Pub of the Season
Pub of the Season Spring 2014
The Berkeley,
Scunthorpe
The Berkeley Hotel on Doncaster Road, just off the M181 motorway
junction, is one of Scunthorpe's largest pubs. It is named in the CAMRA
inventory of heritage pubs (part one), for its exceptional 1930's art deco
interiors. It has seven bedrooms, three large bars, one with a ballroom leading off,
landscaped front and beer garden at the rear.
The pub has been run by Shane and Theresa Hodkin since 2008. It has a
steady local community trade, does excellent pub meals and Sunday
lunches, and does cater for some functions, although as a Sam Smith's pub
it has no music license, (a Sam Smith's policy for all its pubs).
The brewery chain has revamped its beer sales, providing a drinks menu at
each table now, and as well as serving an excellent pint of Old Brewery
Bitter, some of its bottled beer range now includes Chocolate Stout,
Imperial Stout and a range of fruit beers such as cherry, apricot and
strawberry.
With a pub quiz on a Wednesday, games such as pool, darts and dominoes
in the public bar, both of which have real fires in them (a
must on a cold winter's night), the pub caters for a wide range of people
and the Berkeley is well worth a visit at any time of the year.
Spring Pub of the Season award on Wednesday 7 May 8.30 pm.
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