Pick & Shovel

A bit of a student & younger persons pub, nice décor, food ok. friday & saturdays get very busy & not many seats near front, lots people hang outside making loud noise & fights

If you’re a student, you’ll love this pub. What more can I say? Ace place LOL

Excellent place, everyone so friendly and helpful. The staff are good too.

best pub ever!!! :d

While I’ve had many good nights at the Pick and Shovel over the years, there’s no denying that the food, definitely lets the pub down. When I first moved to the area, the food was awesome; great value for money, delicious and a decent portion size too. By the time I left three years later, the price had gone up, the quality had gone down and the portions had shrunk considerably.
Prime example; after a long night of slaving away on uni coursework, my housemate and I ventured down to the Pick and Shovel for the mighty «hangover cure» fry up — the biggest breakfast on the menu. An hour and a half after ordering, it finally arrived, colder than the draught I was sitting in yet, somehow, overcooked. This would not be the last time I had to wait an annoyingly long time for a meal, only for it to turn out below my expectations. Once or twice, these kind of mistakes can be forgiven but when they become a regular occurrence it’s no longer a mistake but just poor standards.
Ah. Now that I’ve vented my anger at the shoddy food, on to the positives.
If you’re not sitting down for a meal, the pub is a great place to socialise, as everyone tends to know someone there at any given time. The drinks are well priced for the surrounding student area and promotions are held on various nights of the week. There is Sky Sports, making this an ideal venue to watch a big game and the pub is always packed with sports fans on big match occassions. Also, the music is usually top notch as the jukebox is a comprehensively stocked with more tracks than Simon Cowell’s iPod.
So if you’re looking for a social pub to watch the latest Premier League game with a pint and some friendly banter, the Pick and Shovel is a good choice. If you’re after some great tasting, quality food with excellent service, I’d probably look elsewhere.

Not bad for a chain pub. £1.50 a pint on a Monday evening — not to be sniffed at.

The Pick is a great night out on any night of the week. Theres an activity on every night of the week my favourite is Tuesday Night, Quiz Night £1 to enter and a guarentted laugh. They also have a Wii for Wii Pub Nights. Food here is also nice and reasonably priced.

Great little pub, popular with students and locals alike. Good range or drinks and promotions (try the bayside cooler cocktail if it’s available — it looks like trafic lights!).
Activities (other then eating and drinking) include darts, pool, music quiz, open mic nights and guitar hero competitions on the wii.
The staff are really friendly and the food is pretty good too for the money.

Nice friendly pub located on The Broadway in treforest. Has a pool table, Wii and Karaōke. Also serves nice food at reasonable prices.

Lovely pub on the main road through treforst. Drinks are cheap especially with a wristband which you can request from behind the bar. Has open mike nights and karaōke. The food here is also nice and reasonably priced. Has a mixture of students and more friendly locals.

imagine walkabout but about ¹⁄₃ the size top place lots of drink offers lots of random events regular quiz, karioke, open mike night generall laugh good night out

Very nice pub which is a clear favourite with the locals. Many TVs setup to shows sports. There is a pool table, quiz machine and a dart board available to use.
Food is served all day and is incredibly delicious. There are also many deals available. Simply by wearing a Pick & Shovel wrist band when there you get money off your drinks.