Spike Islander, Sholing

Large two room community pub with large beer garden with playground. Family friendly place. We popped in during a January weekend on a family pub crawl. I don't recall the beers. I suspect they had no cask, so I had a Guinness. I remember the place being laid back, casual and friendly. with a mixed group of customers of all ages. It's good for locals, it's a useful stop on a pub crawl, but it's not a place to come out of your way for.

Spike Island is the local name for Sholing

Date: Jan 2015    Score: 4

Spike Islander in the spring

Driving past on a sunny Sunday afternoon in May and I popped in to confirm they have no cask. Yes, Guinness is the best on offer.

There are two bars. The public bar is the main room, accessed via an entrance corridor which leads to the lounge and the toilets. There's a pool table, darts board, and a TV showing sport. The bar has around seven males of varying ages, sitting mostly in silence. I went into the garden, accessed via the lounge bar, which contained several more males - one sitting alone reading a paper, and a party of four quietly chatting over bottles of Newcastle Brown. The back garden is mostly lawn, with two pieces of children's play equipment, several wood pub tables, and a covered smoking area by the back door.

The pub in general is laid back and casual, and provides a valuable service to the local community, though would have little to offer outsiders, other than a stop on a pub crawl.

The back beer garden

Date:  May 2017   Score: 4


115 South East Road,  SO19 8JR


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