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Very quiet on a rainy Friday lunchtime..needs to feel a bit more welcoming when the weather isn't working in its favour. Good to see Doom Bar on tap. Has promise...need to try the food out next time!
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Sorry have to disagree with the comment below on food. My team and I eat here at least once a week (office is nearby) and we have always found the food to be of a high standard and very good value (and we’re a fussy bunch of lawyers!). Certainly better than the Rutland or the Ship. Agree though that it’s a great pub in an awesome location!
hprbs - 15 Aug 2008 11:40 |
Lovely pub, great location, excellent refurb (apparently back to the pre-Sliding Doors period layout). Beers are good and coffees not bad either. Sadly the food is a terrible let down - the upstairs could become a great eating place (without ruining the traditional pub emphasis downstairs) if the quality of food was improved.
With friends in tow I've really tried to give it a good crack of the whip: 3 different pies have been tried, only one of which was passable. Cold mash potatoes with the pies twice. Miniscule (but tasty enough) fish pies (in the first few weeks they were humungous but mostly potato). Steak salad was okay, as was (surprisingly) the Mexican-style chicken fajitas dish. Bar snacks are more reliable, it seems.
Notwithstanding the above, I can't recommend a sweeter spot to drink (or eat) - for the mood and views, if not the flavours. I'm hoping the owners will read this and raise their game: I suspect that a small uplift in food standards would repay their costly and thoughtful refurbishment investment pretty quickly.
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The refurb took me by suprise. Been quite a while since last had a pint there. Bit more space & the atmosphere still remains the same. To be honest, they could have replaced the place with a portacabin & it still wouldn't have much effect - the view makes up for any inconsistencies with the refurb...
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Location to die for on the north bank of the river (therefore a real sun trap). Unpretentious menu. One of the best places in London for a simple lunchtime bite Monday thru Friday, weather permitting. Can be too popular on summer weekends. A bottle (or glass) of white wine from their imaginative list and a pint of shell-on prawns, with brown bread and butter, will hit the spot. Eat either outside or in the room upstairs, both overlooking the river. Only 5 mins walk from Hammersmith tube.
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Just awesome really. Riverside location with some of the best views in London. Drank outside until the sun went in and then sat in their upstairs bar with panoramic views of the river. I think the pub has been done up great (never realised it was so historic!). Good selection of food on the menu and given the quality of the food and location of the pub we all thought it was awesome value. Looking forward to returning this weekend.
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These guys have done a fantastic job on refurbing this pub. While I didn't mind the old boozer it was small, dark, dirty, smelly and in a real state of dis-repair (I guess some people would call that character!). They have kept many of the original features and I think have succeeded in maintaining the charm and history of the pub(it dates from 1722. There are some wonderful old pictures of it on display).They have also opened a second floor with fantastic views over the river. Its family run so the staff are very pleasant and keen to help. Spoke to the new owner who has a genuine affection for his pub. Good selection of Beer and everyone in my group thought the food was great(would never have eaten here before). We will be back. Well done!!!
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"Oh my good gawd Terry"
sounds like a right monz up!
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This classic pub has just been refurbed and has lost all of it's character and charm. It's bland, anonymous and just plain awful. Now complete with fake fireplace and a bookshelf painted on the wall - nice!
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If they cared about their regulars or even regular occasionals, they'd have announced the closure for refurb.. they'd also put signs up to annouce the re-opening. As I write, this is some two days away - no indications visible yet.
Let's hope they retain the best of the past, the gentle atmosphere: and that they don't copy the adjacent Rutland with unstopping loud music.
Pity the re-furb, by creating a new doorway, has reduced the river-facing area of the main bar. Wasn't that one of the main attractions? Written 21 3 08
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Let"s hope when it re-opens it"s a boozer Arthur & Terry can be proud of?
check out the end credits of the original Minder series!
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Due to re-open after refurbishment in mid-March, according to the banner outside.
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i know this place is having a refurb- but dont lose your reputation - i had the most awful meal at the weekend - no customer service
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Really bad pub. Went in a few days back and the service was terrible, the beer was awful and the wait on food was about 45 minutes - even though there were only two other people in the pub at the time. I do not recommend this place at all.
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Much nicer, cheaper and cleaner than The Rutland next door.
One of the best of the riverside pubs around the area.
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Small, old and dark are the best ways to sum this place up. I’ve never had a problem with the service or the quality of the lager/cider.
When the sun is shining the queue for drinks actually goes out of the entrance, but it is preferable to drinking in the Rutland.
