Festival of Remembrance, 5th - 11th November 2018
Our November beer festival this year is appropriately themed around the end of the First World war. With 100 ales and traditional ciders, as well live music, WW1 poetry, a very interesting presentation on Rugby (the town) by local historian John Frearson and of course Dr Busker!
ALL the entertainment is free of charge, and all we ask is that you make a donation to our chosen charities for the event SSAFA and The Royal British Legion. Beer list to follow soon.
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Christmas 2018
Christmas is fast approaching Have you booked your christmas party yet ? If not why not ? We can cater for all parties large and small any day of the week, lunchtimes or evenings. Just give us a call or pop in and see us. Check out our mouth watering menu and, new for this year you can have your own bar and bar tender, no more queuing for your favourite Christmas tipple ! If your too busy in December not to worry we can do Christmas in January and even February !!!!!!!!!
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Christmas music nights 2018
When considering the date for your Christmas party why don't you choose an evening with live music on. Just see the calendar of events, select an evening and give us a call (01788 571119) or speak to a member of staff to see if we can accommodate your party. Bookings being taken Monday to Sunday lunctimes and evenings.
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Coming up this week Today 23/10 Entertainment The Songbook Preachers (9pm)Join us this evening from 9:00pm for some great live music from the Songbook Preachers! Saturday 27/10 Live Sport Saracens V Tigers (3pm)Premiership Rugby Cup next Sunday 28/10 Live Sport Newcastle v Exeter (3pm)Premiership Rugby Cup next Monday 29/10 Special Event The Merchants magical monthly quiz hosted by Stevie B (8pm)Come along and test your neurons! £1 per person to enter, maximum of 6 people per team, proceeds to The Friends of St Cross hospital Rugby |
The Merchants Inn
Voted the Best pub in Britain to watch the game of Rugby in by the world renown Melrose Seven's
March 2018
The Pub of Rugby and winner of The Coventry and Warwickshire Tourism Award for Best Pub 2015
Welcome to Merchants Inn, where you'll find great beer and food but also see we're a little mad about our Real Ale and Rugby.
Nestled on Little Church Street in the heart of Rugby, there's no better place to drink great real ales and watch top live rugby.
Real Ales
We stock 4 house beers and have a selection of 4 -6 guest ales rotating regularly and we were recently awarded The 'Puritan' Pub of the Year 2015 by The Purity Brewing Co.
During a regular week don't be surprised to see as many as 25 different ales on tap.
For Real Ale lovers we also house one of the largest independent collections of brewery memorabilia in the country!
We also have a massive range (100+) of Belgian, German and American craft beers.
The Home of The Game
When visiting the home of Rugby you'll want to visit a pub that is the heart of the game, and that's The Merchants Inn. In fact you can actually see where the game was invented right from our front door. We have very good links with Rugby School, Wasps, Leicester Tigers, Northampton Saints and The Matt Hampson Foundation.
The Merchants has a reputation for being the best place to watch live rugby. We have giant screens and an atmosphere that is second only to being there. We will be showng Aviva premiership and European cup games
Food
We serve lunch from 12-3 Monday to Thursday, 12-7 Friday and our Sunday Lunch is legendary, and is very busy between 12-5 every week so book in advance. Our motto is 'Local, Seasonal, Fresh' as everything is sourced as close as humanly possible and our chefs don't bring anything in prepared - everything is made fresh.
Events & Beer and Food Festivals (check out the events diary page)
We're always busy with something happening on a regular basis including live music EVERY TUESDAY and a quiz evening on the last Monday of every month. We host 2 beer festivals per year selling over 100 ales at each and 1 cider festival per year selling over 100 ciders plus a German beer Festival in September. Did you know that we can now take card payements over the phone, JUST CALL 01788 571119
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