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Last visit ruined by some violent Spurs fans. Nice pub despite their efforts.
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Excellent range of varied real ales from the smaller independent micro-breweries with Harveys Best Bitter as a regular (and still at £2.50 per pint!). Also both a regular mild and porter available. The milds have been some of the best around including Hobsons, Jennings, JW Lees, Crouch Vale and Harveys - all superbly kept. Please keep up the good work.
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Large bar with huge range of beers attracts a relative young crowd. Beer quality is excellent the price though varies from the good (£2-50 for a Harveys) to the painful £3-75 for a Meantime stout. Some of the overseas drafts were over £4 a pint (maybe why this was why so many customers were paying on cards). Given the quality and the tremendous range I don’t my paying personally. Service was bit slow but then the place was extremely full on an early Sat evening and as stated using cash did not appear to be in fashion-well worth a visit on balance (try and pick a quieter time though)
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The previous licensee is legendary for his cellarmanship and the pub is renowned for its gourmet food. I understand that it is now run by a family member but the change appears to have been seamless. It’s a veritable magnet and rightly so. Good beer range in excellent condition and comfortable surroundings in which to sample them. What more would you want?
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For this regular it was a welcome return, after all these years, of the White Horse showing the Six Nations Rugby Internationals. Very civilised and convivial afternoon bringing back past enjoyable memories of watching the rugby here in pre Mark Dorber days when Chelsea football fans were banned from this pub by Sally!
Apparently due for refurbishment later this month when further handpumps will be added with plans for a good regular Mild thereon. The changes here as far as this customer is concerned are most welcome and it is apparent that the management are trying hard. One of the latest pleasures is the introduction of the excellent draught Aspalls cider. Harveys bitter still the best in town at £2.50 per pint!
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The beer selection here is excellent, including interesting American and European beers among a good selection of bitters.
However, the service seems to be going downhill fast. Yesterday, with the pub almost empty, I still stood for over ten minutes at the bar waiting for just two pints and a bottle of Goose Island IPA. Everything behind the bar seemed to be going in slow motion and although I didn't say anything in complaint, the service was blunt and delivered with a frown.
At the next visit to the bar, I glanced at the bottle I'd bought, to find that the Goose Island, not cheap at £3.50 a bottle, was four months out of date. Not a word of apology was issued (I'd already had one, after all) and it was only when I mentioned that I felt I shouldn't have been charged so much for an out of date beer on the previous round that I was offered an alternative beer for free.
This has the potential to be such a good pub but poor service and the sale of out of date product really devalues it.
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Great range of well kept real ales and imported lagers all very well priced for this area of London too. Nice covered, seated & heated outside area at the front to while away those balmy summer/winter hours. Food prices well OTT though. A very good outside BBQ on CFC home match days.
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Thoroughly enjoyable old ale festival the other weekend (thankfully with not a single plastic glass in sight). Excellent Hobsons Mild and full size skittles alley together with other traditional pub games specially brought in for the occasion.
As a local the welcome extended by the new management is refreshing and as a near pensioner I am delighted that the Harveys has been maintained at the very competitive price of £2.50 per pint.
One of the best real ale public houses in London (except on Chelsea football days!) with the new management receptive to trying new real ales not seen here before or not for a long time. The food is pretty good too.
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I used to go out of my way to visit the White Horse but I'll think twice in future. It now seems to be living on it's reputation as one of the best pubs in West London.
We dropped in last Friday after a disappointing visit to the Cock & Hen. After being presented with under-filled pints, our polite requests for a top-up were done will a scowl and only just gave a decent measure.
The beer was OK but not brilliant - I expect better from a pub like this.
I'll think twice in future....
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ales still top notch - and £2.50 u can complain for this part of london
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Not a bad place. Always seems ridiculously busy. Decent selection of lagers, including a weisbeer or two on tap.
Last time was in here, it was in the evening and they had a bbq. Burgers looked nice and was really hungry. But… £8 for a burger !!!. Get real. Just seems rude to charge stupid money in a place where they know they’ll prob get the custom later on as people get more drunk.
