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I would advise crossing the road for the stage door, unless you are pushed for time then its ok for a quick pint.
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Absolutely no reason to drink here unless you need a pint badly and it's only a few minutes before your train leaves. The last pint I had there was more or less undrinkable, but I drank it anyway...
Not recommended.
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Typically awful station 'pub'. Only redeeming feature - less crowded than Wetherspoons (but less choice and much more expensive).
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since the demise of the mighty Reef I've been carefully weighing up the remaining Toria station contenders... it's come down to this baby and the Mash Tun on the other concourse.. was in Sunday night afore going to the Fratellis gig (ooh look at me.. it was brilliant if anyone cares) and had a pleasant enough 2/3 pints. neither of the barstaff would have won mastermind but that's to be expected i guess. one of em poured my first pint, taking his eye off me for only a second, and promptly handed it to the only other geezer at the bar... who was a good 5 yards away and looked nothing whatsoever like me! made me laugh. dunno how the other punter felt
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Was in on Saturday night for one drink before going to theatre, sat upstairs which was clean enough and staff were friendly, but the toilets have security codes ... says it all really. Typical station boozer.
anonymous - 16 Oct 2006 11:27 |
I popped in here a couple of times when working in the area a few years back and my last visit was earlier this year. Unlike some other station pubs, at least The Iron Duke has a traditional feel to it and is fairly comfortable inside. However, that is where the positive differences end. Like many of the others, its prices border on the ridiculous. I seem to recall paying something ludicrous like £3.30 for a bottle of Grolsch. Its okay here, but with a cheap and cheerful ‘Spoons situated almost opposite, I don’t know if you’d want to bother.
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Expensive, a bit soulless and given there's a Spoons across the concourse if I were going for a quick drink at Victoria station I know which one I'd choose. Inoffensive, and right next to McBastards for some "sustenance" if you're hanging around the area, but not the best place you could choose to go for a beer in the vicinity of Victoria.
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The Reef Bar is cleaner, nicer and the beer is better. However, I guess this place serves to a specific clientele - but it could 'try' harder.
Best avoided unless your desperate and like the tramps - who tend to frequent the bar (given its on the Station concourse).
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I use this most nights for a quick one before the commute home. What is there to say? It's a station pub that expects its customers to have just the one and then go, so it doesn't go out of it's way to be anything special. To be fair, the staff work hard, even on a busy night you will not be kept waiting.
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Used to know this place as Coopers and had a few in there but that was in pre-Reef days. Now there's simply no point going in here.. do yourself a favour and nip over to the other concourse and join the Reef party
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This baby rocks. Just what you need to drag you up from a 1 to as much as a 3.5.
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