why the beer was always okay :)
I think I'm also confusing the Spread Eagle and Black Adder.
Regardless, always thought Ipswich was good for an ale crawl, though it could probs support another two or three in the centre. | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:48 - Sep 12 with 1507 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 20:47 - Sep 11 by Hipsterectomy |
the holy trinity is generally considered to be the golf hotel, the heathlands and the railway, all weirdly located on foxhall road |
Next you'll be telling us to go that other salubrious Fockhall Rd establishment, the Blooming Fuchsia. | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 16:07 - Sep 12 with 1456 views | hoppy |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:48 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
Next you'll be telling us to go that other salubrious Fockhall Rd establishment, the Blooming Fuchsia. |
That is, unless he's taken a slight diversion, to head down to The Crown on Felixstowe Road? [Post edited 12 Sep 2023 16:07]
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:11 - Sep 12 with 1368 views | Dubtractor |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:48 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
Next you'll be telling us to go that other salubrious Fockhall Rd establishment, the Blooming Fuchsia. |
Then head down Derby Road to the Royal Oak. |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:18 - Sep 12 with 1351 views | WeWereZombies |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:11 - Sep 12 by Dubtractor |
Then head down Derby Road to the Royal Oak. |
I went in The Royal Oak last month - very nice coffee and cake... |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:31 - Sep 12 with 1341 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 16:07 - Sep 12 by hoppy |
That is, unless he's taken a slight diversion, to head down to The Crown on Felixstowe Road? [Post edited 12 Sep 2023 16:07]
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Where was the Trafalgar? Woodbridge Rd or Spring Rd?? It had dirty paisley carpets and didn't mind serving underage twerps. I'm assuming its not there any more but my directional sense/memory in that part of Ipswich, even though I'm still sometimes in the area, is appalling. Was there a kind of viaduct near the Trafalgar? And was the Nippin 24hr caff at the bottom of Woodbridge Rd? And near/opposite The Singing Chef? | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:43 - Sep 12 with 1325 views | WeWereZombies |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:31 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
Where was the Trafalgar? Woodbridge Rd or Spring Rd?? It had dirty paisley carpets and didn't mind serving underage twerps. I'm assuming its not there any more but my directional sense/memory in that part of Ipswich, even though I'm still sometimes in the area, is appalling. Was there a kind of viaduct near the Trafalgar? And was the Nippin 24hr caff at the bottom of Woodbridge Rd? And near/opposite The Singing Chef? |
The viaduct was on Spring Road but The Trafalgar completely passed me by (unsurprisingly as I am a North West Ipswich boy, although i hardly ever went into The Suffolk Punch. Always headed into town.) | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:45 - Sep 12 with 1325 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:08 - Sep 12 by Bluespeed225 |
I was living over that way when it closed, so we went in for old times sake. The smell of old frying oil was over powering, the karzis were as Lucan remembers and it looked like the paper would peel off the walls with the stuff that had soaked into it. My previous visit had been watching us V Peterborough in 2011.... |
I think the last time I went in there was David (Flash) Jays funeral and by then it was accepted that the car park was the official toilet, such was the smell of the official toilet |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:52 - Sep 12 with 1309 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:43 - Sep 12 by WeWereZombies |
The viaduct was on Spring Road but The Trafalgar completely passed me by (unsurprisingly as I am a North West Ipswich boy, although i hardly ever went into The Suffolk Punch. Always headed into town.) |
For some reason I'm now thinking of the sh1ttest pubs... The Royal George on Valley Road or is it Colchester Rd dunno, near Tuddenham rd was absolute dogwvank in the 80s. And I doubt it's any better. Possibly worse :)
Traf must have been Spring Rd then innit. | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:57 - Sep 12 with 1302 views | Dubtractor |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:52 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
For some reason I'm now thinking of the sh1ttest pubs... The Royal George on Valley Road or is it Colchester Rd dunno, near Tuddenham rd was absolute dogwvank in the 80s. And I doubt it's any better. Possibly worse :)
Traf must have been Spring Rd then innit. |
Mrs Dub went to the Royal George for a work meal a few weeks ago, she wasn't exactly glowing in her review to me afterwards....... | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 18:01 - Sep 12 with 1302 views | WeWereZombies |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:52 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
For some reason I'm now thinking of the sh1ttest pubs... The Royal George on Valley Road or is it Colchester Rd dunno, near Tuddenham rd was absolute dogwvank in the 80s. And I doubt it's any better. Possibly worse :)
Traf must have been Spring Rd then innit. |
I went in The Royal George a few times in the Seventies and Eighties (and once in the Noughties for a family get together) and it was always a decent standard of decor and service then, but as boring as an inner ring road pub can be. Think it is Colchester Road at that point. Go a little way east and turn down Sidegate Lane and you ended up at The Golden Key (another Adnams tied pub) which was much more convivial. | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 18:03 - Sep 12 with 1300 views | Mullet |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 10:20 - Sep 12 by _clive_baker_ |
I went in there a few years back, probably pre Covid and was a bit weirded out by it. 1 and only time I've ever been, it absolute stank of farts which wasn't ideal. |
Is that the one and only time it's stunk of farts though? That's the question. |  |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 18:05 - Sep 12 with 1276 views | Mullet |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 15:48 - Sep 12 by Dyland |
Next you'll be telling us to go that other salubrious Fockhall Rd establishment, the Blooming Fuchsia. |
Remember always driving past that travelling to PR and being fascinated by the sight of it. Your kinda gaff was it? | |
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| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 18:17 - Sep 12 with 1236 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 17:57 - Sep 12 by Dubtractor |
Mrs Dub went to the Royal George for a work meal a few weeks ago, she wasn't exactly glowing in her review to me afterwards....... |
Bet everyone felt really valued :) | |
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| No! on 18:21 - Sep 12 with 893 views | Dyland |
| Best places to drink in Ipswich? on 18:05 - Sep 12 by Mullet |
Remember always driving past that travelling to PR and being fascinated by the sight of it. Your kinda gaff was it? |
I knew some bods who lived a stone's throw away. I must have only been in there once in my life. | |
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