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About us

Real Ale

Are you looking for a pub in Reading serving great real ale? The Retreat was one of the pubs in Reading to be included in CAMRA’s very first Good Beer Guide in 1974 and was listed yet again in CAMRA’s 2022 Good Beer Guide.

Live Music

Check our listings pages for live music in Reading and jazz in Reading. People from across Berkshire come to our events. There are a lot of pubs in Reading, try The Retreat Reading pub.

Jazz Music

Our Jazz sessions are legendary. We have a popular monthly live Jazz Sunday as well as other live Jazz music gigs at The Retreat.

Events

We don’t just have live music events. Look here for our events list including our pub quiz night. People from across Berkshire come to our events.

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Facilities

Dogs allowedReal aleLive musicQuiz nights
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Reviews

4.6/5

Kaisa Nikulainen

2 months ago

Magical tiny pub. Very tasty cherry porter.

Roger Green

3 months ago

Great hole in the wall local pub. Really friendly and decent ales too. Lovely clean bog too.

Alan Cross

3 months ago

Lovely little pub, friendly atmosphere, great selection of drinks, including Titanic Plum Porter

Philip Read

4 months ago

Enjoyed my visit. Friendly service and good choice of beers.

Matt Reid

8 months ago

A small residential local, with a excellent selection of ales, a small bar area, with a much larger lounge area behind.

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