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A big, airy place with, in my opinion, little or no character. But it's pretty comfortable if you like sitting on massive sofas. It also has a nice outside seating area which is a definite plus with the weather we have been enjoying for the last couple of weeks or so. The range of great beers are reasonably priced and the food is prety good too, so, all things considered a nice enough place for a get together or a drink on your own.
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Love the pub, the food is great. Won't be going back though as being a Spurs fan I would rather not meet any Chelsea hard-cases brandishing sticks with nails pointing out of them.
If you can brave this, the pub is nice and do a great line in BBQ's through the summer.
anonymous - 5 Apr 2007 11:06 |
Despite media coverage of the Spurs-Chelsea brawl, this is a premier pub, (albeit pricy) and is a mecca for fans of real ale and good food in the Parson's Green/Fulham areas who don't like chain pubs. Hopefully it'll be back to normal very soon indeed.
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Winter beer fest was an event not to be missed, will be back next year. A nice pub. Bit posh but its ok when beer fests are on. 8/10
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Visited on Saturday evening to find the pub surprisingly quiet. Tried a pint of Oakham JHB (£2.50) which was disappointing, so switched to the excellent selection of Belgian draft beers, priced between £3.50 - £4.00 per pint, which given the quality and strength, (from 7.5 to 10% abv), seemed fairly good value. Also have Meantime IPA on keg, which was also very good. Will definitely visit again.
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I travel down from NW London to visit the White Horse on a regular basis. I have been visiting the place for about a decade now. The food here is excellent but a little expensive and portions are rather small. There are a lot of Fionas and Tarquins who drink here but that does not bother me as they are better than some of the pond life that frequent the pubs in my part of London. The best thing about the White Horse is the BEER. The draught Belgian beers are simply superb and are picked by a man who knows something about beer Mr Mark Dorber.
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That didn't make much sense. Try again: If you don't like the kind of people who frequent the White Horse in the evening, it has a different atmosphere in the day and early evening and is worth going to for the beer selection.
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Worth going to for the beer and food. If you want to avoid people you might not like choose a day visit or very early evening.
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The beer is superb and the food generally quite good, but the staff can be an absolute nuisance at times. Surely it's better to spend good money on a few quality staff than a pittance on a glut of muppets.
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aka the Sloaney Pony.This pub is very easy to find from the Parson's Green Station, it's less than a ten minute walk too! We were staying in Fulham and this became the place we would normally stop at on the way home from other crawls/touring London. It was the first place we stopped on our Saturday night crawl. Even after a Chelsea FC match, the place was mobbed, but I found the service to be great! We had two full meals and a few cheese plates all of which were spot on. The big highlight is the interesting selection of ales they had. I tried Harvey's Sussex Bitter , Adnam's Broadside, Oakham JHB, and Rooster's Yankee all of which were Killer! When in SW6 or on the district line, make a beeline for this pub.
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Has a super selection of beer, British and foreign. It's a very pleasant place to have a drink, the food is good.
But the staff are very variable in quality, on a busy afternoon two were busier snogging behind the bar than serving.
Watching other people's pints as well as my own it is also clear that short measures are a menace here.
If you get there at the right time, and get served properly, it's a superb pub. If you get served by one of the poorer staff, you'll wonder what the hell the fuss is about. Even at its best, it does not justify the ridiculous hype.
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Nice big pub, great front garden overlooking the Green. Full of rich people in their sunglasses quaffing Pimms and unusual beers whilst Porsches (is Fulham the capital of Porsches in the UK?) and the odd ferrari drive by with their roof down.
BBQ is delicious and the place is always full.
Lots of staff so never a long wait.
anonymous - 13 Sep 2006 17:53 |
An upmarket and expensive Wetherspoon. Lacks genuine atmosphere. Very popular. Beers are served too cold. Bottle list is rather eccentric. Has a reputation among international beer tourists due to long association with Michael Jackson, and careful marketing. But is not the London location of choice among British beer enthusiasts.
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Great ales and great food. Good atmoshere. Last time I hade a delicious bottle of Fullers Vintage Ale 2002. Can get a bit overcrowded and noisy during the week ends. Love to return in September.
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A short walk from Parsons Green LUL, this is a well known pub that's rather expensive but has a good selection of beers both in bottles and on cask. Probably has a better international reputation than it deserves for it's beer, thanks to American tourists raving over it, but overall it's rather good. 7/10 for the beer selection, marks lost for price and other minor things.
