Monday 26 September 2016

The Richmond, Southport

The Richmond
The Richmond is owned by the Joseph Holt Brewery of Manchester; it is the first pub you encounter after entering Southport from the Ormskirk direction. It is a fairly modern building, having replaced a much older pub of the same name in the 1990s. It has two rooms: the larger front room which is subdivided into several separate areas, and a smaller room at the rear. While it is very much a food-oriented pub, you can go in if you just want a drink.

When I called in, the five handpumps on the bar were serving three Holt's beers – Bitter, Two Hoots and IPA – and Urban Fox from Bootleg Brewery; I particularly enjoyed this last one. They have a comprehensive range of Holt's bottled beers, and I also noticed a good wine selection. The pub has gained Cask Marque accreditation for its beer quality.

Next to the bar is a carvery, beyond that a chiller cabinet serving a large range of ice creams, and there is also a well-stocked sweet trolley. They offer various meal deals, including two-for-one on Mondays, curry night on Wednesdays, two steaks and a bottle of wine on Thursdays, and a special offer on children's meals on weekday afternoons, so children are clearly welcome. It is some time since I have eaten in the Richmond, but I did enjoy my meal the last time I had one there.

The pub is accessible and offers a number of facilities: a large car park, a beer garden, a function room, free WiFi and a quiz night on Thursdays. They play piped music.

The Richmond is at 234 Scarisbrick New Road, Southport, PR8 5HL. Tel: 01704 545782. It's opening hours are noon to 11.00, except Friday and Saturday when it closes at midnight. Food is served all day until 9.00pm. It has a Facebook page and its website is here

This is part of a series of articles that I am writing for the CAMRA column in our local paper, the Southport Visiter. Previous reviews are here.

6 comments:

  1. Sounds rather like some of Holts' upmarket foody conversions round here, especially with the ice cream cabinet.

    Not exactly your traditional basic Joey's boozer, though :-(

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  2. Yes, it reminds me of what they've done to some of their pubs round here too. Going from a couple to five cask beers in what is now a food-led pub is usually a recipe for slow turnover and poor quality, and how it's worked out in the ones I know which have been "transformed"/wrecked by Holt's.

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  3. Why are you writing advertorials?

    You becoming a full time beer communicator in the gig economy?

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    1. As Nev says, it's a reproduction of a column he writes for the local paper. The readers probably don't want rants about piped music and suchlike.

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  4. I've decided to write my next post to clarify my approach to these articles about local pubs.

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