Merchants’ House

How and why did Red Lizard manage to exist for as long as it did? Eh? Answer me that! Go on. I’m waiting… Fine then, I’ll continue.
Gone m’dears is the sunburnt reptile-​like one to be replaced by the rather grand (yet cosy… I know) Merchants’ House. Gone are the ruff and ready couches, pool table and U.S.A (!!!) vibe to be replaced with… well, wood, and lots of it! The entire place has been woodified to the nth degree and looks the better for it.
Bar? Prett well stocked, with the focus on whiskys, bourbons… christ, I never looked at the beer selection! Ach well, I’ll just have to make a return visit then! Besides the beer fact finding mission, this place offers up another outstanding reason for a return visit and thats the grub on offer. Having popped in for lunch with the same hungry monkey who accompanied me on my latest visit to the neighbouring Blackfriars, we were indulged in some right cracking grub. A steak salad for the famished one and a haggis /​cheese sandwich with chips for yours truly (that’s me).
Well tickle me with a feathery goat until I either cry, make a funny snorting noise out my nose or spontaneously combust, that was kick ass grub and at a reasonable price too considering the quality and of coures the location.
Add some excellent service to the mix and you have yourself a real viable option for some great pub grub down this end of town. Whether this place has the vibe when the night crowd rolls in, remains to be seen. I would however, be more than keen to give it a go… hey, like I said, I have the beer to check out!