please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
As my local I come here regularly. Love the selection of beers on tap and the views, well they speak for themselves.
During the summer and fine spring/autumn evenings myself and the wife will be here with our drink from The Roebuck sitting out the front watching the sunset and enjoying the views almost every second night.
For me - I love the beef and ale pie. Bring it on.
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This pub is blessed with a wonderful location on Richmond Hill. Just across the road is a long wide seat lined terrace enjoying protected views WSW from Richmond Hill across the Thames towards Windsor and beyond. We enjoyed the sunset with a couple of pints of reasonably kept ale.
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CAMRA West London Pub of the Year, hey..!!!
My mate Len, who lives up "the hill" reckons the Roebuck is one of, if not THE best pubs in London!!
Well there's a claim. Is he right..? We shall just have to see...
The selection of beers on tap is extraordinary he says! I can't wait to try it. If you get there before me, save some room at the bar, ok! (I'm going to give this pub 7/10, for the beer selection alone...)!!
And the vista out front, well, it can hardly be beaten in Richmond, on a good day! Check it out! TJ
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Back when I lived in Richmond this was one of my regular haunts. Great drinkers pub with a good selection of beer and friendly bar staff. The view can't be beaten and it's great to feel that they trust you enough to take real glasses over the road to enjoy the view (I'm so fed up with plastic ones that are inevitably left strewn across the area).
I have eaten here once and was not impressed. In general the meals were cold and overpriced. However that said this is not the reason to go here and you can always eat somewhere else.
I noticed one of the earlier posters said they should get Sky TV here. If the landlord/lady read this site can I just do NOT listen to them. TVs blaring in what is a fairly low ceilinged environment would ruin the small place of calm and relaxtion this place provides.
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This pub has one of the best views in London and the beer is top quality. It's outside the town centre which means only those in the know will find it, which can't be bad either !
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As soon as I moved to Kingston, my girlfriend and I made sure we came to Richmond as often as possible, given its such a great place. We wandered up the hill and basically stumbled pon it. My kind of pub these days consists of good food, warm and friendly atmosphere, and welcoming feel to it. The Roebuck has alll this and more in abundance. Brilliant range of beers, excelllent wines and food thats hearty and just what the doctor ordered on a winters evening. Recently we spent a Saturday afternoon sipping warm mulled wine and looking out over the Thames and woodlands. Easily my favourite pub in/around London - please go there and sample this place, you wont be disappointed I promise you!
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After the recent(ish) changes this is now on my regulars list. The atmoshphere is lively but not distracting, there are always far too many new beers to try, and the new look is enough like the old one not to upset people like me who prefer our pubs to look like pubs.
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The Roebuck has just won CAMRA West London Pub of the Year! Congratulations to Marie and Paul and all the staff!
anonymous - 19 Oct 2007 12:02 |
Nice pub, great food, great location - what more can ask for?
blink - 24 Jul 2007 12:39 |
The pub is in the Good Beer Guide. Have to say the pint of Tribute I had was very good. Had the roast beef which was OK if nothing spectacular. Very bland and uninteresting looking pub inside though but great views fron outside. Bar staff had very poor English. Overall a 6 out of 10.
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Went to this pub with mates for a meal. After trying to tell the bar staff what drinks we wanted which was hard as english is that good to them. We placed the order for food. We waited 50 minutes and when the food did turn up. the starters was with the main which is not what we asked for. As we all started to eat the food. is was cold and nasty. Most of it was a deep fry job. (heart problems time, book at bed at hospital). We asked to speak the manager who was called marie who told us she just had a chef that left. Where does that become my problem? I like to know.. She gave us all a free drink but as we waited for that drink the chef was walking in the bar. My god, If he's the chef. Skin head wearing shoes with bits of rubber hanging off and dirty t-shirt.. We would of gone some where else. Apart From the views which r not that good at night. I would stay well away from this pub. Unless you want a trip to haospital with heart problems, Dont eat here from your own good, Go some where else.
anonymous - 1 Jun 2007 10:46 |
Been to this pub a few time's and food is bad but i heard they had a rally good chef there that is new so we went to try out the food and it was the best we ever had in richmond, The new chef is called dave we think but if he's on. you have to eat.cook Steak like there no 2moro. View good and ale nice but there no pool or tv to watch. Marie and Paul need to get sky sports. all in all . nice pub
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Skip the food here and just enjoy a drink. On sunny days you can take your pint across the road and enjoy the river views - magic.
sem07 - 14 Mar 2007 13:56 |
LOL Punal this must be the only pub you have visited in Richmond, Great for a drink but go elsewhere for food, reheated microwave food that can be cooked by a polish mechanic, my cholestoral went through the roof after eating here as it seemed everything on my plate was dropped in a deep fat fryer together. Great Pub, Great Ale, $s%* Food
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Friends organised for us to have NYE 2006 at the Roebuck, and what a great venue. Staff were generally very pleasant and service was efficient. Fortunately the place wasn't oversold, so you had room to move and although there was music, you could actually have a normal level conversation. Come midnight, we were all handed champagne and went out front to watch the fireworks going off all across London (what a view!).
