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Visited early on a Weds evening during WS beer festival. Quite an older clientele early on, but joined by a few younger punters as 5/6 oc came. Being festival time, there were at least half a dozen, possibly more, real ales on. Certainly a good selection, and, as usual, bound to be something you haven't tried before. Reasonably kept, but not great. I'm rarely convinced that the beer is at the very top of its quality when WS get it, and no change here.
All in all, a pretty standard Wetherspoons, so you know what to expect.
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A decent wetherspoons for the afternoon oldies and idlers. Deserves credit for catering for them. Okay, but not a pub to bother with in the evening. Cheap as chips mind.
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I complained a year ago that there were few ales and they were tepid. They've sorted both problems - lots of good beers at pretty much the right temperature and the usual Wetherspoon prices.
Smokers are crowded down one end of the room, which gets a little raucous - a nice lively pub.
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The Watch House is a good place to sit and chat and to drink good ale at silly cheap prices. It's not a big cavernous barn like a lot of Wetherspoon's pubs and the staff are always friendly. Plus, it's open till midnight. In short it's not a classic pub by any means but it does a pretty decent job.
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A great place to drop Grandad off for the evening. Give him £20 and 40 B&H and he'll have a fine old time and have change for a kebab on the way home Not so good for the under-65's
anonymous - 7 Nov 2006 11:28 |
A classic example of an "old man's" boozer if you ever visit this place during the day, but I can think of 100 better places and things to do then come here then, especially over the weekend. As for a Friday or Saturday night, from what can I remember all those years ago is this: no music, no atmosphere and no talent. This place on a Friday or Saturday night would sum up a night out in boring boring Lewisham. Awful. The problem with these high-streets in London is that for atmosphere and variety, they will never compete with town or city centres away from the capital, e.g. Norwich, Bristol or Portsmouth. In fact, I have as much chance as meeting a H-File candidate here, as Portsmouth do of winning the Premiership. As for the beer garden, it is no more than a broom cupboard. YAWN! I wouldn't even bother for a couple of cheaper drinks after work like I did on a Monday night in my student days.
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A few less smokers than the last time I went. A good selection of guest beers. However, regarding the food, there was no chicken in stock so I had to change my order. Also my friend order a Lamb shank, which is supposed to be served with seasonal vegetables. It arrived with no seasonal vegetables, but instead with a serving of peas. My friend hates peas but the pub couldn't offer an alternative. Should they not have said, at the time of taking the order, that there were no vegetables, rather than just serving them without asking first. My friend is a supervisor & key time staff trainer at another Wetherspoons and so she knows that this was below what should be expected.
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I remember when this first opened and the staff of riverdale centre got free drinks all nite while they trained the bar staff. QUALITY! Full of old people, cant go wrong if you want a quite chat and a cheap drink
Jamoo - 25 Nov 2005 10:22 |
i often visit the wetherspoons and apart from the woman with glasses asking me for id every time i go 2 the bar its a lovely pub. drinks are cheap, staff are friendly and seats are comfy!
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My work's local has taken a serious turn for the worse in the last months. The cask ale is all tepid, and whereas they used to have lots of guest ales, most are normally off.
Other than that, there are some oddballs, but a nice lively pub.
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Judderman -
It's not just about "trouble makers". Lewisham pubs seem to attracted other "unwanted" guest during the course of the day. And it's a fact that the Watchouse seems to cater for the vast proportion of these. Normally the work shy.
This means most people will tend to give it a very wide berth. Up the prices and you never know.....
Rob - 19 Mar 2004 15:22 |
There's nothing wrong with this place or Lewisham. I've worked in Lewisham for the last 9 years & have never really seen any trouble. Manager doesn't let trouble makers in here anyway.
thejudderman - 4 Mar 2004 21:21 |
This is a pretty good place for those who like a varied selection of real ales and a chat.
Nice people behind the bar.
People who think Lewisham is rough have not travelled much that's all I can say.
Will - 26 Jan 2004 22:56 |
reading the comments above, i am rather ashamed that you have this view, i have visited this pub on many occasions and have found it very nice and pleasant, as for the food,i found it very nice and very affordable, tell me where can you buy a 10oz steak cooked to your likeing with all the trimmings for under seven pounds. as for the email of above 15 july- are you an employee WHO GOT SAKED FROM SAINSBURYS? keep up the good work of serving good beer and food and not forgotting the very nice and bubbly bar people.
michelle - 28 Oct 2003 23:15 |
One of the better places for real ales in Lewisham, they are always in god nick, also one of thefew remaining 1st generation Wetherspoons where you can still sit alone & not be bothered by others.
Leslie - 9 Aug 2003 19:54 |
Crap, tatty toilets are a 2 mile walk, floor boards losse and vibrating. dont bother
Ian - 22 Jun 2003 23:57 |
One of the better Wetherspoons, probably more of a daytime drinking den than a place to go at night though.
Darryl - 18 May 2003 01:36 |
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