The Draughtsman Alehouse

It's the best beer bar in Doncaster... and beyond! Situated on Platform 3B of Doncaster station you will find a small cozy bar with a rotating selection of 7 keg and 3 cask beers, plus an excellent can and bottle selection. The beers are all top quality and often feature rare offerings from Europe and the US you wouldn't usually be able to get hold of. The staff are exceptional and provide a warm welcome. If you're not sure what to go for, set out your preferences and they'll suggest a beer (or two) for you.

Making only my second ever visit to Doncaster. Only previous visit was with Flat Eric for a football match. Madge with me this time. A short train ride from Sheffield. She spotted this small bar come café on Platform 3b so stopped for a quick half. A NZ Pale by Shiny brewery. A refreshing 3.9% beer. Lovely small interior. Sat outside on the platform. Two other real ales on sale.

I’m a big fan of the concept of pubs on railway platforms as a whole, but there are levels and this is at the top tier. Firstly, the range is on a different level. Cask from the likes of Thornbridge and Milestone on my visit, and included a varied Keg range from Dutch brewery Jopen that I haven’t seen anywhere else before, with a superb range in the fridge. The setting and ambience is fantastic, with the architecture and fittings being sympathetic to the golden age of train travel. Service was efficient, friendly and knowledgeable. And then there is the value, which in these times is different than it was a few years ago… but it felt like being in a fabulous timewarp with cask prices basically unchanged, and keg prices considering the ABV and rarity very reasonable indeed. If you are passing through Donny station - and even if you’re not - it’s worth booking a ticket that delays you for a good 90 minutes at the very least (and they do take out in cans and plastic milk bottles if you haven’t got time). I can’t speak highly enough of them.

Lovely micropub with plenty of cask,draft,can and bottled beers to choose from. Sit back and relax outside on the platform and watch the trains and people rush by. Excellent. Friendly staff and good prices. Good range of Bar snacks available. Excellently and sympathetically restored interior of the old station buffet, which before these guys was relegated to a dilapidated store room after the buffet was shut by British Rail in the early 1990's or there abouts. Will certainly be back. *hopefully those screens on the bar are taken down soon as you have to go to the side of them anyway to get the beer or speak properly to the bartender :)

Located on platform 3b in the former buffet room this is really good micro pub with a great selection of beers, the refurb had been done to a really high standard with excellent decor. We came on a sunny Saturday afternoon when it wasn't too busy, sat both inside and outside with a couple of quality beers. I would think it would get quite cramped when busier. Highly recommended.