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an oasis of peace and quiet (football free!) on a lovely hot afternoon, excellent beers as always but food standards are on the wane - atleast not really very good value for money any more - you can eat better and cheaper elsewhere
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For what is infamously known as the "Sloany pony" I was somewhat dismayed to see the type of clientele they have frequenting their establishment. Not that I went there to rub shoulders with pompous knobheads that are still in abundance, I however thought that I would be able to avoid the chelsea football rif raf and dying old boozers coughing up their lungs in a very smoky bar!Terrible looking pub inside, very messy & the whole place needs a refurbishment. I was served promptly and was pleased with the food , although my husband had less decent things to say.I think its high time that place realised that they can no longer rest on their laurels, especially when there are far better venues over the park.
anonymous - 1 Jun 2006 20:38 |
Good pub for beer and food.Ale well kept. They have a menu where they recommend a beer for each dish. Didn't take too long to get served, staff were busy but as my graandmother used to say it doesn't take a second to smile, or was that Brian Clough? Either way they didn't appear to have a second.
Inside is quite pleasant. Overpriced burnt sausages outside. It's a good location though. Not my place to comment on the clientele,don't really care if they don't bother me BUT having said that there were a lot of jumpers residing over shoulders when I was in there although this was somewhat offset by the posh fanny knocking around.
The bishop's comments were a bit worrying. Who are they to tell people how to drink? Can't they trust people to enjoy their beer properly. Or can't they be bothered to collect bottles from tables.
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Walked in, saw a cluster of Pringle jumper-wearing, socially awkward, pompous twats playing 'touch rugby' with a pint glass, ordered a drink from the obnoxious staff, and continued into the garden where a BBQ was selling burgers for five pounds. I sat down on the only available seat there was, the wall, and was then pronounced a 'c*nt' by what appeared to be a Chelsea fan.
It seems the line between social classes has been somewhat smeared like a pungent track of shit across one's arse in this piss sodden scrot pit. However I have given it a five star rating for breaking the world record for "Most Densley Populated Twat Magnet".
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the best thing about this place is that if the weather is nice you can take your beer outside, way way outside, across the road and onto the green itself. that way, you can avoid most of the sloane rangers that plague the place and detract from the good beers. but the other reviewers are right - the landlady does quiz you on your choices and is downright snobby about her beers. asking for a fruli is not a good idea...
anonymous - 20 Apr 2006 12:33 |
Dreadful place. I treid it again recently after poor experiences in the 90s and it hasn't improved. Beer passable but punters are appalling - young, drunk, braying upper middle class twats who genuinely are in need of a good kicking. Topped off with a management attitude that they are doing you a favour by allowing you to drink in there. Do yourself a favour and drink somewhere else
dodgy - 18 Apr 2006 08:34 |
imagine my surprise....always having cited this as one of my favourite pubs.
Now however you are not allowed to drink beer from it's bottle as quote 'the first sense of taste is derived from sight and you cannot see the beer through the brown/green glass....yadda yadda yadda....we are now of the opinion that if customers are not happy with this stance then they can go elsewhere. The white horse has been a success for 25 years blah blah'
That was the summarised ranting diatribe i received from the lady in charge when requesting that my lowly bottle of Budvar remained in the bottle.
Mr Dorber are you forgetting that your core business is based on customers ?
Does your chef respond to requests to cook meat well-done even if it means the meat is then not at it's best ?
Should we expect crisps to be emptied from the packets ?
Your comments please, oh, good luck with the 'pub of the year' finals.....
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Beer ok but nothing special, although the choices were interesting. Typical Fulham/Parsons Green clientele it appears.
anonymous - 25 Mar 2006 11:40 |
Visited on matchday. Found it to be quite welcoming. Staff were friendly and efficient, which was good seeing as how busy it was.
Also was/is in the midst of a real ale / stout festival. Tried the London Porter and a few O'Hanlons stouts. All very agreeable wot wot.
Will be back for more anthropological study of this mythical creature known only as 'the sloane'.
