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One more Fuller’s house in the heart of Fuller’s country. Unfortunately no Chiswick on, but the Pride was good. I was in the Sutton Arms recently and the guv’nor told me that you couldn’t but a pint of Chiswick on Chiswick High Rd – looks like he is probably right.
Food is mainly Thai and seemed reasonably priced but they did have an “English Menu” including Chicken Cajun; Chicken Kiev, as well as Irish and Mexican coffee. The music was a bit too loud for my liking, but that’s just my opinion.
All things considered I think that this is a pretty decent pub retaining numerous original features, including an extremely attractive fireplace in a separate alcove. Quite happy to visit here again.
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Place is "managed" by a man who appears not to appreciate the difference between customer service and his own ego. I imagine Fullers will be looking into this. Clearly the beer is good. Fullers don't do bad beer, but this establishment needs a staff refresh asap. Check out the red haired lass. She's a first class nutter in my own opinion.
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The relaxed atmosphere, friendly governor and the perfect sound level of the music made my short stay in here very pleasant.
The lounge like area with the fire blazing was an excellent touch. It was 3 quid a pint which seems pretty average for this area.
If I’m around this area again I will definitely try for a longer stay.
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Excellent pub - beautifully kept Edwardian decor with real fire. Authentic feel - everything's brown - but that's how it was in the old days! Good beer and friendly bar staff as well.
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Good beer all round, and a fine building. Well worth a visit...
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Very well kept ale and the Thai food excellent too. I particularly like sitting in the saloon (on the Acton Lane side) which retains its fittings from when the opub went up in 1910 - a delightful place for a drink.
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ESB well kept -- which is half the battle. Decor an acceptable compromise between modern refurb and trad boozer. Lighting a bit on the dim side. However, best asset is the Thai restaurant within -- good grub and cheery staff. You need to walk a long way up the road towards Hammersmith to improve on this.
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Visited this pub for lunch yesterday - thai meal was really good and pretty good value for money - and ended up staying for a few more hours (not to mention pints). I think this is the only pub I've been to where the pride was actually drinkable......
I'll defintely be back for another pint or two sometime soon.
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comfy pub & thai resteraunt at back fantastic!
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Great looking pub, inside and out. Thai food pretty good although it can get complicated transferring bills from the bar. The Fullers beer is superb - you can almost see the brewery from the pub! Barmaid a bit crap but she hasn't spoiled the last 3-4 visits...come to think of it is there only 1 barmaid
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A pub where the refurb actually made it better (this must be a first!!). Nice pub, good beer and the resturant looks get (though I have yet to actually eat there). Only negative is that the bar staff do need to be more aware about who is waiting to be served.
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Lovely pub, recently done out. Thai restaurant is fantastic. Excellent food, and service to match everytime I've been (and I've been here loads of times).
Bar area is lovely too, but as already mentioned, there seems to be an old fella' on every table. Bar service is sometimes out of turn, and there is a modest amount of outside drinking situated on the High Road. Perfect for when the sun is out.
Graam - 10 Apr 2006 19:49 |
The sensitively done redecoration of this pub has only made things better. A good mix of normal people, very well kept Fuller's beers, surroundings with character and the very good Thai restaurant at the back makes this place well worth a visit. A good, unpretentious proper pub.
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Great friendly pub. The thai resturant at the back is qite nice. The decor makes you feel like you are in a jungle
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A great boozer, full of old bar flys, talking about the old days. Lovely interior, dark mahogony and mirrors. Used to go in around 5ish a good mix of people.
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Lovely pub. Excellent Fullers beers and so comfortable and lovely on a cold day. A real proper pub.
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What a change! Good beers, cosy place, especially when the fires are going, prompt service and friendly staff, plus a thai restaurant. Speedy delivery of food and at a good price for the lunch crowd. Have found myself frequenting here more and more....
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comfy pub with excellent thai resteraunt at back.yes i know its all been done before but the food is GOOD!!!
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Not a bad refurbishment by Fullers standards - still feels like a proper pub and still worth visiting.
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Currently closed for refurbishment - re opening at midday on 5 October. Let's hope it hasn'tbeen vandalised as it was a classic pre closure
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Lovely building. Another good Fullers/Thai combo pub which I visited once and felt welcomed and relaxed straight away.
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Splendid pub - London Pride in good form as ever. Best pub on this stretch of the High Road
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Great Fullers. Delightful staff, good food, nice atmosphere and a short stagger from the tube. Damn near perfect.
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This was always a great pub. Used to work at Honda in Chiswick in the eighties and we used to gallop down to the Packhorse for a Saturday lunchtime drink before they closed at 3.00pm. Those the were the sad early closing days.
Tommy Cooper, the comedian, was there sometimes and he was always game for a laugh and a chat. He drank half a Pride but never offered a round. He was quite happy to accept a drink. We were delighted to be entertained by the great man and he was just as funny in real life.
There was a tough Irish barmaid there called Nuala with flaming red cheeks who told me ‘Don’t you know when you have enough’ when I asked for a pint of ESB after last orders. Happy days but watch that ESB.
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I've only been in this pub the once but I now work in the area so I will definitely be going back. It's a nice friendly place with a good range of beers.
The Thai restaurant at the back is very spacious (but you'll end up waiting a while on Friday lunchtime). The food is excellent and very well priced.
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Good down-to-earth Fullers pub. Liked it better before they turned a large part of it into a Thai restaurant, but I have eaten there and it was very good.
Its still a pub with a lot of character. Its best on sunny summer evenings (when it gets pretty full early evening after work, but usually quietens off later) or on winter nights when you can sit by one of the two open fires.
Always good friendly service and a great pint of Guinness. (The Fullers is no better than anywhere else, but no worse either.)
Johnno - 4 Jun 2004 16:09 |
Tommy Cooper used to drink here, but he doesn't any longer.
hector - 21 May 2004 17:55 |
Good local pub with Thai food, run by the former manager of Latymer's on Hammersmith Road. Full range of Fuller's beers.
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This is my favourite Chiswick pub - a good mix of people, friendly staff and a good pint. I've heard good things about the Thai restaurant but haven't sampled it.
Sally - 9 Feb 2004 12:40 |
Decent traditional local.
Irish landlord with a Thai wife - good combination.
Simon Q - 20 Jan 2004 17:46 |
Decent traditional boozer. How can people slag this off and then call the Packhorse and Talbot up the road a quality boozer? Unless, of course, they're confusing the two?
Good for: pints 5 > 6 of a piss up.
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This pub is a great Thai resaurant. As far as pubs go it is pretty poor, but is a good compromise if you have to go to a restaurant but would rather go to a pub.
Brad Dawson - 21 Aug 2003 16:30 |
This Pub Sucks Ass! Wouldn't be so bad but for all the developers that seem to frequent the place, talk about dull. I prefer Tommy's over the road as the doing the place up so you can go and watch the paint dry.
Anon - 8 Aug 2003 10:13 |
Busy...but boring as stodge and filled up with old geezers....try the Barley Mo (practically opposite) for some fine gals !
anon1 - 7 Aug 2003 17:51 |
Good Thai food with quick, friendly service and very low staff turnover.
anonymous - 9 Jul 2003 17:32 |
Great Pub and the busiest in the area, ie beats the Pack horse and Talbot and every other Pub on the High Street, The same manage there for the last eight years thus no all the riff raff have being long put out. No pool Table. 2 min walk for Chiswick park Station and it also has a great Thai Resturant. Pub size is very big, with spotless toliets.
Michael - 10 Dec 2002 17:43 |
