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Its recently started a music quiz which had been running for around 3 years at another local pub before an ownership change. Screams potential for a busy wednesday night just needs some awareness created about it. Seems a fun night from around 8.30 with some good cash to be won .. up to £400 !!
A nice way to catch up with friends, have a beer or two and have a laugh doing the quiz too. Well presented too, the guy doing it knows his stuff !
Try it out, ........... theres buggerall on tv worth staying in to watch i reckon.
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Opening hours have now changed. Sadly a sign of the times but not now open till 4.30 weekdays (except Fridays when it reverts to 12.30)
Continues to be a superb pub which deserves some support if you are in the area. Dying breed.
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A traditional local pub - comfy, cozy and friendly. The Special's good too. Well worth a visit.
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Charming back street local. Old fashioned and all the better for it. Opens 12.15 in the week so you have to walk round the town pretending not to be waiting for the pub to open.
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I may be a little biased - being my local, but the Corn is great local, traditional pub, off the beaten track in Teddington. Good beer and great company - what more could you want ! It's got everything a good local should have - friendly management, pool, great music selection, beer garden, darts and a great mix of characters - including the staff. The students are few and far between and those that do go in are a friendly bunch. Good to see new faces becoming regulars. Highly recommended.
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Good pint of Youngs, friendly locals, Nice backstreet pub, spotless but knackered decor.
They have Footy on TV, a Pool table, juke box which means it sometimes gets full of kids (now Waldegrave has closed) which is a mixed blessing.
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I drink wine & real ale - both will occasionally be off - most of the time it is not the proprietors fault.
Friendly, homely Youngs house in good order.
The cartoons on the wall could go in the bin, the pool table attracts some yobs but otherwise a nice pub.
Was here on a friday night when all the kids come in -now the Waldegrave is closed they lay siege to the near bar.
The beer is fine & so are Mel & Linda.
(Norman who used to run the Dowager was working in here recently so be grateful for small mercies in both pubs...)
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Very nice, traditional pub, great interior, good facilities, only let down by the following:
The disgusting beer, the ridiculous prices, and Mel.
No swearing at the bar? Don't make me f*****g laugh, it's a pub, not a puppet show.
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monday nights ..Jazz other nights....forget it
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Still cannot be faulted on the quality of beer, even though it will be sad to think of it travelling all the way from Bedford shortly rather than from Wandsworth barely eight miles away. It would be nice to see the seasonal ales on, but the quality of the Special and "Ordinary" has only once disappointed- and was rapidly replaced with a new barrel without quibble.
However, the bad news since I last reported on this pub in August 2005 is that it seems to be becoming something of a student haunt, apparently due to the closure (temporary?) of the Waldegrave nearby. Most of these are from St Mary's college at nearby Strawberry Hill. Of course they need to let their hair down, but it's a pity they have to do it here to the detriment of the regulars who have been gathering here for a quiet drink on a Friday night for years. They have occasionally been asked to tone it down by the landlord Mel, but can the lure of student pounds and hence increased profits be resisted for long. Don't give up on it yet, but be warned.
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The special is foul,once youve had it changed 3 times you start to wonder ? Mel smiled at me once back in 1993, still we all get grumpy with old age .For a pub within a family area i would expect more of a welcome for the younger members of our community.Re king Rama entry ,when did Youngs last have 6 real ales on draught (circa 1806)?
anonymous - 28 Jul 2006 17:19 |
My new favourite pub in Teddington. The Abercorn Arms is easily missed, hidden away from the other pubs in the area, indeed I stumbled across it by accident.
It's a Youngs pub, and is incredibly like a traditional proper pub. One side of the bar is full of old regulars, the other side has a pool table and dartboard, and there is a little garden. Service is excellent. It's not cheap, but I don't mind paying a little more for a nice drinking experience like this one.
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A really nice (and small) backstreet pub. Two bars which is quite unusual and Young's ales on draught (although not seasonals). It has a very loyal (and forty-ish onwards) clientele but they don't bite and the ale is good. Definitely a place to take your wife...or your mistress! Also handy for the Mason's Arms a few minutes away.
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Excellent pub. Good pool tabel and darts, friendly bar staff, cheap grub, realy traditional. The place has character and seems to be very popular. Pints are a little pricey, but then again where are they not in teddington?? It would be nice if it stayed open later as well. But yeh, a realy nice pub. Definatly worth a visit.
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Truly the best pub around. When I visited this pub I was firstly struck by how many real ales they had on (round about 6 constantly changing) and then secondly by the type of people that visit this pub. One table had two men arguing about politics, anouther the decline of Great Britain and the third table was 5 men arguing about duck eggs......now Ill be buggered if thats not a good pub
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A realy nice place, upon my first visit me and my freinds were treated to a BBQ and the staff were extremely friendly.
