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Not as good a choice as I remembered, though they did have one from Twickenham Ales; Autumn Blaze, plus Pedigree & courage. I noticed they are doing 'Friday food specials, cuisine from a bygone era' - todays is Lancashire Hotpot wi braised red cabbage, a fiver. If not, there's a good chippy over the road & I'd intended to walk down to the river with some fish&chips, a plan dashed by a cancelled train causing me to miss the 2pm close (of the chip shop).
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Nice pint and not bad food.Took a while to get served as the staff were busy chatting to people they new,Was stopped from buying another by a rather frosty landlady who told me she'd rang the bell.Lacks the atmosphere to be a real locals pub.The sort of pub that wouldn't look out of place off covent garden.But thats nothing bad.If your looking for a real quiet drink go to the other Railway up the road.
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Excellent pub for a quality pint
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Nice bitters available. Half decent boozer this.
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Lovely pub with friendly staff and locals, highly recommended. Don't be tempted to opt for the Railway Hotel - it might be a bit nearer the station, but it's not a patch on the Bell.
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The best service in town. The service is always friendly and it always feels like a welcoming local. Great in the summer when the garden is always packed to the rafters.
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Called in here for the first time breaking my journey on the train home. I'd heard there were Twickenham beers available, and I wasn't disappointed. Excellent pint in comfortable surroundings. Certainly go again.
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This used to be my regular for saturday session before the football at Beveree and a good sunday session 30 yrs ago and is second on my list to visit when i come back for the first time from oz on a holiday
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Friendly bar, local chat, Twickenham ales, great stuff. And a good chippy round the corner.
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The Railway Bell, or "The Dip" is a small friendly pub, the whole of the left hand side of the building is 'no smoking' and popular for that reason. Handy for Hampton railway station, if you're ever inclined to use the railway. The food is good & reasonably priced too. Its nearby rival pub 'The Railway Tavern' doesn't open until 3pm during the week, so "The Dip" is the place for lunch, when in the area. I too will recommend this bar. TJ
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I agree with mattygroves - in fact she was the last person I drank in there with! Good Twickenham Ales and stonking portions at lunchtime. Very reasonably priced. food too.
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"The Dip" has come a long way lately. The management have changed (so the betting slips above the bar are gone) and the bar has been refurbished, There is now a new bar (literally), a non-smoking room complete with fireplace (and the non-smoking room really IS a seperate room, not just a little area supposedly smoke free), a pleasant garden, and the cleanest windows I have ever seen.
There is a good selection of beers and wines (I favour the Autumn Blaze, I think it's called), and a full menu (burgers, bangers and the like), along with a barbeque in the summer.
The loos could do with re-doing - whilst they are clean, they are old and tired. The smoking area is VERY smoky, and not refurbished to the same standard as the non-smoking.
Other than that, it is a very nice pub, with a mix of clientele (when I've been in, it's been mostly over 30s, but not exclusively).
Recommended.
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Locals call this pub "The Dip". I wondered what they were on about at first, but that's the answer! One of the better pubs in Hampton now, tho' I'm told that there are also some good ones down the High Street. Shall go there next.
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The place has improved steadily over the past couple years and now boasts a very nice front garden with plenty of seating. Limited menu but the food is quite good, as are the beers. Beer pricing is in line with central London rather than the suburbs, but it's a pleasant place to spend an evening so the extra 10p a pint is well spent.
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Really nice pub: Friendly, welcoming, good food, lovely garden. Nice non-smoking bar.
Glad we found it when we moved to Hampton.
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It's gradually getting there. A lot of work has been done to the seating area outside and makes it look a lot more inviting and comfortable too. Great BBQ's during the summer and the quality of the ales has improved. Perhaps need to think of re-vamping the toilets now. Keep up the good work though.
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Seemed OK to me. Beer was nothing spesh, but there was a nice atmosphere.
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What a great pub - good service, nice food and virtually chav-less. Great!
TheGP - 18 Feb 2006 18:16 |
I wouldn't take my worst enemy to this place!
Totally a large bacardi & coke joint & constant scrabble playing brigade! ZZZZzzzzzzz!
anonymous - 26 Oct 2005 00:00 |
Visited on a warm evening, my second time in this pub.
Decor is okay. Beer and bar staff not okay.
The Battersea bitter was going off - metallic and yeasty taste.
The next pint - Greene King IPA - was also going off: a musty, unpleasant taste. But the landlady said there couldn't be anything wrong with it because it was a new barrel. Well, I've had Greene King many times before and this was the first time it has tasted nasty.
And all the measures were short - even a half pint was well over one centimetre below the rim of the glass.
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A well hidden and seemingly decent pub. But like Mike, the flooring made it feel a bit too Slug and Lettuce for my liking.
TheGP - 25 Apr 2005 19:22 |
Quiet pub, one of the better pubs in Hampton in fact. Better in the summer for the outdoor drinking, the inside is ok, but for some reason has laminate "wood" flooring.
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This pub is under new management and has great staff and fantastic roast dinners.
Jane Gent - 23 Feb 2004 16:34 |
Has been refurbished or something, looks fantastic! very nice, friendly atmosphere
joan - 29 Dec 2003 14:12 |
