Nags Head On The Thames, Abingdonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I recently stayed in the hotel opposite. It looked OK from over the river, so popped in early Saturday night for a pre-dinner appetizer.
My wife failed to finish her drink and I couldn't neck mine quickly enough, such was the desire to escape. Chavs to the left of me, chavs by the door, stuck in the Nags Head. Not a pretty sight.
A great disappointment.
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Haha angelonthethames, are you one of the new managers by any chance? What a terribly biased, and inaccurate account of this pub. If you're going to promote your own pub, at least be subtle about it.
Anyway, clockworkpurple has this pub nailed, it's nice in the garden in the summer, but horrible at the weekends as the chav clientele is terrible.
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Having just moved into the area, i think that The Nags Head On The Thames is a really lovely little pub.
It has a huge beer garden that can cater for about 280 people on a hot summers day.
They have a jetty at the bottom of the garden where you can catch a boat trip into Oxford throughout the summer.
There is an outside bar which is fully equipped. They even do BBQ's in the summer (weather permitting).
They have just had a new menu, which is so much better than the last one. This one is more classy.
They have a DJ on every Friday, and he plays all the latest tunes. They do however have doormen on, on a Friday, but this is just to keep out the rif raf, and to keep it an entertaining evening, rather than a punch up!They are even advertising for live bands! This place is really coming on.
There is even a big screen so that you can watch the football. They are showing all the England games, because they are all on terrestrial telly. If they get busier, you never know, they might even get Sky back!
They have near enough a whole new team in there, and that includes the managers. And from what i have seen of them so far, they won't stand any messing around, but they are really friendly.
As far as i am concerned, this is the best place to go in Abingdon.
Tell everyone........
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There are two sides to this pub...
On a quiet summer day it's a lovely place to go and sit by the river. Great views, and if you get a day where there are few kids running about it's pretty peaceful too.
If you make the mistake of going there on a Friday/Saturday night, expect to get abused by Stella'd up chavs/alcopop-drinking, semi-naked chavettes getting trashed before they go to Stickies. Last time I went there in the evening a guy was been physically thrown out of the pub by the bouncers as I arrived. Nice. There's a "dancefloor" of sorts, but I can't say I've ever gone close enough to experience it.
The one time I ate there the food was edible, somewhere between standard pub fare and school dinners. The cider is not particularly good, but then they serve Blackthorn, which I don't really like.
There are far nicer places to frequent in Abingdon, so unless it's sunny, or you're a chav, i would AVOID.
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My comments in May still stand.
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My god how this place has changed. It was bad enough when they closed it down in the early 90's and tarted it up. Yes it was run down but it had real character!! I went in there for the first time in years and I stayed for a pint and left; I actually felt threatened by the people in there. It was full of under age Chavs power drinking Stella and shouting and urguing with each other. It was horrible. Unless you are 16 and generally wear a lot of Burberry, avoid like the plague!!!
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A great place to spend a summers afternoon. Has it's own little island on the river. Inside average, food ok, dont expect to be blown away but not bad.
Normally has either Director's or Bass. Needs bouncers on Friday and Saturday nights which suggests it may not be so good a choice in the evenings.
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I think I must of hit this place at a bad time. Ill give it one more try
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very nice pub, excellent food.
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