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Nice pub with good beer but most of the punters are intolerable. They seem to range from mildly obnoxious to downright rude, the last time I was there we were mocked from a corner by a bunch of pink jumpered Henrys who made the term 'arseholes' redundant.
It is a sloan pub through and through, if you are like the rest of us and don't feel the need to crowbar your massively inflated ego through the door of the pub then I'd venture elsewhere.
anonymous - 7 Mar 2006 21:37 |
Good stop-in boozer. As many builders as sloanes. Don't go in here expecting it to be calm, but the food is pretty good - particularly in summer when they have the BBQ out!
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Met a friend who's back in the country for a couple of weeks here last night. I've been before and was aware of the sloaney leanings, but if you want excellent beer and food served by knowledgeable and attentive staff then it's definitely worth learning to live with the other clientele. Or alternatively, fill it with enough like-minded people so that they have to go to Aragon House...
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When I went here last it was two years ago and I had not yet become a beer fanatic. I will have to go back and see what they have on offer. My lasting impressions were a nice pub full of horrible sloanes.
anonymous - 3 Jan 2006 13:39 |
Whack on a fat face fleece/rugby, turn up the collars and get down here to join the party. remember to bray loudly.
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Had been looking forward to visit this "beer & food Mecca" for years, and last sept. I had the opportunity to pay a visit. Nice range of beers on cask in the bar. After moving into the dining area on the ground floor, we were presented an impressing food menu with beer recommendations. Exquisite food and beer! As a dessert we had Fuller's Vintage Ale 2002 and Harvey Imperial Extra Double Stout.
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Sounds great. I'll be down here tonight after the match dragging my knuckles all around the bar.
Burnsy from your previous posts you've obviously got a thing about Chelsea, are you Arsenal or Fulham?
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The other drinkers are enough to turn you into a Bolshevik. Beer and food good though.
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Jesus H!
First of all, there is very little wrong with this place. It has a good range of beers (REAL beers) and good, if slightly expensive food.
However, I cannot believe the number of comments regarding the clientele. Every narrow minded oxygen thief who's made derogatory remarks about sloanes, rugger buggers, Highgrove types etc., take note of the following: Anyone who didn't just fall out of a tree knows that this part of the world has been full of that sort of people since the year dot. If you're so intolerant that you're unable to deal with people of a different social background DO NOT GO - you'll be much happier hanging about with the knuckle-dragging Chavski fans on the Broadway.
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Used to be much better, but still very entertaining if you want to watch Sloanes at play. Apart from the sociological interest, the food is very good if expensive and the beer selection excellent and also expensive. One finds it surprisingly amusing.
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Yes the clientele is pretentious, but I went for the real ales which were all spot on and served by friendly staff. Food is pretty good, but they were out of gravy for the bangers & mash ?!!? I think you can find ales as well kept inside London without having to go as far as Parson's Green.
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Not called the Plastic pony for nothing.Pompous clowns.
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Food good, if expensive considering the meagre portions. Beer average. Cliental unpleasant, loud and boorish - real countryside alliance types.
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Great beers, great BBQ and a charming building both inside and out. It gets very busy, but then on nice days you can always take your drinks over onto Parson's Green and look back at the rabble of corderoy trousers and debutant cellulite that appears to be part of the furniture in this pub. If you don't mind supping your pint in the vicinty of the high ptich squeal of society gossip or the rawkus laughter at Tarquin's exploits at the hockey club you already know this place. However, if the afternoon sun reflecting off ten signet rings straight into your eyes bothers you then be careful; a few pints of ESB and you may end up wanting to take a polo mallet to the clientele
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This is still a good boozer, but nothing compared to the halcyon days in the late 80's and 90's when the Horse was under the iron like stewardship of the wonderful Sally Cruikshank - a marvelous, if a little frightening woman with a gaze that could stop a charging bull! Woe betide anyone who upset Sally - anyone remember the Wednesday night jazz band? Ah, happy days. With regard to all those chippy people who do not like the fact that the Horse is full of sloanes, don't drink in this part of Fulham. This area is still a strong bastion of sloane-rangerdom, and not likely to change, perhaps you would all be happier in Islington!
