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Best pub in Wallington, barmaids offer "extras" and the beer garden has improved... what more could you want?
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Do a good guiness red, normally pretty quiet and can be a bit intimidating if you are on your own, but on the whole the best of the 4 pretty poor pubs in wallington, walk down the road to carshalton village for a better night out
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Nice pint of Heineken can be got here. Has everything you expect from this chain. Sometimes has a musician in. Has been known to have bouncers on the doors even when there arent any customers.
Rather lame attempt of a beer garden at back (couple of benches in a carpark with a view of a fence) but at least it has one. Also couple of benches at the front for those who like to enjoy watching the traffic in Wallington.
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dead quiet most of the time. hardly any beers on offer and when they are the bar staff can't seemed to be bothered to change the barrels so your left with carling, carling or carling. bogs are well below standard even after a heavy night drinking. may as well take the extra 30 second walk to the john jakson up the road.
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Went in here 3 weeks ago and had the best Guinness I'd had for a long time. Choose your moment when to go into this pub because it attracts - through no fault of its own - the usual Wallington W.....s, but otherwise it's ok.
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now and then i have a session with my mate, its ok - scary barmaid with long black hair!
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Unpleasant experience...... as the ratings suggest - O’Neills range of beers, so very limited. Freequent hassle - it’s now got doormen at the weekend (even lunchtime!) & one of the exits stays locked (wether to keep you in or stop Wallington’s finest entering is unclear). Toilets - foul, loads of attitude. Apparently there’s a garden........must be nice in the Summer.
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It's ok but that's about it, I'm not overrawed with the faux-Irish theme pub scene - it's a bit dated now and would be nice to see it return to being a more-mainstream pub (given its location I'm sure Youngs could really do something with this place). Quite an eye-opener when you see a doorman working the Sunday lunchtime shift but maybe that's a sign of the times?
Would be nice for the staff to be a bit friendlier/more hospitable, particularly when I've walked in and there's not a soul there. You'd think they'd be grateful for the custom?
As for cleanliness? Can't fault them on that. Always clean, always tidy.
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If you really can't be bothered to walk into Carshalton then O'Neills is ok. The food is not good but the pub itself is ok for a quick pint on the way home from work.
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There used to be a little Kiwi guy who ran this place and it was alot better than it is now. A miserable red head seems to be running the place now, if that's what you can call it, she seems to permanently have a pint of carling attached to her hand!
anonymous - 7 Jun 2005 14:47 |
I concur. Okay if you are in area. They have recently redone it, putting in new sofas and giving it a more modern feel which has drastically improved the amount of people in. There used to be a time where you'd go in on a Friday night and there'd only be half a dozen people in, now can get quite busy. This can work for and against, because though the place used to be dead a doornail at times, its not the place you'd reccomend for a quiet drink anymore, except for maybe Sunday afternoons.
Like most pubs I wouldn't say it was worth coming a long way for, but if you live up the road or happen to be in Wallington wanting a drink there are worse ones.
I don't know if they still do but they used to do a Jenga kit to play, which is kind of an annoyance to others as it made a loud noise as it fell down but at the same time the people playing it seemed to be enjoying it.
If you are passing- pop in for a quick 'un.
I like pubs - 13 Jul 2004 09:43 |
Typical O'Neils. Nothing to write home about but ok if you're in the area.
anonymous - 7 Jan 2004 17:16 |
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