Product Description

For a quarter of a century now, The Good Pub Guide has acted as the pub-goers' bible, bringing the British public up to date with the very best pubs and bars the country has to offer. The only truly independent guide of its kind, its comprehensive yearly updates and countless reader reports ensure that only the cream of the nation's watering holes make the grade. Whether you're looking for a pint and a pie in a friendly countryside local, or would prefer a glass of wine in swish city-centre surroundings, you're guaranteed to find the perfect venue among the 5,000-strong listings. Accurate, even-handed and up-to-date information gives you an unrivalled insight into facilities, atmosphere, quality and cost - The Good Pub Guide 2007 simply cannot be beaten. So raise a glass and toast the health of a British institution!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79151 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1056 pages

Review
The definitive guide to boozing', The Times .'The Good Pub Guide is to alcohol what Wisden is to cricket', The Times .'Easily the best', Time Out .'Since I've discovered The Good Pub Guide I haven't had to suffer a bad pub again', Simon Heptinstall, Mail on Sunday

Synopsis
For a quarter of a century now, The Good Pub Guide has acted as the pub-goers' bible, bringing the British public up to date with the very best pubs and bars the country has to offer. The only truly independent guide of its kind, its comprehensive yearly updates and countless reader reports ensure that only the cream of the nation's watering holes make the grade. Whether you're looking for a pint and a pie in a friendly countryside local, or would prefer a glass of wine in swish city-centre surroundings, you're guaranteed to find the perfect venue among the 5,000-strong listings. Accurate, even-handed and up-to-date information gives you an unrivalled insight into facilities, atmosphere, quality and cost - The Good Pub Guide 2007 simply cannot be beaten. So raise a glass and toast the health of a British institution!

About the Author
Alisdair Aird & Fiona Stapley are the editors of The Good Pub Guide. Both previously worked with the Consumers' Association.

Customer Reviews

Not great
I'd agree with J Halstead's comments above for the most part.

I suppose it all depends on what you look for in a pub. I too am a lover of real ale (although not a card carrying CAMRA member) and like pubs with good (well kept) beer and if possible good food. Not generally a fan of bistro type pubs (although I went to the Drunken Duck in Cumbria mentioned above and enjoyed the beer and food that I had there).

In the past I have used this guide, the Good Beer Guide and the more recently established Real Ale Pub Guide.

This guide (the Good Pub Guide) tends to put more emphasis on ambience and food than the quality or range of beers offered. Listings tend to be made on reader recommendations and I'd question how often they are revisited/reviewed. Using my local pubs as a yard-stick this guide has included pubs that used to be good but now are seen as declining/over priced.

The Good Beer Guide is the best reference book for all breweries and beers produced in Britain, some (very few) of the pubs can be a bit ropey but the beer is always good. Listings are reviewed each year by the local CAMRA branches.

The Real Ale Pub Guide tends to give the best of both worlds i.e. decent pubs with a good atmosphere and decent beer but because of this there are much fewer listings.

The one feature of this guide that I like is the round up of pubs in special categories, such as those near motorway junctions, those with big gardens etc. Shame the pubs recommended are usually not worth visiting.

Outstanding Guide
My wife and I have used the Good Pub Guide for years to plan weekends away and short trips and so far every occasion has lead to us discovering a great little pub to eat and spend the night in. Pubs of character and charm that vary from the just plain good to the truly outstanding. The guide is patchy in it's coverage of certain areas of the country but it hasn't yet failed to lead to us to a great weekend.

Not very accurate at all in fact its rubbish
5 years ago I bought the AA Pub Guide 2002 and its been like a bible to me. Its given detailed info about great pubs, accomodation availability and even some useful info about walking expiditions near to some of their highlighted pubs. OK, I understand that the "AA" presumably have a going concern into who appeared in that book but I digress. I'm a lover of beer, and a lover of pubs - I'm not a CAMRA member or anything, I'm just a 42 year old bloke with some good friends who like a beer now and then, I'm also a family man that likes to go away but be able to divert to a decent pub or find some nice accomodation at the same time. This book doesn't give you any of this. Its got full and detailed information about 1000's of pubs, but those that I've been to that feature here are not the best at all. For example - Cumbria - For me, one of the homes of Real Ale - None of the Coniston pubs??!!! and only the Golden Rule in Ambleside. Wrong, indeed, pathetic. The Drunken Duck nr Hawkshead, once a superb real ale pub, is now a hoity toity place for lovers of Gordon Ramsay type meals and not a place for the walking boot or the chunky sweater. I'm from Solihull in the West Mids and for years the CAMRA pub of the year has been The Vaults in Knowle - Not mentioned here, nor is the Red Lion in the same village that is much improved in recent years. I'm off to North Yorkshire in a few weeks time, another haven for fantastic pubs and great beer - Sadly only 10% of them appear in this woeful book. Find an alternative.