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‘Impressive, full of history and tasteful throughout! But it was just boring...’
16 February 2024It all falls a bit flat for Secret Drinker as he heads to a pub in the city with stacks of rave reviews
The family-run pub that’s home to one Massive Legend
09 February 2024Like your own space? Secret Drinker visits a vast open-plan pub where there’s plenty of room to relax.
‘The mould in the pub toilet was growing so fast you could see it spreading before your eyes’
01 February 2024Secret Drinker finds the beer – and the facilities – aren't worth the wait on his latest pub visit
‘I made three silly assumptions about this pub – they were all wrong!’
26 January 2024Secret Drinker discovers there’s a lot more going on than it seems at this 19th Century venue
‘An off-grid pub with no wi-fi, no hot drinks, no TV and an outside bog’
19 January 2024Secret Drinker heads into the frozen Kent marshes to visit a real ale pub as rough and ready as they come
The pub was serving ‘5% hangover-free lager’ so I just had to try it
12 January 2024Perfect for a lunchtime pint, Secret Drinker finds a town centre pub with plenty of tradition – and a new line in beer
‘Does downing a vegan beer in the pub mean I’m doing Veganuary?’
05 January 2024Secret Drinker is back on the sauce already at a great British pub with staff from every corner of the globe
‘Bizarre in the extreme and the quirkiest boozer I’ve ever visited’
22 December 2023Secret Drinker reveals his votes for Pub of the Year in the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards
Here’s food for thought - a pub that puts drinkers first!
15 December 2023Secret Drinker visits a pub bucking the trend by putting its drinkers before diners
A sublime seaside pub where you park on the pebbles
08 December 2023The pub was having a paintjob, but nothing could knock the gloss off Secret’s Drinker’s lunch at a shabby chic seaside haven
‘I love it when a plan comes together’
01 December 2023Secret Drinker joins the A-Team at a pub that’s ditched being posh and pricey.
‘I’d like to be able to say this isn’t the most depressing pub ever’
24 November 2023It’s not a Saturday night to savour as Secret Drinker joins the line-up in ‘God’s waiting room’
‘This pub’s a powerful mix of tradition and great hospitality’
17 November 2023Secret Drinker hobnobs it at an ‘upmarket’ pub that’s ticking all the right boxes
Frenzied footie fan has a Friday night meltdown
09 November 2023There’s plenty of shots hitting the bar when Secret Drinker has a sporty evening out
‘£6.10 for a pint of lager – but this hidden gem has a lot going for it’
03 November 2023Dart-throwing witches and a barman playing Bohemian Rhapsody – it was a Halloween to remember for Secret Drinker.
‘Emergency stop led us to this forgettable boozer...’
27 October 2023The Secret Drinker was unimpressed when a problem with his train led him to this town centre pub.
Smart and swish but this pub needs more punters
20 October 2023Secret Drinker calls in at a vast, revamped country inn crying out for more customers
Bamboozled by the laughing barmaids as Noel Edmonds watches on
13 October 2023There’s plenty to smile about as Secret Drinker ducks into a buzzing high street boozer
Funny handshakes, flat pints and the aroma of burnt fat wafting from the kitchen
06 October 2023Secret Drinker heads to a historic coaching inn in need of some serious TLC – but the masons seem to like it
‘A raucous cauldron of noise, heat and love of life was pouring out the door’
29 September 2023Secret Drinker calls in at a heaving backstreet pub where they like to get the party started nice and early
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