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I quite often pop in here for a pint while waiting on good old Southwest Trains,have always found it ok staff are normally on the ball and lager cold and wet.Seeing alemans comment would buy my bloody crisps before entering station (not that i`m a tight git or anything).
I remember the good old Casey Jones burger joint just up from here where you used to eat the packaging and chuck the burger o for the Good Old Days !!
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Yes, And also watch out for getting the CODE when using the Lavatories... Annoying :P
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£1.79 for a regular black coffee and 80p for a packet of ready salted! Well it is a convinient spot.
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Not bad for lunch between trains. Good food, and well-kept real ale (today had Bombardier, Youngs, Old Speckled Hen, and London Pride available).The Youngs was very good. Clean facilities (make sure you find out the PIN code to get in...!!!), nice atmos, and friendly service.
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As station pubs/bars go this is probably one of the better ones. Clean bathroom facilities, they also sell ale here.
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Probably the best place on the station if you want real ale although you are better off going to the Hole In The Wall. Normally Pride and Young's and maybe another. I expect it has improved since the smoking ban.
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I met up with friends in this establishment on Saturday morning and I have to say it wasn't as bad as one would expect. Had a decent pint of Young's. Certainly could have been far worse.
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This pub is horrific! Bad service, bad beer, bad atmosphere, smokey as hell and to make matters worse the only reason for going there, live sport if you have a spare half hour in the station, never seems to be on anymore, they seem to have substituted it for r&b pop channels or sky sports news, all thet while the cricket world cup is live every day! so now there is no reason to go there at all!
Oh and has anyone else noticed how all of the good reviews below are written by the same server pretending to be different people! Smart a?%e at least remember to take your name off when reviewing your own bar!!! Take the exit to waterloo road, same amount of steps! and check out the Wellington for live sport, or the fire station for a decent beer & a feed instead!
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I met up with a few lads I know from watching Charlton here when the Bolton, Arsenal game was on (Nov 25) while waiting for my girlfriend to arrive in the smoke. It was fairly busy early on this Saturday evening, but we all easily got a seat. I like the cosy feeling this boozer provides away from the hustle of Waterloo station, especially when it was heaving with rugby fans returning from Twickenham. Not sure on paying £3.99 for a Magners though, but I was served quickly.
I also watched the Man Yoo, Chelsea game here on the Sunday and again comfortably got a seat with my girlfriend. As mentioned in my previous posts, this pub has a great use if you want to watch televised football matches and happen to be in the area, despite drinks being relatively expensive here. Oh, remember to get the code for the toilets when you buy your drinks!
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Came here Sunday afternoon (29 Oct) while waiting for my girlfriend’s train to watch some of the West Ham, Blackburn match. I think this an excellent boozer to watch football in given its location. With Bonpartes and Reef Bar also in the station, it’s never busy when I have been here. The bar staff were friendly and efficient, even putting the match commentary on for me instead of having music playing over the football. Good for the reasons stated on my last review.
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Discovered this place while waiting for my girlfriend early Saturday evening after watching Charlton’s game with Watford, as I wanted to watch a bit of the Villa, Fulham game. Plenty of seats and 3 televisions showing the football, so this place is handy if you're either waiting for a train or waiting for someone to come into Waterloo and you want to watch Sky Sports for instance. Other than that, I would not bother waste your time and money coming to this place. In fact, when seeing my girlfriend off the next day, I watched some of the Man Utd, Liverpool game in here.
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Don't understand why the name's changed, cos there seems to be no change on the inside. Nevertheless far superior to the Bodaecia (sic) at Charing X and Victoria Spoons, with a good array of light ales. One drawback is the lack of a display board inside showing train departure times. Otherwise I'd say above average for a station pub.
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This place is awful, even for a train station pub.
anonymous - 25 Jun 2006 21:55 |
Refurbished yet one of the gents cubicles is already out of order. Much improved though despite the fact that they have just painted over the filth. I'd still rather drink here than get a can of Special Brew but its close.
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Currently being refurbished, when reopened it'll be called The Wellsley (I think)
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I'm old enough to remember when the space occupied by Cooper's was the main Gent's Loo at Waterloo. It smelled better then.
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Imagine that you've never been to Britain before and arrive here for the first time on the Eurostar into Waterloo Station. You step off the train, walk a few yards down the platform and call in here for your first pint of beer on English soil. Christ, you'd be back on the train again and on your way down that channel tunnel to frogland before you could say "Why does this beer smell so bad".
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Indifferent service, indifferent ale. Inadequate cleaning(loved the chundah on the stairs). If it wasn't so close to the trains I'd give it no stars, but since it's convenient, I'll give it a "1" Is this representative of all Coopers?
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Horrible horrible horrible. Do yourself a favour - go into Wine Rack, buy a couple of tins of special brew and drink them on one of the platforms instead. At least you might maintain a modicum of self respect that way.
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If you are female and alone totally avoid this place.
Zoe - 10 Sep 2004 15:31 |
C**p station pub...though after a c**p train journey, anything with a bar seems appealing...I suspect people would miss it if it were gone.
Rob - 22 Jul 2004 13:43 |
Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came
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my company owns this one - yeah it is dingy! i like the way you delve down into it, but as a non smoker it's a bit too much :o( needs air con fast
oliver - 23 Apr 2004 16:51 |
Total pants nowadays - tho me and beer monster pal are rather frequent visitors - and far less interesting characters lately. But,in mitigation, it does smell even worse than usual.
angie - 19 Oct 2003 10:56 |
Total rip off. Why bother when the Hole in the Wall is nearby?
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Dingy, smelly and dirty.
Kevin - 13 Jul 2002 08:16 |
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