Marquis Wellington, Leicesterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
used to be a trad looking old boozer, however the refurb has given the place a new lease of life - i like it, a much better food and wine menu now available.
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Hot off the press... another refurb! The Welly has become a Dining Emporium, Cocktail Bar and Coffee Lounge!
Sofas, armchairs and CREAM carpet! Only one guest ale (which wasn't ready for tonight's re-opening), Everads' standards and fewer lagers. Wide selection of (pricey) wine.
What will the regulars make of this incarnation???
Rate 7 for brightening the old place up and offering fair trade coffee but fear it will prove too expensive for this part of town.
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Definitely a vast improvement since the 'refurb'. (It's just struck me how rare it is to say that a 'refurb' has improved a pub these days!) Better range of lagers and ales, polite, friendly staff and an agreeable atmosphere making it all too easy to while away the hours. Well done!
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New licensee over summer holiday (claims to have another pub in Loughborough)
Selection of real ales has improved - general two or three guest beers as well as Everards - and well kept, though mostly only on for a week so how much damage can they do in that time?
Plus point - they've out most of the tat but have also taken away some of the photos and left bare walls with picture lights.
Now very brightly lit and being turned into a "London Boozer" (Licensee's description!) Why a London Boozer???
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I went there yesterday evening and had a chat with the owner and the manager. It seems it has recently been taken over, and contrary to past comments, there doesn't seem to be any clutter, and certainly no blue brothers by the gents toilet.
There was a large selection of lager and cask ales available, and the ones I tried were spot on. The lager was clean and crisp, and the cask ales were spot on. There was a big screen to show sports, which unlike other pubs, the picture was very vivid and sharp.
I'll definitely be going here again. If you want to go out for a beer where it is looked after and kept properly, then this is the place for you.
anonymous - 27 Sep 2007 14:50 |
I went yesterday as I had been recommended the sunday roast there. For my first time there, I was very impressed. Nice chilled atmosphere, music at a level which could be heard but still spoken over, staff very friendly, drinks very reasonable, food was great, very cute beer garden, the decor is cool, like a traditional old pub, which I like - anyone can build a lloyds bar, a yates, etc - I like character, and this pub certainly has it! 10/10 from me.
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Deeply average all round, and could be so much better with very little effort - yes, de-clutter!
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It just gets worse - there's so much clutter. Do we really need 'steaming' water in the fake water tap and giant butterflies.
It has one random guest beer otherwise it's just Everard's and the usual Guinness and lagers.
Friendliness of staff? Very variable.
Yes, it is handy for the university - if the Criterion or Swan & Rushes were as close the Marquis wouldn't stand a chance. Perhaps I'll transfer to DMU.
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S'alright for a quiet pint between lectures if you don't fancy the union but depressing in the evening (the karaoke is DIRE, last time I watched only three tuneless fat Leicester women sang, the rest were by the Karaoke bloke himself) and the service ain't exactly speedy. Incidentally, there's a large and very lifelike statue of the Blues Brothers near the (pleasent) gents loos. They scare me so very much.
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Ratings out of 10
Beer: good Sunchaser 7
Atmosphere/decor: ok 5
Cleanliness: clean enough 5
Staff: welcoming 6
Clientele: Mixed/no chavs 6
Food: very good steak 7
Sum up: class as a good pub, on this saturday lunchtime
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Went down hill faster than Franz Klammer when taken over by the Old Horse.
If you like your real ale served up with trinkets and tat this is probably the right place for you. No longer a 'good' pub
anonymous - 24 Feb 2006 17:14 |
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