As previously announced by the 'Steamin; Billy' brewery, the 'Railway' re-opened yesterday evening selling an assortment of hand-pumped beers plus a variety of continental lagers. So far, so good.
The works on the pub appear to be far from completed and, frankly, it looked a bit of a mess, though this view didn't seem to be shared by most of the others present; perhaps I'm being a bit unreasonable, but the decor seemed to me to be all over the place and much of the work which has been done seems to have been a bit pointless while more pressing matters seem to have been ignored. I really didn't like it very much.
Worse, while the beer prices were quite reasonable and even a bit lower than in other local pubs, the lagers began at £3:50 and progressed upwards from there - this seems to be extortionate, though there is a loyalty card available for £2 which does knock 30p off of the price of some, but not all of the drinks. There seemed to be a bit of confusion behind the bar about what to charge as well as I and my companion received different treatment for each round bought; no doubt this was a 'glitch' that will be resolved, but it was pretty annoying.
From the look and feel of things, this will no longer be a locals' pub but will attempt to cater for a very different trade. One wonders if that trade will materialise.
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