please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The change in this pub is phenomenal! It has a pleasant and friendly atmosphere and the service is excellent. It also welcomes both children and dogs! The decor is very comfortable and both the pub and toilets are spotlessly clean.
The food was lovely and very reasonably priced. It also has a wide range of Real Ales.
If you are looking for either an afternoon drink and a family meal with the kids, or an exciting and enthusiastic night out, The Hatch is definitely the pub to go to.
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Popped in last week. Nice and welcoming. A couple of Shep's beers that I hadn't seen before. The Whitstable Bay that I had was very pleasant.
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the pub also holds a quiz night every monday evening 9.oopm and an open mic night every other wednesday evening.
and as for the smoking ban the garden at the back as been done out now to look lovely and bright with lots of plants and an umbrella for the nasty weather
S_A_B - 10 Jul 2008 16:26 |
this pub was taken over in november. it has been newly decorated and given a new lease of life.
the pub is now very welcoming. there is music once a month , the pub has 3 football teams, 2 pool teams and a golf society.
food is served between 12 and 3 mon to fri and sunday lunch 12 until 3.
The bitter is very nice and sells bishops finger now on pump as well as shepheard neams seasonal ales.
S_A_B - 10 Jul 2008 16:21 |
Interesting to read this about this pub!
My great grandfather ran this pub in the 1800's.. Wonder what it was like then??? I don't suppose they had a non smoking policy then eh?
Maybe I will get a free drink when I pop in?
Lou
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in answer to anonymous 9th april my partner and myself are due to take over on nov 14.All are welcome to come and visit
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Lovely looking pub from outside, and ... mmm... um... lovely looking pub from outside!
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Maybe you were right about the landlady the first time Johnbonser! I saw a couple of "locals" huddled outside the front door with their "evil weed" getting soaked, The Hatch obviously not done anything to accomadate its' tobacco consuming inhabitants, how I laughed. A top day for everyones health now and in the future.
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sorry, I obviously meant "unwelcoming landlady" in my earlier posting. Too many pubs - too many postings to write !
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No sign thankfully of the "unwelcome landlady" referred to in earlier postings when I visited early evening last Saturday, but I did get served a good inch or so short measure on my pint of Spitfire which I wasn't too impressed with. Then when I politely ask for a top up, I'm implicitly criticised for not asking earlier !
Looking at the picture, it looks a nice pub, worth popping in, but the fact that it has had so many bad reviews here speaks for itself. Such a shame !
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I live nearby and wouldn't consider a pint here.
Shepherd Neame - When is this place getting a proper landlord & a make over ????? You would surely see a turnaround in business....
anonymous - 9 Apr 2007 08:56 |
Surely this pub must get the prize for the most unwelcoming landlady EVER!! Has her own group of friends and looks at you with evil eyes when you enter the pub. Very smoky, horrible beer and customers!
anonymous - 14 Feb 2007 11:38 |
I visited the Hatch after a few years absence the other evening. I asked for the Shepherd Neame Porter and was poured a pint from a tap without a pumpclip. when I protested that the beer was more akin to putting on chips the barman offered no resistance and poured me a fresh pint from the pump which had the pumpclip, had he just tried to pass me off with what was effectively ullage?
The Hatch also has what I would call a 'multimedia experience' by which they play the radio through the speakers in the bar at the same time as having the TV at the same volume which makes for a very difficult 'conversation experience'.
To the newcomer, the pub looks great from the outside but don't be deceived.
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I had a pint in there the other day. If you like to drink vinegar then you are sorted. The prices would be ok if it was an upmarket pub. My friend came in for food but got turned away last Sunday cos the chef was ill. The landlady seems nice enough but she appeared to be talking to a select few people only (poor customer service)
anonymous - 21 Jun 2006 12:24 |
Looks cosy from the outside but strangely isn't once you go in. Landlady gets sulky if you don't spend enough money at the bar.
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Quite a nice little pub, a little bit "local" but great if you fancy a nice quiet pint and a chat
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there are claims that this bar does not have either a dart board or a pool table. i have never heard so much scandal. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
Miggers Skinners - 12 Nov 2004 22:54 |
