Laurel Inn, Robin Hood's Bay

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In this county renowned for excellent watering-holes, the Laurel holds its own with the best. Think of your ideal Yorkshire pub: open fire, old brickwork, water bowls for visiting hounds, beer tankards-a-plenty, cosy corners and good ale. In this intriguing little smugglers' den on the North Yorkshire coast, of the three main pubs (and we tried them all) this little place is the loveliest, particularly after sunset when to leave it is a wrench. Granted, it may not offer the view the Bay Hotel boasts, or the scruffy charm of Ye Dolphin, nor is its exterior prepossessing. Fair enough, there's little by way of grub, there's no pool table or pub games, no TV and no jukebox. But none of this matters, for it has an intimate, pint-and-a-chat charm of yesteryear and is a regular CAMRA recommendation. There's a separate family room where children are welcome. The only criticism is the gents' outhouse (there are no gents' toilets inside), no laughing matter when it's barely above freezing in this Northern outpost.
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16 May 2010
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Not been for a while but lovely pub, lovely beer, great hosts,Brian and Lesley (she's gorgeous).

Serious drinkers pub in a wonderful setting, best appreciatd on a fine evening after after a day of sight seeing.

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Bay Bank, Robin Hood's Bay, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, YO22 4SE

01947 880400

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Robin Hood's Bay, around five miles south of Whitby on the North Yorkshire cost, is best reached by road. From either of the two main car parks at the top end of town, head in the direction of the waterfront. Bay Bank is one of the steep descents, around 300m from the water.

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14 Jun 11 Updated by FAPadmin