Three Tuns Hotel

At last this High Street pub seems to have found a period of stability since Paul took over a couple of years back.
Before this, the ancient hostelry had been pushed and pulled in every direction imaginable as the brewery rebuilt, remodelled and refurbished what had previously been the best pub in Sutton without question. Yes, in hindsight, they should have left well alone but the pub is now doing pretty well for itself despite all the interference. The beer is always good and the food is probably even better. It may not be the classiest thing to have noticed, but this place does the best pub chips in Sutton and possibly Birmingham.
Even its disenfranchised former regulars are now willing to come back! The pub is committed to the local live music scene if that’s you’re thing but it can get pretty noisy here of a weekend. However, I prefer to take advantage of the boozer’s excellent juke box. It may be the only one left in Sutton, but that doesn’t mean they’re complacent. The juke box is well stocked and has everything you could want to set the tone of any drinking occasion. I’m pretty glad to say the Tuns maybe back at last!

Oldest pub in town; haunted; likely the rest spot to which Sutton’s one and only namecheck in Shakespeare refers… what’s not to like?
Well, inevitably, it’s a shadow of its former self following an extensive rennovention to make the site into a more practical, open-​plan unit (its original two bars were formerly split by a centuries-​old and literal carriageway). That said, the refurb was broadly sympathetically done, with glazing rather than a roof now over the paved strip on which horses once trod — and there’s no getting away from it, the move to effectively double the available space has seen a boost in customers.
But despite the impact on the site’s fundamental character, it remains, even with a decent food menu and live music, a drinker’s pub; attracting regulars who remember the good old days, a post-​work crowd from neighbouring sites on High Street and those looking for nightlife a bit more cheerful than spit and sawdust or endlessly replicated chain banality. Its on-​the-​edge-​of-​town location is another appeal for those who feel their days of rubbing shoulders with teens on alcopops are behind them.
Just don’t expect it to work as a venue for sporting events. The TVs aren’t particularly tiny, but there are no natural viewing sweet spots — a shame as this used to be one of the pub’s biggest draws. But never mind the quality, feel history’s width…