Jamaica Wine House reviews
I'm not quite sure which insect has bitten all of you disgruntled old fools but the Jamaica Winehouse is a lovely pub with a quaint atmosphere.
The history of the place has not been lost and I don't see how you could claim it has. There are no TVs, no arcade machines, and in fact the only thing that is on the pub floor that needs to be plugged into a wall is the cigarette machine. Historic little reminders like the old cigar machine, or the telephone booth cupboard downstairs are still there, polished and proudly on display.
The legislation of the place means that the customers of the pub aren't allowed by LAW to eat or drink in the church court-yard, nor are they allowed to drink or congregate in the alleys, so serving in the garden would be breaking the law, as you obviously weren't aware.
Serving real ales (IPA Deuchars and Bombadier) with a good selection of food, nuts and crisps, this pub delivers in every way it should. Classy atmosphere, music-less, a small team of friendly staff who run the pub Monday through Friday and who know what they're doing, clean toilets, a fine bistro downstairs where you can watch highly skilled chefs preparing your food, and a fantastic range of wines... I'm not aware of what else one could ask of a good city pub.
Characterful old wine house unsympathetically refurbished and littered with fruit machines. Now charmless and dull inside.
Beautiful exterior courtyard belonging to neighbouring church serves as its beer garden and is only saving grace. No food service to garden though. No great loss as it's crap overpriced food. Generally miserable bar staff, full of city tossers, poor selection of beers. Why go there? Dunno.
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