Review

'The Live and Let wins admiration for its ale, and has collected awards for the quality and variety. We liked the Umbel Ale, a Nethergate brewery choice brewed with coriander - just one of a number of real ales to choose from.

This is the sort of place to try new and unfamiliar brews. In the past four years over 500 have been available. Enjoy them without the distraction of music, fruit machines or pool tables among people who always seem to be

This is the sort of place to try new and unfamiliar brews. In the past four years over 500 have been available

having a good time. The sidestreet pub -- only as big inside as a few largish parking spaces --- fosters good feeling. Simply and traditionally furnished with well-used chairs, tables and a small bar, all of bare wood, the pub serves unfancy food -- sandwiches, burgers, chips nicely priced with most items under a fiver. The pub cat ambling around adds to the pleasant atmosphere.

The name of the pub apparently hails from the mid 1800's when the landlord protested against a law permitting anybody to sell beer. Everywhere people were brewing and selling beer from the front room so the landlord covered his establishment with posters protesting the act and demanding that Parliament give him a break. The posters read 'Live and Let Live' and the name subsequently stuck.