The Marquis Of Cornwallis

This pub's previous incarnation - the Goose & Granite - was truly HORRID! But with its proximity to the new and improved Brunswick Centre it was only a matter of time before it was closed down to be given a make-over.

Still owned by Mitchells & Butlers this is now an unbranded pub, filled with battered leather couches, scrubbed down tables and chairs, lots of cutesy knick-knacks, tatty lamp shades and serving up a gastro-style menu with plenty of old favourites such as ham, egg and chips.

There's plenty of tables and chairs on the ground floor as well as an upstairs room (which can be hired out for functions)and some tables and chairs outside. There is an extensive selection of spirits, wines, lagers, along with a few ales and flavoured beers, and the staff are efficient and usually quite good fun.

I've had a couple of ropey drinks (the Kriek and the Timothy Taylor Landlord) but I suspect they were the first ones out of the pump that day. Everything seems fairly well-kept otherwise.

The clientele is a bit more desirable these days, and is formed mainly of locals, workers, students...the usual crowd for this area really.

It does still grate on me a bit that it's a M&B pub, but when you weigh it up against the O'Neills opposite and the ghastly London Pub across on Woburn Place then you realise that M&B have done a pretty good job with this place. And as I say, its so much better than the Goose and Granite.