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An awesome pub.
But there is a man who has started frequenting the place who smells of wee. The money he spends on drink should be spent on a wash and scrub-up.
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£6.85 FOR A PT OF 3.8% NAYLORS AND A BLUE WKD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KERCHING! Captive audience and all that jazz. Friendly staff though. Grub didn't actually appear to be too expensive but we weren't eating.
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Convenient pub and great range of real ales in good condition, Three Guineas is £3.15, only 10p to go until the beer is 3 Guineas a pint!
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Only had time for a quick drink in here ,selection fine ,mine a bit cold/average.Plastic glasses prob due to football on. would give it another go.
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When in Reading for the rugby at the majeski this pub is a must. It has a fantastic selection of ales and on match days (Rugby that is) is full to the brim of both home and away supporters. I'm not a huge fan of Irish bands but in here, it feels right and moreover after a few beers,actually good. The atmophere after the match is great, plenty of good humoured banter between supporters but never a hint of trouble. I suspect it may be different when its soccer, but if only for its beer this pub is worth a visit.
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Decent enough place for a station pub.
I had to drink my pint out of a plastic cup on Saturday afternoon, but I’d imagine this was due to the football. There are a few tables and chairs out the front and a BBQ was starting up just as I left.
I agree with Gristy that it is OK for a couple, but I wouldn’t stay too long.
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Always a decent beer selection - Bushy's (Isle of Man) on there during our last visit, a good rare find for this neck of the woods. Overpowering large screen, lots of smaller flatscreens and music piped to outside seating at very loud levels all conjure up a feeling of somewhere you can't relax whether waiting for a train or passing by on the way to town. Certainly couldn't spend a session in there, but the beer does make it worth the occasional foray.
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pretty decent for a station pub, and good craic when irish are playing.
mps77 - 11 Mar 2008 12:49 |
Only ever been here when travelling with the football down to the Royals, but it ticks all the right boxes for away fans - it's next door to the station, it sells beer and the buses to the ground go from outside.
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Recently refurbished and better for it - although the toilets are beginning to stink again. Didn't take long!
Ale is more consistent of late, though still served up too cold.
Designated away fans pub on Reading FC home matches, don't end up in a scrum of overweight, pissed-up Geordies trying to get cider mixers at the bar. I did and it was horrible. Better when London Irish games are on, nice atmosphere.
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This place has improved over the last 12 months or so - The decor is brighter and not so many weirdos. The beer has improved also and is becoming more consistent - The beer range is also good.
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Good choice of ale, several screens for the sport, You can't ask much more from a Station pub. Occasional wierdos but usually harmless enough
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Very interesting place with "varied" clientele ....needs a bit of tidying up 1
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Not great, but an ok pint for a meeting/departure point.
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I recently left my cigarettes and Zippo lighter there, only realising when I got home. I phoned up in what I thought was a vain hope of ever finding my stuff but the staff had found it and kept it for me to collect the following day. You can't say that about many places these days?!Granted its not the cleanest looking pub in the world but I've always found service fast and friendly and its a great place to while away a few hours and watch everyone rushing to or from the train station. Good to watch the rugby too.
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Place always shows sports, so a good place to get passionate. Anti smoking people won't enjoy it so much
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For a pub next door to a large railway station I thought that it was not too bad. Good beer choice
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Quality of ale is becoming increasingly variable, poor value for such a high price.
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Yep, 2.90 a pint is a bit OTT, but personally I found the beer in perfect nick and the staff friendly and not the Dodo's you get in too many similar establishments. Great atmosphere during the 6 nations rugby games.
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Pretty nice place. I'm from Portsmouth and I've popped in there when i've gone to The Reading Festival. Is a good place to pop in and have a few drinks.
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Decent Selection Of Festive Ales when visited yesterday, £2.90 a pint though. 8/10
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Good pub, great atmosphere on rugby days (London Irish). Can be a bit lively on football days, last time I went was when my team played Reading in Feb. Little bit of trouble there.
Best Guinness outside of Dublin.
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Go here if you like nuts! Selling pistachio nuts and other nuts at the moment. Actually its a pretty alright place to go while waiting for a train
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initial impressions quite favourable - good selection of local ales available, friendly attentive staff, on the other hand its very smokey, piped music is of the non-descript thump thump variety (irritating at any volume) the beers are expensive and not kept that well - considering its in the 2007 Good Beer Guide. Worth dropping in for a quick one if your passing but not worth the effort of making a special journey to.
