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Decent well kept cask ales available in a spacious pub.
Haven't tried the food.
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I remember when this pub was managed by Fullers - it was neglected by the brewery. It has been revived and is now a kind of oasis beside the A4. They have a board outside which says 'Come over to the other side', which is their slightly spooky way of advertising the garden. The pub goes back to 1657, in the original building, and has a character barman who appears to have been there all that time! Beer's good, food good, dont want much more.
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nice pub good beer...
Limited but nice selection of well kept cask ales (Fullers), and some decent lagers. Popped in Tuesday afternoon, and found the ales very well kept, three on tap. My lager was nice and cold
This place had a lovely atmosphere when I went in on Friday night. The place was packed with the young, hip business crowd from the Hogarth Business Park, along with a crazy party of Sex Pistol freaks from God knows where. Just got new chefs, apparently, and is now doing food in the evening.
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Great pub with great beer and great food, barstaff are extreamly freindly especially the new manager she seams to be injecting a new lease of life into this traditional old english pub.
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I think this pub's great. Lots of characters, both sides of the bar!!
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Nice bar with a good function room. Bar staff OK if a little surley. Would go back though.
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proper quality boozer with friendly staff and good beer garden, worth going back to if i am in london again
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Large and ever so slightly charmless Fullers pub across the street from the brewery. Serves a good pint, as you'd expect. Very spacious, but sadly that (and the location by busy traffic) just seems to sap the atmosphere.
Interestingly they seem to do proper guest beers from other breweries, judging by the old pump clips stuck up behind the bar. Surprising considering its virtually a brewery tap.
anonymous - 6 Nov 2006 11:41 |
Do they still do cheesy chips? That was a definate bonus. Glad to hear it's changed hands - the couple who ran it in 1999 were terribly miserable - and woerking just up the road our company spent a fortune in there!
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Typically bland and characterless modernised Fullers pub close to the brewery and the notorious Hogarth roundabout. A good location for sitting outside and inhaling the traffic fumes on a hot summers day.
This pub has little, if anything, to commend it in my book.
Instantly forgettable
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Other than being right next to the Fuller's brewery, very little to distinguish this pub from many others. Does get a point for well-kept beers (which must be the freshest in town, given the location!)
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Nice local pub. Has recently been refurbished but still retains its traditional character. The new tenancy has definitely improved things, they now have a more varied selection of food as well.
Admittedly its rather noisy if you sit outside facing the Hogarth roundback. Fortunately there's a good sized beer garden out the back too.
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Recently changed to a tenancy and things are looking up. Some changes made and i understand others in pipeline, worth a try and now has a guest ale as well as Fullers. Worth a visit even if you had gone off the place.
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Big thumbs down to this place. Unfortunately, this is my local pub yet I would much rather walk the 10/15 minutes along the Thames to the Old Ship, Black Lion or The Dove for a bit of character and cosy inviting atmosphere. This pub has no character whatsoever and I hate the fact that it is split into two as it makes it smaller. It doesn't make any sense!! Both sides are equally as drab and extremely spit and saw dust. It never seems to get busy but I have only been there twice, but then why would I go again to find that out!?
Another stupid feature to this pub is that it is the closest and most local Fuller's pub next to the Fullers brewery, yet it has the most rubbish selection of Fuller's beers! Where is the Honey Dew???!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Being run by the old landlord of The Star Tavern (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/21/2195/Star_Tavern/Belgravia - one of the 2 remaining pubs in London in all copies of the Good Beer Guide) the beer is of outstanding quality.
The saloon bar is airy, well furnished, if still being worn in from its recent refurbisment. The public bar is lots of unfinished wood with a spit and sawdust feel. Cracking pub, if a little hard to get to on public transport.
Sadly, no food in the evenings, but the Gourmet Burger Kitchen is a short walk back to Chiswick High Road.
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The right atmosphere for a 'proper' pub. I've found staff really friendly and helpful
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Has lost much atmosphere and character since the recent refurbishment - very disappointing
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Perfect for watching the cars go round Hogarth Roundabout as they shot off down the A4/A3. Still spit into Lounge/Public Bar - although there is little difference now in decor.
Can mean you have to wait for the staff to finish their conversation in the other bar before you're served - It dosen't matter which bar you're in.. they'll always be in the other one!
Locals & members of Iron Maiden frequent.
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