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Lovely pub - very well run! Worth a visit.
Chloe - 22 Nov 2005 18:26 |
Definitely worth a trip to on a Monday. The Alley Cats are brilliant. Dave rocks!
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Great little pub and niceley tucked away off the highstreet. Barstaff were very friendly and the decor was dark..just how I like it.
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The friendliest pub in the area, and yet to serve a dodgy pint to me! Mel, mein host, was former chef at the Press Club in London and the reputation of his food at the Abercorn is testimony to this.
A cat-lover's paradise, punters are regularly treated to a visit from "Alfie", one of the two pub cats, when he's not bolting for the cool of the cellar, that is. However, when Alfie's up to his mousing, the kitsch cats which adorn every windowsill are just as much fun, as are the caricatures of regulars drawn by an artistic regular.
The lounge bar is a good retreat for the unsportingly minded on footie nights though this is also a good outpost for rugby devotees from Twickers.
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What a great little pub! Up Church Road which is a long sidestreet off Broad Street (the main drag, folks) and close enough to several other great pubs in order to make it a cert for any pub crawl you're planning. Kick off at the other Young's pub in Tedders, The Queen Dowager, then to the Mason's Arms and then here for a taste of three really good pubs.
Two small-ish bars, it's a small managed house with the Young's usual ales in great condition. It's easy to imagine yourself as a regular here; it has a dead homely atmosphere, the place is spotless and the welcome in evidence.
anonymous - 15 Aug 2005 21:23 |
Worth a visit for the good beer and the omelettes. Sign says they are world-class. Dunno about that, but they are pretty good. Seats uncomfortable and magazines are a bit old. Otherwise tough to criticise.
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Couldn't believe it when, during the Cheltenham Festival, a bunch of guys from Teddington (including Mel) walked into my local in Brighton!! Hadn't seen them for about 10 years, from when I worked at the Waldy - brought back some memories, I can tell you
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One of Youngs classic pubs. Mel is very friendly and always ready for a chat. Consistently good beer
John - 13 Oct 2004 16:21 |
I have to say I think it's a very well run Pub with excellent Beer, Superb Landlord/Lady & great staff even though I've been asked to leave and can't go back - I await the next Landlord who I hope will do as good a job as the old and who I hope will welcome me back in!
The Pub Ghost - 8 Aug 2004 17:30 |
The best Pub in Teddington By far, possibly the world! The kindest, most friendly Owners, a real Landmark.
anonymous - 26 Apr 2004 19:57 |
My favourite pub. One of the few remaining traditional pubs left in London. I always thought that a pub should feel like an extension of your own living room... and this one is. (Apart from the decor of course).
Rashley - 18 Feb 2004 19:38 |
Lovely pub. Two bars - saloon and public to choose from depending on your mood. Hope it stays the same forever.
Chris - 18 Dec 2003 00:29 |
This place is stuck in a 50's timewarp. Not my favorite place to visit.
richardaustin - 13 Oct 2003 15:32 |
Great pub great atmospher you can also find a friendly local
or some one behind the bar to talk and amuse you. though
you should watch out for the geeks with laptops!!!!
at the abercorn they still have a bar and a lounge and different
rules of conduct for each.
any way great service, good food excelent crisp and drink
i'de take my mother there any day!!!
James - 19 Sep 2003 15:21 |
Great Pub pool great food and above all best crisps in Teddington. Hackers welcome.
Olly - 17 Sep 2003 10:57 |
Top pub! Very comfortable, good beer (they do have Special now), bizarre mix of punters. World class omelettes too.
Trowa Barton - 15 Sep 2003 16:25 |
I agree a locals pub but friendly to outsidders. Particularily cosy in the winter. saw Jimmy Tarbuck in there at the bar a couple of months back as well.
PJ - 8 Aug 2003 14:40 |
A decent, friendly place. No Young's Special when I went there, though.
DeviousDave - 7 Aug 2003 12:47 |
This is a hidden gem. Away from Teddington High Street it's a small pub, tied to the Youngs brewery. The pub is very much a locals pub but very friendly to "outsiders". Once you're well known the landlord arranges for a caricature to be drawn of you and these are displayed around the pub. Two sides - one with pool table, darts, big screen TV, games etc.and one "quiet" side. A library exists in the lounge. Nice terraced garden. Good beers. An excellent pub.
Phli Brittain - 6 Jul 2003 20:45 |
