Monument, Monumentback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Looks like a bar from the outside, but inside it's an airy mediocre pub with wooden bar and quick, efficient service. Good convenient place to stop in for a drink, with Peroni on tap.
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This is a great place to go with team workmates. You can stand outside,(well you have to as it gets very crowded) and meet other city workers. The service was excellent and the beer (stella) was very good. We didn't get around to have any food, but Andrew munched through some packets of crisps.
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I used to drink in here occasionally when I used to work in the area and it was a Hogshead, but today’s visit was my first in a long time. Aside from a few minor changes (plasma screen on the wall), the interior hasn’t changed a great deal. It still retains that wooden look and dull and bland feel of old. The staff are friendly, yet somewhat robotic and I got the untimely reminder of how dear it is in the area. To conclude, The Monument is a decent enough place for a drink or two after work, but really isn’t a place to look out for otherwise.
HTM69 - 14 Aug 2006 22:04 |
Now called "The Monument".
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Another Hogshead/Greene King conversion, but this place is a bit more spacious and with a decent, long bar.
The interior is the bog-standard and the usual Greene King ales on, although the seasonal, citrusy Ale Fresco was an absolute delight. Alas my companion opted for this awful faddy Magners stuff (with added sulphates), which came in at almost a whopping £4. I love the fact it is served with ice: “Yes please barman, if you could water down my pint for me that would be great.” (Apologies, I’m a West Country boy used to proper scrumpy, so I am probably just being a bit prejudiced.)
Although when you’ve seen one Greene King pub you’ve pretty much seen ‘em al, they are at the higher end of the chain pub, er, chain.
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Not bad, considering. I Not my first choice but OK in an emergency. Hard floor and walls mean you can hear absolutely everybody in the room except the person next to you. Beer's OK.
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I was quite pleasantly surprised. It's pretty big and though the staff could have been faster the service was OK. The food was the typical laminated-menu-chain-pub-plastic-burger bag o'shite but hey if it's 4 quid or whatever then you can't really argue. Fairly uninspired choice of beers, but at least they had London Pride which other than being slightly too warm was pretty good. Generally speaking, it's fine. Only problem is that there are a few far, far better options within about 5 minutes walk, so there's really no need to ever go back to this one.
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My mind is playing tricks on me cos I thought this used to be a great pub. But - with one exception - the bar staff were slow, the beer wasn't up too much, and the acoustics mean it's very noisy. Not helped by someone's desire to increasingly turn up the music. Why??!
Can do better! 4/10.
Darren in the City - 18 Jul 2003 09:41 |
Not a bad place. Can be a crush thanks to all the city types that use it.
Alistair - 29 Nov 2002 14:01 |
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