Then back inside for a few more drinks and the landlord joined in the dancing through the wee hours.
We'll be back.
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Great pub all round
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The food is fantastic, without a doubt the best in Richmond. The menu has been revised, maybe not as good as it was but the quality of the cooking makes up for this (when Mike is the chef - I would inquire before ordering)
Punal - 27 Oct 2006 11:57 |
A good local pub overlooking the scarp of Richmond Hill and serving a regular range of ales plus, when visited, Hopback Crop Circle and Equinox, both very well kept. Charming barstaff a plus also. I see from previous review that this has been refurbished and is not as good as it was. In which case had I gone there before it was probably a 9 or even that elusive 10. I was pleased to happen across this pub during a detour on the way home, and even more pleased to find how good it was.
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Very disappointing! After visiting this pub last year - when it was a pub - it has now been re-developed and has lost any character it had. A sterile environment with no personality serving bland food.
What a pity!
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No longer has a bar billiard table (which is why I visited), however the views over the Thames below almost made up for that and the beer was excellent too.
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Choice of good real ales
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The refurb is now complete and they've made a nice job. Sadly yesterday (28/6/06) The menu was 'revised' and is not as appealing as it once was. Gone are the chicken Quesidillas and superb chicken curry. Now its more of a Berni Inn/Harvester feel, ie very bland and unimaginative. beer still good though. Landlord, please give us the old menu back, the Roebuck is a traditional pub and Cous Cous, Kedgeree & Tofu aint cutting the mustard.
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I disagree with Matthew of Ham, first up there aren't many students in there at all and secondly when I visited post refit|I thought they have kept all the good things about the pub such as the intimacy and little nooks and crannies. Also there is now an entire upper floor with no smoking and air con which is a big change as I don't remember that bit being open in donkey's years...
Still some of the best kept beer I have ever had and the best view in London can't please everyone I suppose!
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Well, the refurbishment made much less difference than most of us expected so it's still an OK pub in a good location with a reasonable selection of beers and is full of American students from the "university" around the corner. Good place to go to on a crawl but not really a place to linger,
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Surprisingly dark inside. If ever a pub needed big glass frontage and even a pathside terrace then this is it, as it looks over arguably the best view in London.
The view alone is worth a visit. Recommended.
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Please don't ruin it !!!!!
anonymous - 16 May 2006 14:49 |
MEant to say reopening end of May 2006
anonymous - 16 May 2006 14:48 |
News just in, The Roebuck is being refurbished! Spoke to Landlady Marie who confirmed it is being spruced up, no major changes to type of pub but badly needed a lick of paint. Good news is that the upstairs bar is going to be opened up so even more tables with "the view" will be available
anonymous - 16 May 2006 14:48 |
I was a student at the American Uni. This was my classroom more often than not. I quick pint before class inevitably turned into a full day of drinking. I believe my mate fell down some steps and got a concussion after a session here. Lovely times.
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don't sit near the door, as being on top of the hill there's usually a huge gale blowing that blasts everything every time someone comes in.
usually there's a nice beer on tap, and the wines are alright too but that door really gets on my tits
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Went it on the off chance that Mick Jagger might have popped into his local. He hadn't. Miserable barmaid compounded by disappointment.
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I love this pub to pieces, and was my regular whilst I worked nearby. It is close to the American University nearby, but only used by the staff and not the students. Beer is very nice and the 'new' food menu is all one can expect from a pub plus a bit more. Interesting bar staff and regulars. The seperate 'rooms' each have their own personality and their own familiar faces. Drinkers are able to take their glasses over the road onto the famous view and watch the sunset over the river if they wish.
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Sadly, the menu appears to have been changed - it's no longer the Roebuck's own, it's exactly the same as in every other pub owned by this chain. While that's not as bad as it could be, it's a bit disappointing - first sign that the lovely independent atmosphere might be crumpling under pressure from above.
Still worth a visit for the view.
