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Nice place to relax but no atmosphere for music time, prices in plus from next door pubs
I will come back for more ales which i like in this pub
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New owners, new atmosphere and decent pub food.
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I went to this pub the other night and had a great time with the NEW Aussie owners and they have cleaned up the place and are now serving great food, which is what this place needs in the area also they have added some more real ales. It is a lot cleaner then the Cricketers on the other side of the greens, will come back again for more AUSSIE hospitality. Glad the old owners have GONE, give the new ones a visit.
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Awful - AVOID - Landlord does not know how to run a pub.
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Looks nice enough; but one real ale - and that's Greene King IPA - plus a generally dead atmosphere. Even with the Cricketers currently dead and the Honest Cabbage apparently flickering on the edge of extinction there are better pubs around the Fairfield area.
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Have been posting my views on local pubs. I suppose its very clean etc but it does loose some of the authenticity.
Didnt like the staff, found them very rude and uncaring and really brought the place down . Landlord impolite etc.
Prefer the fabulous Honest Cabbage and the Tup can be quite fun sometimes.
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The landlord is a dissinterested Old racist.
No punters..No Service..No idea. Avoid like the PLAGUE!!!
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empty on my visit just me what is happening to pubs in kingston g king on pump bad taste
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absolute disaster of a pub- avoid at all costs! kingston's allright tho.
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Rude and abusive staff and landlord - accused us of sneaking in to watch the football without having bought a drink, and wouldn't accept that he was wrong. Apart from that, nothing at all makes it stand out, so if there's no friendly atmosphere, what's the point? Won't be returning.
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Tradional pub very clean and tidy downside only g king ipa on pump seems nice place . bring real ales
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Quiet but unpretentious corner local, only one ale (GK IPA), simple food menu, a good view over Fairfield and also outside seating around the back.
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Great little pub, away from the new 'boom' of Kingston town centre a nice place to go for a quiet drink and a chat.
Plus a pool table!
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The pub has just been re decorated and an extension built also has outside seating. Beer, food and atmosphere very good with a mixture of older and younger people.
anonymous - 7 Aug 2007 14:27 |
Much maligned I see. However it's a good little pub in an oasis even though it's Yet Another Greene King pub.
Locals are decent enough and I would most certainly go again if I am ever spilling over the Surbiton/Kingston border.
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The few times I have been in this pub, it didn't have any beer. Strange.
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Not a big fan of the pub but they had an amazing football team!
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pub with no music or atmosphere 4 old people
anonymous - 1 Jan 2007 21:44 |
Actual pub is a bit dull and lacking any sort of atmosphere, however, the Thai food is the best in Kingston and the beer was good. This place is alright...
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went in on fri night empty and no atmosphere there . what a place avoid iff u can . totaly non pub place look like place to end days !!!
anonymous - 11 Jun 2006 19:39 |
This pub is under new management and they are what I would call good old fashioned landlords who talk to their customers.
Clean and welcomming surroundings
anonymous - 7 Jun 2006 13:15 |
Unremarkable and uninspiring modernised single bar Greene King pub. Not worth going out of your way to find
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I've been in here twice and both times I was the only person in there apart from the manager, who wasn't behind the bar on either occasion.
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was xmas shopping in kingston,and needed a break from the crowds,went into the albion,fab boozer!great landlord,fab food!going back again very soon,well done!
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Whilst in the Albion i have experienceed Karoke and quiz nights as well as live bands. It has a good crowd and the staff are really friendly. Food is excellent and you get plenty for the price.
anonymous - 5 Sep 2003 15:58 |
The Albion is a friendly pub with a fab manager. Its great for a game of pool and meeting up with mates.
caz - 5 Sep 2003 15:50 |
If you and your mates fancy running a pub for an evening, go to the Albion on any week night and I garuntee yours will be the biggest group in there. If you are looking for girls, walk quickly past the Albion and don't look back.
M-Lin - 16 Apr 2003 13:39 |
If the Overlook hotel in Stephen King's 'The Shining' were a pub - The Albion would be it. It's solitary pool table is the only feature hat saves it from drowning in a sea of dull, creepy, blandness. One to seek out only if you enjoy staring at yourself in oddly placed mirrors and trafficking with whores/travellers
Jesse Ross - 11 Apr 2003 16:45 |
Played football for ATFC for many years. I would say (and in my experience) it was a 'spotsman's pub' (packed out Saturday afternoon and Sunday lunchtimes after matches). 3 Football Teams play out from the Albion on Saturday afternoons, 1 Team on Sunday Mornings. Also in summer a cricket team. Add to that football training and opposition teams using it and I think you get the picture.
Few years back there was quite a good Friday night crowd (lots of Uni students used to go in there), but this seems to have tailed off now.
JBH - 28 Mar 2003 12:29 |
Weird bar people and weird customers
Steve - 9 Nov 2002 23:20 |
The landlord appeared to have stopped even trying to be nice about 18 months ago, and I have deliberately avoided this pub ever since. My last experience of this pub was being ignored at the bar while the landlord chatted to his mates - after about 5 minutes I gave up and went somewhere better. It's a real shame, because this place used to have a bit of life, attracting a crowd similar to The Ram by the river.
Do you have any more recent experience of the Albion? Is it still surly and shit?
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