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A single story brick (inside) pub done out in Laura Ashley style with fake beamed ceiling. A pool table and satellite TV can dominate at night. Mainly known as a food pub (sometimes you have to wait 40 minutes for a table), it does some good traditional and more esoteric grub. However, there is little for the vegetarian. Prices are fair at around £5-£7. As for beers there were four on but they were all from the nationals. Usually there is a guest beer, but not on this occasion. Seating is at dark wood tables for two and six with matching dark chairs. Towards the toilets there are high chairs/stool and tables to match. Toilets are accessible by the disabled and are tiled floor to ceiling. Large car park with beer garden and kids climbing frame. The station nearby is Gathurst.

Situated 400 yards from the railway station, the Robin is easy to get to. From the outside this pub looks quite large, but inside it is a cosy small affair. There are two rooms, but one bar serves both. The main bar is to the right as you enter through the internal porch. Here you will find a real fire - very hot for those sitting opposite - and black and white Georgian style lattice bar with stools against it. Seating is a mixture of padded bench seats and stools at thin-ish oblong tables. The walls are covered with posters and pictures (Robin Hood features a lot obviously) and of course rugby paraphernalia (the club is not far). The bar has a low overhang and the bar back is covered with the pump clips of guest ales, though there was nothing from a micro on at this visit. All beers are served through a tight sparkler, and you will get a funny look if you ask for it to be taken off. The beer was in good condition and they opened up early specially for us as the times in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide were very wrong! A small games room is off from the bar where pool and darts are available.  The other room with the small bar is has bench seating again with tables and some chairs. Access to the bar is very small, though you can be easily seen by staff. Food is served here Thursday to Sunday only (check the picture below for times), last orders around 8.45 during the week, an hour earlier on Sunday. All food is home cooked and they even make their own chips. Our advice is to find this pub at the weekend when there is increased likelihood of a good guest ale being on, though check by phone any other time. Access for the disabled is possible to the lounge bar with help, but not to the toilets. No accommodation here.

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