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Decent enough boozer, friendly barstaff, good choice of ales, not fantastic but alright for a quick snifter.
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Good little pub, although it is stuck under Fenchurch Street which means inside it's as dark as a Stanley Kubrick film. One quarm I do have with it is that the toilets are utterly filthy, and you get a lovely little whiff of them everytime someone opens the door....lovely jubbly. Apart from that the place is pretty good and I personally prefer it to the P+P next door.
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Somewhat buried under Fenchurch Street station, but relatively cheap (considering its City location). Three real ales on, but the Pedigree was nothing special. Authentic London pub stinking toilets (well the gents, at least), with the traditional 'hot' taps unconnected to the water supply... Reading the small print on the posters, it appears to be an M&B pub.
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Well, I would want somewhere that looks a little cleaner....
anonymous - 4 Aug 2007 14:15 |
What more do you want from a pub. Cheap beer, sport, pool etc. Served quickly and friendlier than most of them round there. I think Angry man must be in the cellar chained to the barrels !!
anonymous - 1 Mar 2007 15:30 |
Excellent pub to go for a few quick pints at lunchtime. The food service can be a bit inconsistent and one of the barmen is quite temperamental (I think it may be the same guy referred to in an earlier review). My mates and I just know him as the "Angry Man" and seems to resent having to serve customers.
Apart from that though a decent Boozer, well worth a visit if you're ever in the Tower Hill area.
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Visiting Capacity: I have used this pub over several years after work to watch the football and take colleagues there for a jar or two.
Beer: Nice selection of bitters (rec: London Pride), lagers (Stella, Kronenbourg and even Amstel on draft), good selection of bottled bers (Corona, Leffe, Brahma etc) Guinness + EC and standard top shelf. Well looked after lines and clean glasses. Service is good, can get very busy and you may wait a small while. But then again thats a decent pub with plenty of customers.
Food: Great steaks since the kitchen has a charcoal grill. Standard pub chain menu with burgers etc, good for the tourists (rec: Fish & Chips).
Layout and Ambiance: At first glance the pub sems small when you walk in, rectangular (roughly). But once you have your pint and look about you notice several nice hidy holes (one fitted seating area to the right of the stairs, left hand side of the pub has raised tables and fitted seats & the right hand side has stand up area along the wall with high stalls if you need them. Good eating area in the middle full of tables.
Upstairs bar has almost full selection as downstairs, bar open at peak times, toilets upstairs as well, so no need to run between floors for beer or the loo.
Noisy at lunch and good buzz in the evening.
Entertainment: Downstairs - Setanta screen and large screen on walls, all sports shown with ful Prem coverage. Couple of bandits and a golf machine. Upstairs - Quiz type machine, two pool tables and a dart board. I even heard you can ask for chess or crib at the bar!
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Dire food service!!! Waited for 50 - 65 minutes, for lunch to arrive, which to be fair was ok. There were six of us, and it arrived in three stages!
When we complained to the arrogant bar man on the first floor, instead of even beginning to apologise he instead insisted it was our fault because, in his words "We are a pub, not a restaurant".
The most unbelievably shocking 'service' I've EVER experienced in a pub.
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I was in this pub a few weeks ago with my mom and sister. We had a great time - had a few pints, some food, played cards for a couple of hours. The service was great. We all really enjoyed it.
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This pub seems to have Essex office goffers downing their £2 pints before stumbling to Fenchurch St and back home. Good for football. Pool table upstairs. Usually a few rough birds getting a lot of attention. The pints are not nearly off like Wetherspoons so you don't get the squirts the next day as often!
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Very very loud man at the bar. Made me want to kill him. Think he'd had about 8 pints. Hope he was sick on his suit and missed his stop on the way home.
Average pub.
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Nice friendly pub, went there after work with the girls, food and wine was very reasonable and it was buzzying for a Friday night, very good start to the weekend, would recommend to anyone for a good night out
anonymous - 22 Nov 2004 16:45 |
New govenor at the Cheese! Refurb happening and it looks good. Food is the standard fare and the steaks are recommended. decent selection of Bitters and the lines are well cared for. Also it has an upstairs bar so it saves on the legs if your playing pool.
Nimrod - 17 Nov 2004 16:40 |
due a £50k refurb in march. come and have a look!
Michael - 28 Feb 2004 01:22 |
Gents toilets like a paddling pool. Minging.
mike - 18 Jul 2003 11:34 |
Nothing special, just a good place for a beer after work. I'd be interested to see how your reviewers rate it. And no, I'm not the landlord, just a regular.
Tony - 8 Jul 2003 09:14 |
