Rising Sun, Readingback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Latest rumour has it being turned into - yes you've guessed it - a Tesco store. Great - lets shut down the local pub where the drinking can be reasonably controlled and turn it into a supermarket where anyone can buy cheap booze and get pissed anywhere they like!! Sounds like a responsible idea to me.
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yes - it looks like this one has gone. Closed and probably going to end up as flats.
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Pub closed and was boarded-up in October 2010.
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This is another "postcode" pub which is nowhere near Reading. (the Reading postcode covers many areas away from Reading - Basingstoke for example)
You will need to catch a number 2 bus to get to out as it is well out of town. Good to hear favourable reports about the beer though as you can indeed do a nice little pub crawl using the No.2 bus (it is every half hour and goes past or very close to several decent pubs).
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Popped in again, the beer quality was good on bother the beers (Hobgoblin and - I think - Tim Taylor Landlord).
It's still a right old dump but they seem to be doing the beer right, which is a start.
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Big, imposing pub. A fair amount of trepidation as we went in - there was some ramshackle DIY hut in the garden, whilst the interior was pretty ropey, with a broken window and a severe case of nicotine-tinged paintwork and a carpet that hadn't seen better days since 1954.
So we were pretty surprised to see a couple of ales on (Brakspear and Hobgoblin) and even more stunned to find that the Hobgoblin was very very good indeed.
Quick explore found a function room, quizzer and telly.
With a bit of TLC, this place could work well (assuming the Hobgoblin wasn't a one-pint-wonder).
I'll be back again on the strength of the ale quality, but I couldn't really recommend it as a pleasant drinking experience.
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