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I support anon. This pub is all about the quality of the beer, not the colour of the rugby shirts worn by the punters. I’ve just spent an enjoyable afternoon supping some quality stouts and porters in order to 'support' the Easter beer festival and what a well spent hat trick of hours it was . The question that puzzles me is this; why is it that despite the plethora of beer and ale choice do great unenlightened repeatedly turn up at this place of all the London pubs available and ask for Stella or Guinness? Either see the light, or take flight guys ‘cos otherwise there's nothing here for you to see!
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strange some of the people leaving comments here care more about socio-ecomonics/clothing of some of the customers rather than enjoying the superb food and beer
anonymous - 11 Mar 2005 13:20 |
Many moons ago the White Horse won the London Standard pub of the year. That was a fatal blow, as what was once a pub with a few "I work in Farringdon" types, grew like a bacterial culture to be the place for failed applicants to the New Gloucester Young. If you spend most of the week at Highgrove or most of the week telling anyone bored enough to listen that working in the City is stressful, then this is the place to big it up in. In summer the hordes descend outside. In winter the wine glasses clink and the beautiful people scream, if you can manage to squeeze in. I am really not sure why this pub remains so popular.
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try as i might i cant find a fault, is this the best real ale pub in the capital ?
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A premier league pub in London. An enormous range of international bottled beers and well kept real ales should tempt even the least inquisitive of identikit larger drinkers. Whether dining in the courtyard restaurant or supping outside in the front garden overlooking the green attacking the seemingly year round burgers on the bbq, this place is difficult to beat. Exceptionally good are the seasonal Real Ale weekend festivals which seems to attract people from the far reaches of the capital, all enjoying the splendid selection of unusual beers (many never usually found inside the M25). Coming here can be an addiction that is very hard to shake off.
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have to agree with the comments about the clientele at this pub but you cant deny the fact it serves some of the best beer/food in london - at not too bad a price considering its location, how about going totally smoke free ? i might relocate.....
Steve - 17 Nov 2004 22:38 |
Great pub,superb range of beers,slightly on the expensive side, but this is London.
Agree about the punters though.
peter cook - 22 Oct 2004 17:14 |
the range and choice of beers and wine is unique while the food is fantastic - unfortunately, if wankers could fly, that place would be an airport. Best beer in London. Fact
Zeb - 20 Oct 2004 17:49 |
Absolutely teeming with wankers. If salmon shirts, expensive loafers and posing are your thing, then you will love it. Personally, I'd prefer a slow and painful death rather than go back.
thegrimreecer - 24 Sep 2004 12:03 |
The 'Sloaney Pony' is on the expensive side - but the food is really very good - worth the money to push the boat out occasionally.
Very wide range of beers from around the world, lots of different interesting things in bottles and on tap.
anonymous - 31 Aug 2004 16:05 |
Yes, it has a good beer range and is comfortable but god are the customers ever a bunch of braying yaahs. I realised last night why I've never lasted more than one drink in this pub. Also some of the bar staff don't seem to know what beers they're selling nor have particularly good English.
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met Jamie Redknapp & half the Wasps team last sunday night. Great pub, with BBQ outside.
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Visited on Saturday evening. Busy outside obviously but inside was ok. Beer was good and clientelle fine if a little "ya", which certainly shows up when one is queing behind one of them! Don't hey know how to order a round!
The bar staff are friendly but useless. I have never seen so many bar-staff with such slow service - they have absolutely no idea!
Alun - 2 Jun 2004 16:54 |
absolutely awesome! if you like the people on the Kings rd it will be a home from home, however if 'YA' is not in your vocabulary mabye the 'sloaney pony'is not for you.
Henry Walpole - 24 May 2004 15:29 |
Have only visited on warm sunny lunchtimes when there was a choice of seats outside opposite the green or in the comparitively empty interior with its comfy sofas. Good selection of real ales and quality (but pricey) lunches. Ploughmans particularly good
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Full of sloanies. Good Pub completely ruined by it's snotty (and highly ignorant) customers.
Craig - 2 Apr 2004 17:08 |
Unrivalled selection of beers (real ales and bottled Belgians), decent but rather pricey food, very busy and not too charming.
Sigmund - 13 Mar 2004 23:26 |
There is only one White Horse. Great venue with heaps of Aussies.
