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A nice pub but very pricey.
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best pub in brentford, just a bit on the small side
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This is a pretty small pub with outside seating to the front and rear. It wasn’t that busy inside, but I still had trouble finding a seat and ended up sitting next to the only diners. The food looks very mediocre, but I’ve never been one to go to a pub to eat so I can’t really comment as it may taste fantastic.
Discovery, Pride and Chiswick were available alongside Fosters, Grolsch and Carling. Not the most inspiring range, but this pub does not pretend to be anything other than a proper boozer.
What this pub lacks in size the governor makes up for in hospitality. Cheerful, polite and generally pleasant, it’s a shame all publicans aren’t like him.
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Characterful pub, but you'll be disappointed if you believe this site's description of it as having a 'riverside location' - it hasn't! It's a small pub down a side-street in the middle of an area of old industrial buildings. The pub is small with wooden walls and floor, with a limited amount of seating outside overlooking the grim buildings and road. Staff and locals seem friendly.
When we were there, on a Sunday evening, there was a four-piece band playing - mostly bland favourites from the seventies - they weren't bad (for free!) but in such a small bar area they were far too loud, making it difficult to talk. We weren't the only ones who moved on after just one pint becasue of this.
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Impressive old school boozer. Will return; soon hopefully.
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Now you're talking - this is about as close as you'll get to a piece of Middlesex pub history. Public, saloon and snugs still there, and I not had a better pint of Pride anywhere.
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Came in here with some Lincoln fans before the match; well kept Fullers including seasonal beers - and a Guest Beer - Tom Woods put on specially for the visiting fans. Well Done!
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Very lively pub, when I go anyway! Older crowd, beer is well kept. Live music good, everybody seems to join in!
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Hi Tylenchus,
Just to let you know that the dart board does get used from time to time (there's even a spot light that lights the board).
The table is just put there from time to time as it's moved out of other areas of the pub to make way for bands or quizes etc.
If you ask Brian (the Govenor) nicely or any of the staff I'm sure they will set the darts up for you and move the table etc. The only time it may be difficult to play darts may be when people are using the Pool table (as the room isn't the largest of rooms)
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Recently in here for a quick pint in the afternoon and it certainly seems to fall into the category reserved for quiet traditional pubs with good beer and plenty of character. Noticed a dart board (good sign) with a table in front of it (bad sign). Does anyone know if this board get used much or what the response to asking to use it might be? The fact that a board isn't listed here but a pool table is leaves me wondering if it's ornamental.
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I love this pub even if the lanlord is a Gooner, ne's a nice bloke actually, it is a proper pub with decent Fullers beer with a bloke on the piano, there is a small side bar with a pool table & an even smaller bar at the back, but it's friendly & i liked it so much last time i missed my last bus so the Lanlord called me a cab, which was nice as iv'e been called a lot worse !!
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Saturday night- old geezer playing the joanna - no frills and NO ESB IN A FULLERS PUB !!! A time warp. Definightly a place to go if you want to get away from the trials and tribulations of life. Music and quizzes seem to be the in thing but only if your over the age of 55 cos' if you're young you ain't gonna like it - food available apparently during the day. All in all a little gem in the back waters of Brentford. Also, a guest ale in a Fullers pub - rather unusual.
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A real pub with no frills,good beer and great pub grub. Well done to landlord and staff. More pubs like this needed.
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Excellent real ale pub I visited recently. Landlord was kind and helpful and the regulars more than accomodating of us non-locals pitching up. Nice atmosphere and gently away from the beaten track of townie pubs. Beer is good and the food fine with music in the evenings on some nights. I recommend it, well worth a visit.
Mcloj - 29 Jan 2007 13:03 |
They know how to keep a decent pint here. If you like your ale and appreciate music, particularly the jazz on Thursdays, then you should try it out. I've also lunched here and will do again.
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Much better than the Magpie and Crown.
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Nice traditional little pub, well worth visiting. Butcombe Bitter was on a guest beer when visited last Sunday
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Nice little pub that you'd never find by chance, because it's down a back street in an industrial area. That may explain why there were loads of seats on a Saturday night, and we arrived unannounced but got the whole back room to ourselves! Selection of Fullers beers and lots of lunchtime food options listed on the wall (though we didn't try them).
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Live music on Tuesday evenings is a delight as is the beer they serve. Friendly and full of characters. Easy parking to.
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A romantic watering hole i was recommended by my father. Last summer i frequently ruined a riverside run by popping in for half a Stella on the way back to Ferry Quays. I'd sit on the cramped patio and wonder whether it was possible for the road to flood at high tide, then return my glass and amble past the old boatyards.
If i am honest its a really crap pub. But there is something about the setting, the nearly dead inhabitants and the odd folk act that make it positively memorable.
