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Rugby - Where To Eat? Where To Drink?
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Planning on meeting up with some friends in Rugby. I've never been to Rugby, but it's a easy meeting location.
We just need a place to eat, and a place to drink.
Anyone been out and about in Rugby and found somewhere good really?
Price isn't a concern - just want some good food and somewhere to drink a few beers afterwards.
Ideally the drinking could happen somewhere not completely deafening!
We just need a place to eat, and a place to drink.
Anyone been out and about in Rugby and found somewhere good really?
Price isn't a concern - just want some good food and somewhere to drink a few beers afterwards.
Ideally the drinking could happen somewhere not completely deafening!
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OK, it's an obvious link but I'll post it anyway:
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The menu at The Merchants Inn isn't extensive
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but their website says that everything is freshly prepared, using locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible, the reviews on TripAdvisor are impressive:
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(as are those on Google Reviews and Yelp)
plus Camra recommends it for its real ales and Belgian beers
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If that's not to your taste, my first link offers loads more suggestions.
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The menu at The Merchants Inn isn't extensive
http://
but their website says that everything is freshly prepared, using locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible, the reviews on TripAdvisor are impressive:
http://
(as are those on Google Reviews and Yelp)
plus Camra recommends it for its real ales and Belgian beers
http://
If that's not to your taste, my first link offers loads more suggestions.
Have you ever been to the Merchants Inn? I looked and it's got that mix of "excellent beer list" and "sky sports is a selling point" - the first is excellent but the second leads to a certain kind of clientèle and a certain kind of drinking.
I wondered if this is any good: http://
I wondered if this is any good: http://
I've only been to Rugby once, many years ago. (I seem to remember it as smaller than I'd anticipated and rather boring!). As I was driving, I didn't go into any of the pubs.
As you say, 'Sky Sports' can be a negative point with many pubs but my Sunday evening regular (which is a Wetherspoons place) has Sky Sports and most people hardly even notice that it's there. (It certainly doesn't adversely affect the atmosphere as the sound is usually turned down). I suspect that the Merchants Arms may be a sport-focussed pub during the evenings but it's more a restful real ale boozer (with decent grub) during the day. The only interior shot here makes it look like the type of place I might enjoy (and I certainly don't go to pubs where Sky Sports is blasting out commentary at full volume to loads of inebriated football fans!):
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So your choice of venue might be determined partly by the time of day (or night) when you expect to be there. I note that the place you've suggested only opens during the evening during the week (and from 3pm on Saturdays) and operates a 'bookings only' policy in the restaurant:
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As you say, 'Sky Sports' can be a negative point with many pubs but my Sunday evening regular (which is a Wetherspoons place) has Sky Sports and most people hardly even notice that it's there. (It certainly doesn't adversely affect the atmosphere as the sound is usually turned down). I suspect that the Merchants Arms may be a sport-focussed pub during the evenings but it's more a restful real ale boozer (with decent grub) during the day. The only interior shot here makes it look like the type of place I might enjoy (and I certainly don't go to pubs where Sky Sports is blasting out commentary at full volume to loads of inebriated football fans!):
http://
So your choice of venue might be determined partly by the time of day (or night) when you expect to be there. I note that the place you've suggested only opens during the evening during the week (and from 3pm on Saturdays) and operates a 'bookings only' policy in the restaurant:
http://
Rugby.........*spits* ........I only live here cos I don't seem to be able to win the lottery!
you could always try the Carlton Hotel in Railway Terrace, just a short walk from the station.....been there a few times and never been disappointed.....small venue, not too noisy.
or get the number 4 bus from near the station into town and sample the delights of Maccy D's.......we know how to live!
you could always try the Carlton Hotel in Railway Terrace, just a short walk from the station.....been there a few times and never been disappointed.....small venue, not too noisy.
or get the number 4 bus from near the station into town and sample the delights of Maccy D's.......we know how to live!
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