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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Thursday, 12 May 2022

Miltons Tap, Buxton, Derbyshire

 


Miltons Tap, 63 Spring Gardens, Buxton
01298 24733

This was previously called Milton's Head, it underwent a refurb in 2019-2020. The result is a mixture of booths and wooden tables at the back which give a retro slightly Seventies feel, and a narrow Victorian tap room at the front on the right, which must have a coal fire because it smells of coal smoke. No, that isn't a bad smell. If you're old enough to have been brought up with coal fires it's nostalgic. A nice touch, it has antique metal adverts along the wall at the back.

ambience - 3
Friendly, lively, piped music but muted

decor - 3
comfortable seating

Service - 5
fast, efficient, friendly

Real ales - 2

Features - 3
Serves food
child friendly
dog friendly

Toilets - 3

Score 19 out of 30

A high street pub, unremarkable like all of them, but friendly enough that you would want to go back regularly if you lived near.

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