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Essentially a "nice little pub" tucked away in a narrow road just off the High Street, serving Fuller's beers in excellent condition. I was disappointed never to find any of the recent range of Fuller's Spring Seasonal beers - perhaps they only had a limited supply and I was unlucky to be there on the wrong days - but £2.73 for a pint of the very bland new Fuller's Discovery is far too expensive. Certainly worth seeking out ahead of the many other Fuller's pubs if you're in the area, but you'll find greater variety and better value at the nearby Magpie & Crown.
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The 'pretty Ukrainian barmaid' is also my wife, so you can all put your eyes back into their eye sockets and concentrate on the beer instead!!! I play in one of the jazz bands that play at this pub so I hope I'm not at the bottom end of the 'varying quality' that is referred to on a previous post!!!
Having mentioned the beer I should say that it is excellent (they currently have a mini spring Beer festival - meaning that they are serving Fuller's: London Porter, India Pale Ale and Hock over the coming weeks)
This is in my opinion the best pub in Brentford (and it is up against some serious competition....as well as some not so serious competition). If you don't believe me then come down and give it a go. The staff and locals are friendly and will make you feel welcome.
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A previous message is inaccurate. The "very pretty Polish barmaid" is actually a very pretty Ukrainian barmaid. The pub, beer, food and staff are excellent.
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A splendid old-fashioned pub, with no pretension. Well kept beer, a wide variety of food; live music of varying quality (the Saturday evening pianist, Fingers, is a living legend: Well, we think he's living); quiz night on Mondays.
Staff generally friendly. Pork scratchings.
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What a great little place!
Despite the live jazz (uck), the staff were most friendly and the ale really top-notch. Very pretty Polish barmaid - yum!
Will definitely return.
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Pour two pints at the same time??? I say ...
anonymous - 21 Feb 2005 14:23 |
Let me correct my earlier comment. There is nothing wrong with bar staff not being English. I am impressed by the non-English staff, particularly the Ukranian lovely who can pour two pints at the same time. Edith is lovely too. Better to sign off now before I get into more trouble!
BillS - 18 Feb 2005 16:21 |
This is a great old fashioned pub, probably at it's best under the current landlord. OK he whistles but he knows how to look after his beer,it's always good and the food is great. Friendly staff, not all are English!
BillS - 18 Feb 2005 10:54 |
I agree with other comments posted, however there is one really anoying thing about this fine Fuller's pub. The landlord, he is a whistler with a short attention span. So if you want a quiet read or wish to concentrate on a crossword, etc this may not be the pub to choose unless you like listening to 10-15 second snatches of tunes. Beer is great though.
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The beer is fantastic - well kept, and the full range from Fullers. Yes, it is at the higher end of what you might expect to spend on a pint, but no different to most of the pubs around west london. You might find cheaper - say in some ghastly hell hole sports bar full of teenagers - but you won't find better. There's a nice bunch of customers at the Tap, can't be faulted.
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Beer is definitely pricy but normally in good nick.
anonymous - 19 Jan 2005 19:43 |
Splendidly traditional pub, another must on any Brentford crawl. The London Pride was pricey at £ 2.58p - presumably this is a tenanted pub - but was on good form.
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This is a gem, and the people behind the bar are extremely nice. The beer is the best you will ever find, the complete range of Fullers. I've never run accross a brass band there before, but it sounds rather a good idea!
anonymous - 15 Dec 2004 16:56 |
The Tap is a very friendly 'village' pub, and the best in the area. The live music is not to everyone's taste, but is still worth experiencing. As is the food and superbly kept real ales.
Alan - 9 Oct 2004 11:02 |
Being a regular of this pub (and I don't even live in the area), I wish to say that I find the barstaff to be very efficient as well as entertaining and generally a good laugh. The only reason that I can think of that would cause one of them to be abusive is if someone was rude to them first. As for the music; they don't do brass bands!!! It was probably one of the two very good jazz bands that they have twice a week. There's not enough live music in pubs these days and I for one rather like it. The Brewery Tap is a nice, unspoilt traditional pub with friendly regulars and a good choice of live music, sport on the TV and good beer.
andrew - 8 Oct 2004 12:55 |
What a dump. A brass band turned up to play which was fine if you like that sort of stuff, so me and my mate finished our game of pool, downed our drinks and had the decency to go up and put them on the bar and we do we get- a mouthful of abuse from the barmaid!
Gary - 7 Oct 2004 13:16 |
This is a nice quiet local pub with a great atmosphere and plenty of live entertainment (ranging from live music to quiz evenings). It has friendly bar staff, delicious food, great beer, wonderful owners, a friendly dog and delightful customers. It is good for couples and large groups (no more than 50)!!!
Although slightly hidden it is well worth finding.
Andrew - 8 Jan 2004 02:14 |
Friendly and cosy local. An excellent pub with live music, quiz evenings and more nightly entertainment than the London Palladium back in its sixties heyday. Hidden away down a dimly lit Brentford backstreet and tucked in by the leafy canal, it is well worth climbing over the burnt out cars, supermarket trolleys, dead dogs and piles of rubble to reach.
Agnes - 20 May 2003 17:27 |
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