Natalie C.
Yelp
My husband and I were looking up places to go for a date night. He and I enjoy the beer garden type pubs so when I came across Pretentious on Yelp, I knew it was our kind of place.
It's located in the old city, right next to an Asian restaurant (I forget the name of it); but I believe that's the restaurant where if you order food, it comes from there. Speaking of food, while we did not order any, the smells from the restaurant while sitting outside in the garden area of the pub, was incredible! So I'm sure their food also tastes great (hopefully!). I also appreciated that they have several menus--regular, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free!
The beers and ciders on tap were also pretty good. I can't speak for beer since I don't drink it, but the ciders I tried were good! I had 2-the first was a sultry cherry which, I'm not going to lie, I got it first because it said it was made with edible glitter. While I sadly couldn't see the glitter, the taste was very good! A great cider to sit in the evening summer sun and sip. The other one, again--bad with names and I forget it--it was okay, but I liked the sultry cherry most.
Another cool fact about this place is that on the other side, is a glass shop where they blow their own glassware. This is the shop that makes all the glasses Pretentious uses. Plus! It's open so you can walk through and see where/how they make glass. It was pretty unique!
So when you come to Pretentious, expect some great cider and beer to sip on while enjoying the outside seating, yummy smelling food and more cultured experience of enjoying glass art in one place!