Visited in December 2014 when the place didn't do food, and left a review on BeerInTheEvening:
| Corner location 1930s red brick pub. Nice homely feel to this locals' pub. Place is smaller inside than appears from outside. Decor is tired and rather like your nan's house. It has its charm, but will appeal mainly to the elderly - who are the only other customers on my visit. No food - just crisps, apart from Wednesday evening, when there is a curry night. Three casks - Doom, HSB, and a Bowman. Free wifi - password is behind the bar. I quite like the place, but its charms are limited, and - other than being an outlet for the excellent Bowman beers, I wouldn't recommend you to go out of your way to come here; but if you're in the area, then yes, drop in. Dec 2014 |
Built by Brickwoods Ltd, a now closed Portsmouth brewery, in the 1930s. The pub passed to Whitbread & Co when Whitbread bought out Brickwoods in 1971. It is currently owned by Enterprise Inns (now called the Ei Group), who bought this and over 1,800 other pubs from Whitbread in 2002.
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| The rather quaint chintzy interior |
Date: Dec2014 Score: 6
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| The ambience |
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| The rather nice beers |
Visited with Myles for one of our regular pub lunch meet ups. It's a tidy place. Serves food and decent beers. Clean and well kept. Myles liked it rather more than I did. I liked it also, but was held back by the rather chintzy look of the place which makes it feel more like an old people's home than a pub.
Date: June 2019 Score: 6
As of April 2021, open for drinks only in limited outside seating - beer garden accessible via public bar. Limited hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 3pm to 9pm; Friday to Sunday: 1pm to 8pm (maybe later).
Date: April 2021
Popped in for lunch, but we're the only customers, and there's no cooked food. The very helpful and pleasant lad behind the bar does us a couple of sandwiches/baguettes.
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| Local beers |
Each time I've been in the Hop Inn has served local beers. On this visit it was Stoke by the Eastleigh brewery, Steam Town. The place does have the feel of an old people's home, but we felt comfortable. Sad that with no other customers and no hot food on offer it's likely this is a place we'll be giving a skip in future.
Date: July 2022 Score: 5
Beers drunk: Ramsbury Milk Stout; Alfred's Saxon Bronze; Steam Town Stoke;
199 Woodmill Lane
Southampton
SO18 2PH
Open: Noon to 11pm
Food: Noon to 2.30, 5 - 9 Tue - Fri
* BITE
* WhatPub
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| Enterprise Inns (Ei Group) |
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