I do like the fact that the staff actually ask you if you are drinking inside or out before palming you off with a plastic glass.
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The riverside location is the major draw here and it generally attracts a more mature and chav free client base. Don’t be fooled by the 6 handpumps though – 4 of them bore pump clips advertising the likes of Fosters, John Smiths Smooth and Kronenberg 1664. There were only 2 Ales actually on offer on my recent visit: Brakespears and London Pride. The interior is fairly small and it gets busy very quickly, especially on a warm sunny day although most people tend to overspill onto the riverside terrace with its views of Hammersmith Bridge. With a bit of patience, seating usually becomes available inside. The walls tend to act as a gallery for a local photographic agency although there are a few assorted tin hats, brass plates and other odds and sods on display. Pride of place probably goes to the sawn in half, upturned rowing boat suspended from the ceiling. Lots of dark paneling, bare floors and dated wallpaper. The piped music was a rather dull and repetitive but overall this is a far better and more homely pub than its next door neighbour.
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My colleagues and I thought it would be a good idea to go and have lunch there on sunny Friday afternoon. It wasn't that busy and yet we had to wait over an hour for our food without any apology and they even forgot one of my colleagues order which was pitta bread and houmous. So definitely would not recommend this pub unless the Dove, Rutlands or Old Ship are all so packed that you had no choice.
anonymous - 9 Mar 2007 14:34 |
Good riverside pub. Food a bit pricy, but huge portions, decent selection of beers.
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Great stop for a drink by the river on a pub crawl. Well worth it
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We sat here one friday lunch and consumed many ice cold pints. We were directly in the Heathrow flight path and were able to whatch each plane 45 seconds apart tearing overhead. What a sight!
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fine thameside boozer. it is a bit cramped inside, but that's because its an old pub. worth a stop off in a thames pub crawl.
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Great pub, enjoyed several ice cold Grolsch's down there on Friday evening - and they sell the proper big bottles, not the 330mls :o)
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Nice atmosphere but the layout makes for some tight seating arrangements.
Visit this and The Dove for a taste of the tradional and well-maintained West London riverside boozer
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Very nice pub but can get very crowded at times. The staff are fantastic and the beer very pleasent. Great location by the river does mean that it attracts a great diverse crowd. It is also far enough away from central Chavesville (Hammersmith)for the scum to bovver walkin innit!!!
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Home to Sean Wadmore. The world's most accomplished drinker. If it's good enough for him, it should be good enough for you. Amen
anonymous - 27 Jun 2005 17:54 |
Go during the week when its the best pub by miles in the hammersmith area. Transforms in to heaving monstrosity on hot days in the summer and you'd get more joy trying to order a pint from the river thames.
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A fan of this.... by the river, good ale, drinking with my Brother discussing the dynamics of dialectic materialsim..... who could ask for more!
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brilliant pub great food lately new chef?
leo - 27 Sep 2004 18:13 |
London Pride rarely tasted better than at the Blue Anchor. The riverside seating option is perfect when the pub fills up and gets a bit smoky and warm.
If you don't like intelligent conversation, quick repartee or the odd sarcastic twinge, don't approach the bar and talk to the pretty girl working there.
A great place to spend a cosy evening with a good friend or two, rather than a great big excited Saturday-evening crowd.
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Was so-so. Actually improved a lot since that lovely couple from The Isle of Wight started to work there.
Gerard - 24 Sep 2004 09:47 |
Has appeared in Gwynneth Paltrow weepie "Sliding Doors". Good for minor celeb-spotting, if that's your thing. Saw Peter Snow, some bloke off Grange Hill and the chap in the adverts there.
Pleasant when not crowded.
jeremy - 16 Apr 2004 17:38 |
Very decent little boozer by the river. Great for meeting on a Summers day although prepare to be disrupted by the local rowing club going about their business
Good for: a few jars before moving on to watch Argyle lose at QPR
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Probably the best pub on the world.
Certainly the best in Hammersmith and different class to the Rutland.
Toby - 17 Dec 2003 15:21 |
not bad. good spot inside up against the window on barstools or fight for a bench out by the river. wasnt some of 'sliding doors'(gwynnie paltrow) filmed here???
millym - 25 Jul 2003 21:53 |
Absloutely useless service. Plastic glasses at the weekend too. Try The Dove
Gary - 30 Jun 2003 07:16 |
Used in the 80's TV Minder in the end titles. Also a popular pub on the boat race circuit
James Pimentel-Pinto - 2 Aug 2002 10:29 |
