Hotel Bar
No real ale, but the bar and grill is open to non-residents, the entrance being to the right on entering St Ermin's Hotel. There are three regular and one seasonal keg beers: Meantime London Pale Ale, Meantime London Lager, Pilsner Urqell, and Peroni.
This is part of a very up-market hotel, so food should be available somewhere most of the time.
A service charge of 12 1/2% is added even if you are just sitting at the bar.
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