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Best pub in London bar none, Marie and Paul have been running it for nearly 7 years now and all the staff give a warm welcome, food is reasonably priced and beer is well kept. Great pub for meeting up with friends or warming up in after a jaunt round Richmond Park!
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Had a great lunch here yesterday . If you can get a window seat its one of the great views in the UK . Ended up staying all day - really lovely pub !!!
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What a great little pub this is. My first visit to London for over thirty years and I was in a hotel about 200 yards away. I visited this pub every evening and was most taken with the 'blonde' who may have run the place, I'm not sure.
Best advice - go by yourself, take a newspaper and just melt into the background. The food's cheap and wholesome. The beer even better and the atmosphere just what a pub should be.
Not sure if it happens regularly, but there was an added extra one evening while I was there when a local Tory councillor 'who had served in the British Army' regaled everyone with his wholesome views on the IRA, multicultural Britain and life in general and then topped it off by falling heavily from his buffet. Luckily the floor is made of stone and was undamaged. Absolutely priceless - the Member for the Middle Ages.
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This is a good pub to spend all day in. It is completely relaxing and the staff are nice.
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A gem of a pub.no place better to spend sunday afternoon.
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Used to spend hours and loads of money here...really miss it now that I am back in the States in the land of commercialized bars.
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I spent two lovely afternoons in the window of this pub. Could've stayed all day. It's one of those rare pubs that show that you don't need a juke box or tele. A decent beer and a cute blonde on your lap works wonders. Bostin!
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This is what I think of as a real pub. Even if I try other pubs first - sooner or later I end up here (near home and relaxed, great view, good beer). Yes. Who wouldn't?
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Good beer, good atmosphere. True, not much in the way of music and no television for sports. Must be the type of place where you bring friends and actually talk.
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After a second visit, perhaps not as much of a Crap pub as I first thought. In fact it has a lot going for it.
The view is an obvious attraction, plus it has an old fashioned bar billiards table in full use, which is a rare treat these days. Very dark inside and can feel cramped when it is busy.
Don't order food when it is really busy, as it will take years to arrive. However, the food was nice when it eventually arrived.
All in all, a decent pub.
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this famous pub was used by Dennis Wheatley and both Mick Jagger and Jerrie Hall live next door(in separate houses.)
chris Shorrock - 22 Oct 2004 13:53 |
Why has the Roebuck (fine pub) got such a low rating? Is it because there's no juke box or any of the madness that goes on down at the bottom of the hill?
hatty - 17 Oct 2004 20:29 |
awesome pub to start the night at & meet up with your mates b4 moving on or just chill then go back to someones house to carry on... Is paul & wife still managing the pub ?
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Great view, but a bit of a crap pub
TheGP - 22 Aug 2004 20:28 |
My favourite pub - laidback, easy drinking, with the option to sit across the road and enjoy the view during the summer. Decent beer, good pub food, and no pretensions.
anna - 11 Aug 2004 14:53 |
Born & raised in nearby Petersham, The Roebuck was always a bit of a trot up Nightingale Lane hill from the Tudor Close (now the Rose of York) below. In the early 1970's it was the only outlet for Wm Younger's beers. Glad to see it is still held in esteem, always was a nice pub. Used to attract the 'rugby set'.
Memories of Richmond drinking 30 years ago? Email me.
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Incredible view, great grub, trivial pursuit, and you're utterly removed from the teeming sess pit that is Richmond high street. Go there.
Dave - 1 Apr 2004 17:21 |
This is my local. It's a great pub. People think that Richmond is posh and restrained. But I tell you it's madness down the hill in the town itself, when the thousands of out-of-townies pour in after about 8pm. So I come here - for peace and quiet, and humour and good beer and chilling out outside (fantastic view). Food's good too.
Thomas - 26 Mar 2004 17:50 |
Without a doubt this pub has the best view in London...
anonymous - 25 Mar 2004 14:54 |
Fantastic location - great staff. Quiet and intimate.
Jay - 14 Feb 2004 14:45 |
Jagger's manor. Great pub that I have yet to try on a winters day - potentially it's strongest hand. The view from across the road is unbeatable.
Good for: Yet to be defined but good on hot summer evenings
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Spectacular pub to get a beer and sit on the Terrace and watch the sun set over the river. Friendly staff. Perhaps the best views in London. Strongly recommended.
Dush - 9 Nov 2003 04:51 |
its a greak place to have a quite drink with your mates after work. the people that work there are also very friendly
anonymous - 16 May 2003 16:14 |
Great little pub with the best views in London.
Simon - 19 Jul 2002 23:13 |
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