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The Cloth Ear is The Merchant Hotel's comfortable public bar. The warm and welcoming interior provides the ideal environment to relax and enjoy oneself in style. Combining both modern and traditional elements with a healthy dose of the eccentric! For example, the many unique items of vintage and antique clothing, the wooden moose and deer heads and the classic 1930's - 1950's sheet music that adorn the walls.

An all day menu featuring the very best of homemade "comfort" food, from Macaroni cheese with field mushrooms to garlic prawns on toasted soda bread, is available every day (except Sundays) from 10.30am - 9pm Monday to Thursday and from 10.30am to 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays.

Speciality Beers
As well as an excellent selection of wines, spirits and non alcoholic drinks, The Cloth Ear features a superb range of speciality beers. Ranging from refreshing wheat beer - Hoegaarden to the exotic Bellevue Framboise, as well as a wide range of premium bottled and draught beers.