Lyndon - 23 Dec 2003 17:31 |
Must totally agree about the customers either snooty or snotty or both.
Beer is normally good but they do know how to charge, service is exceedingly variable - it does seem 2 tier if you're known you are served out of turn. This does not impress your new customers.
Tim - 5 Dec 2003 13:11 |
'The Sloaney Pony'!!!?? It's reputation goes before it. The cask is fine and the location ideal....but, the locals.... eek!
mlucas1@hotmail.com - 4 Dec 2003 13:04 |
Good ploughmans lunch and descent amount of ale given to taste-gets my vote.
Charlie - 3 Dec 2003 13:48 |
Visited the pub on Sunday. Almost every pint or half had to be "topped up". Furthermore, friendliness seemed to be at a premium this evening.
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I was appalled by the short measures served during the Old Ale Festival. Although the food was good I did not come here primarily to eat.
A bit of a shame really, it takes the edge off what was quite a good festival, at least on the Saturday.
anonymous - 1 Dec 2003 10:47 |
Great food, especially the devilled kidneys for breakfast!
Craig - 24 Nov 2003 13:28 |
Cool place to hang out, full of minor celebreties. Got pissed with Rick Stein the chef in there a couple of months ago.
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Full of posers. "Sloaney Pony" nickname is spot on. Service is terrible. Go across the Green to the Duke of Cumberland - a Youngs pub. Much better.
Mark - 15 Aug 2003 13:42 |
I like it. It does get busy and can take a while to get served but there are a fair number of staff and they are don't appear lazy. It is a bit too yuppy, but I guess that goes with the location.
Monty - 13 Aug 2003 12:25 |
Legendary real ale pub - used to be Michael Jackson (the beer writer)'s local. Unfortunately, apart from festivals, the beer range is limited for a pub with such a reputation. The beer is served way too cold. The dry hopping, for which the pub is famous, is crudely done and can spoil the delicate balance of an excellent beer such as JHB. The bottle beers are common place yet extremely expensive. The pub itself is very comfortable, but lacks charm - rather like a Wetherspoon.
SilkTork - 28 Jul 2003 16:30 |
Comfortable pub ,wide range of ales and good mostly efficient staff. Never had to wait 30 minutes to be served, 5 minutes at the most. and I only go there when Chelsea are playing at Stamford Bridge and it can't get any busier than that.
Peter - 7 Jul 2003 09:33 |
Good beer, but service is exceptionally poor especially around 5pm-8pm and on warm days. Expect to wait up to 30 minutes to be served.
Joel - 23 Jun 2003 11:36 |
A very variable pub. Service can be dire. Best times to visit are the real ale festivals - there was a recent one with special beers brewed with Pilgrim Hops. Their Old Ale Festival (last Sat in November)is not to be missed. I have generally found beer quality to be variable on normal days and excellent at festivals. Last time I was there I was behind someone paying for a jug of Pimms with a credit card - this just about sums it up really. Also sells Belgian bottled beers at a price.
Simon - 11 Jun 2003 17:21 |
They had a wheat Beer festival last week which was a good fun. The main drawback with this place though is getting served. The old sloanys may be loaded but they don't seem to carry cash- signing bits of paper and swiping cards adds to the already long waiting time.
Gary - 19 May 2003 15:36 |
Fantastic pub. The food is excellent but a bit pricey. The range of belgian beers is great, including the delicious Chimay on draught. Is known as the "sloney pony" due to it's clientele!
Angus - 4 May 2003 11:34 |
Great pub but staff are very slow on a busy day.
Robster - 4 Apr 2003 17:43 |
A great pub and well worth a visit. Ales are well kept, with a wide sleection and even something a little different for the lager drinkers. Food is also good, with each dish accompanied by a suggested wine or beer. Real ale addicts should not miss a pint of JHB, whilst the Europhiles might indulge in a bottle of German "weiss" beer.
The Abbot - 11 Mar 2003 18:36 |
great choice of beers from around the globe, great food too !
andy - 24 Oct 2002 13:43 |
Fantastic wines and foreign beer, however I did meet the Governor once and I tend to agree that he lacks people skills, knowledgeable but feels he has to let everyone know about it.
John Scott - 3 Sep 2002 16:49 |
