The Albion Pub on Hobson St. Photo / Janna Dixon
Address: 119 Hobson St, Auckland
Ph: (09) 379 4900
Website: albionhotel.co.nz
Someone asked me recently if I reviewed only good bars and I said no, I review whatever bars take my fancy and I'm very lucky that most of the time there is something to like about the places I pop into.
So I was fairly sure the Albion would be,
if not a great bar, at least acceptable. Boy was I ever wrong.
It was raining when I ducked in, en route to somewhere else. A pint and a bit of a rest, I thought, while I wait for the rain to stop, so I went to the bar and ordered a pint of Guinness. That was my first mistake; it was sour and the head was yellow, a sure sign of trouble.
My second mistake was asking the bloke behind the counter for a receipt. I'm not sure whether the task was beyond him or he simply couldn't be bothered, but he slapped down my pint with a grunt and wandered off to talk to someone else. I hung around for a bit, but he showed no sign of getting the receipt, so I retired to a table to try the Guinness.
