The Sword Inn Gloucester
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About The Sword Inn Gloucester
On Westgate St in Gloucester, The Sword Inn Gloucester is a Craft Union pub that shows live sport on its TVs, so a fixture can be followed over a drink. The pub is at 43-45 Westgate St and suits a group of friends meeting for a match as well as a casual catch-up. Dogs are welcome, which means a visitor can bring their own dog along when they come in to watch the game.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sports on tv, reasonable drink prices, outside seating and lack of real ales.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sports on tv, reasonable drink prices, outside seating and lack of real ales.
Customer Review Summary
The Sword Inn is valued most as a lively, traditional pub for watching sport, with reviewers pointing to the many TVs and Sky Sports alongside the outside seating. Close behind is the staff: reviewers call them polite and quick, describe one barman as helpful and friendly, and say the management treat nothing as too much trouble. Drink prices are called superb and reasonable, and one reviewer found the beer very tasty and served quickly before a carol concert at the nearby cathedral. Another calls it the only pub in Gloucester with life and atmosphere. The recurring complaint is the ale range. Two reviewers each took off a star for the lack of hand pulled or real and craft ales, and one asks for bottled ales to be stocked. One also objects to smokers blocking the entrance and playing loud music outside, and another sensed some rowdy customers one evening. Reviewers close on the sense of a proper boozer they plan to return to.
Customer Review Summary
The Sword Inn is valued most as a lively, traditional pub for watching sport, with reviewers pointing to the many TVs and Sky Sports alongside the outside seating. Close behind is the staff: reviewers call them polite and quick, describe one barman as helpful and friendly, and say the management treat nothing as too much trouble. Drink prices are called superb and reasonable, and one reviewer found the beer very tasty and served quickly before a carol concert at the nearby cathedral. Another calls it the only pub in Gloucester with life and atmosphere. The recurring complaint is the ale range. Two reviewers each took off a star for the lack of hand pulled or real and craft ales, and one asks for bottled ales to be stocked. One also objects to smokers blocking the entrance and playing loud music outside, and another sensed some rowdy customers one evening. Reviewers close on the sense of a proper boozer they plan to return to.
Featured reviews
- Matthew MacNally
“Lovely city pub lots of charm & great service will come again with others”
- Billy Burton
“Great pub, nice people and good clean pint. Watched sports and people go by. Only complaint is smokers blocking the entrance and playing their own crap.music outside.”
- Chris Oliver
“Traditional boozer and reasonable prices. Only lost a star for lack of a hand pulled ale.”
- vince mcloughlin
“Great barman very helpful and friendly, good atmosphere, but no choice of real/craft ales. Loses a star for that. Get bottles of ales in.....”
- Rogers Diane
“Brilliant locals local staff are ace but the management are second to none nothing is too much trouble for anyone in the sword”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Highlights
“Welcome to The Sword Inn Gloucester, your friendly Craft Union local. We offer refreshingly good value, live sport, and a proper pub atmosphere. Whether it's match day or a catch-up with mates, The Sword Inn Gloucester is your go-to.”
- Great beer selection
- Live performances
- Sports
Amenities
- Wi-Fi
- Dogs allowed
- Dine-in
- Alcohol
- Cozy
- Beer
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- Food
- Live performances
- Sports
- Restroom
- Offerings· 3
- Cocktails
- Hard liquor
- Wine
- Atmosphere· 1
- Casual
- Crowd· 2
- Groups
- Tourists
- Dining options· 1
- Seating
- Highlights· 1
- Great beer selection
Location
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- Cross Keys Inn4.23140.1 mi£10–20Wheelchair accessibleOutdoor seating
weekend live music, outdoor garden seating, outdoor karaoke music
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sword Inn GloucesterWi-Fi | 4.3300 | — | £10–20 | sports on tv, reasonable drink prices, outside seating |
| The Drunken DuckReservations · Outdoor seating | 4.8246 | 0 mi | £10–20 | pac-man arcade machine, free pool upstairs, craft ales and beers |
| The Fountain InnWheelchair accessible | 4.61,535 | 0 mi | — | steak and jail ale pie, real ales selection, burger |
| Cross Keys InnWheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating | 4.2314 | 0.1 mi | £10–20 | weekend live music, outdoor garden seating, outdoor karaoke music |
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