Up to the main road from the Hotel Majestic and 20 yards along it to the right is the Jolly Blu – The Pub, a spacious bar that seems popular for food and I think the prices as it seemed to be a tad cheaper than many. I think the subtitle of “The Pub” is certainly to attract the British clientele as is the full English breakfasts and fish & chips on the menu. Local wine is served at just 3.5 euros for ½ a litre but although it wasn’t the worst I taste, it might have come a close second. We think it was still fermenting in the jug. However they also have a range of bottles starting at a reasonable 10 euros and they do some interesting beers. Devil’s Kiss was an impressive red beer which was much like a Begium Trappist Ale at 5.5 euros per half litre and at 6.5% packed a punch. The Elephant was even stronger at 7.2% and tasted like a thick lager and a shade cheaper at 5 euros. Both of these were on draught together with another two offerings that I don’t recall, and there were also a lot of bottled beers on the menu including Chimay.
Just through the gates on entry are tables set in a garden area around a small water fountain, and further in is the bar itself to the right and a covered area that is more pub like to the left with wooden booth type table and the flat screen TV. Of course when we were there on a “football” evening they had no ess than 9 TVs from little portables to flat screen plasmas and big screen projectors, so if you like to see the match while you are away it may well be a good choice.
Certainly worth going in for a few drinks (avoiding the local wine of course) and the meals looked OK from watching plates going to other tables, but bear in mind that tripadvisor reviews listed it as 18 out of 18 for restaurants in the area, so the general opinion isn’t particularly high
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