please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Popped in yesterday and was pleasently surprised.
A nice refit, which has opened up a bit more space than previously and a little brighter too. Accompanied by two handpulls, Courage Best and Abbot (though disappointingly the Best was a bit too cold and the Abbot clip was turned).
The inhabitants are the same as usual, not neccessarilty the most welcoming bunch at first but there's a lot less of the 'deathly silence descending' when an unknown walks in compared to a lot other pubs in the North Surrey area.
It's child-friendly (a few nippers zooming about yesterday evening) and has SKY Sports on widescreen, with correctly-set aspect ratios.
If they can get the ale on the straight and narrow, this could be a more regular drop-in for me. Promising.
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under going a refit ... but still open
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RE: Si's comment - Not a bad little place, the locals won't communicate at first but you tend to get accepted if you go in regularly and aren't obviously a student 'tosser'. Clientele mainly old men and the gentrified builders who appear to inhabit that part of Egham, living off the proceeds of either doing up or renting student houses.
Ale variable, though haven't been in for a few months.
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This pub has now changed hands and is getting alot better new happier bar staff who are polite and keen to make a go of things
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this used to be a decent live music pub - what happened?
anonymous - 8 Jan 2005 18:40 |
Back street local. Ale usually available but "only" Corage Best and/or Pride. Has "Live" footy on Sats at 3pm
anonymous - 7 Jan 2005 14:02 |
The sort of pub that when you walk in the music stops and everyone turns around to look at you. Almost expected some Brian Glover like character to tell me to stay off the moors.
Si - 22 Sep 2004 12:29 |