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Always used to be a bit fractious in here, in the old days, when the bar was in the middle. It calmed down a bit when it changed hands and was done up but looks like the nutters are back. Just goes to show, you can call it a rugby pub and sell sun blushed tomato wraps but it's very hard to change a pub's character.
The have a food agenda rather than a menu, too. This is odd.
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Big and spacious place, with plenty of staff so quite rarely have to queue. Excellent range of real ales, but due to its proximity to the train station is quite expensive. Can be quite boisterous most weekends with football or rugby fixtures in the city.
A good meeting point, before moving on.
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A great selection of real ales, all of which sem to be kept to excellent standards. The landlord clearly knows who to run a good pub.
However it is stil a station pub, and with that come the clientele as described below.
anonymous - 13 May 2006 16:40 |
Wide selection of (expensive) Real Ales, which taste good. Being next to the railway station and near Broad Street, it does attract a few people that you'd rather avoid, ho-hum. Worth going in if you've got a wait for the train anyway.
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Still occasionally meet friends from the station here but really don't know why I bother. After 6 or 7 every night (I'm talking weekdays here!) becomes a place with a bit of an attitude. Met my dad there for a pint and a man asked him if he wanted a fight as he 'was staring at his girlfriend' while I was at the bar. Christ my dad is over 60!! Not the first time I have heard of this kind of thing happening or indeed experienced it myself. If you want a fight with pissed up chavs pop along and night of the week.
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Bearable if Reading FC haven't got a big game on otherwise footie bores and the police merge as one for fun times to be had by all on a saturday. If you fancy a pub to meet in before a train journey try the Corn Exchange instead; smaller, quieter and the staff are beyond friendly; total gents I salute you.
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Big pub. Part of rail station. Lots of ales. Not many ale-drinkers. The newsagent inside the station sells cans...
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Lovely collection of rugger shirts about the place, landlord is a good laugh and will talk to most people. Good location next to the station.
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Not sure when this place emerged from the primeval sludge that used to be the railbar as it's a while since I travelled through Reading. I was amazed therefore to find that eight Real Ales are available. Unfortunately, I only had a chance to try the excellent Gales HSB before my train departed. Didn't encounter any of the problems experienced by Dappertutto. Unsurprisingly, there was a good cross section of people merely waiting for their trains.
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Helps to be passionate about cricket here. Bit of an over 30s pub, though that doesn't mean to say younger people aren't welcome. Nice atmosphere and a good Guinness
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Not too bad, bar staff very good.
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No less than 8 decent quality hand-pulled ales on tap with friendly and efficient service. Usual station pub fixtures e.g. wall-to-wall fruities. Gets a bit busy when Reading FC are playing at home as it is a designated away-supporters pub. Best in good weather when you can drink outside.
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A good pub for beer, not great for food. Quite good music and a genial atmosphere along with some comfortable sofas make this a good place to grab a beer whilst waiting for the inevitably delayed train.
Mike - 9 Sep 2004 11:16 |
Big Horrible impersonal station pub. London beer prices in a sub-London environment.
Steve - 2 Apr 2004 09:08 |
Can be a pleasant enough place to drink at other times. Outdoor tables have a tendancy to attract tramps.
flea - 18 Feb 2004 16:41 |
Semi-official meet up point for football hoolies. Opens about 9.30 on Saturday mornings, so its useful for an early shant before hopping on the train.
AS FEATURED IN MACINTYRE INVESTIGATES (the Chelseas Headhunters one)
Jelly - 29 Nov 2003 01:39 |
Just been done up in an attempt to remove the previous class of frequenter. Big TV screen, good for footie. Trying to sell food now and gone all continental with its outside tables. Usual medicore pub food. Its alright if you have nothing better to do.
Harry - 27 Jun 2003 15:35 |
Its on the South side of the Railway Station and you cannot enter it from the Station Platform.
J Lonsdale - 13 Dec 2002 12:08 |
Is it on the North Side of the station and can you get to it from the platform?
David Miller - 19 Nov 2002 22:34 |
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