please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Pleasant enough place with a couple good ales. My wife particularly liked the atmosphere--well-lighted and family-oriented. A couple of guys that appeared to be American bikers came in for dinner and drank pints of milk. Apparently, nobody has ever ordered a glass of milk here, as the bartender told the guys--after a moment of quick figuring--that he'd charge them the price of a coffee! Funny!
|
This was The Ducks & Drakes until the late 70s
|
A nice-looking pub, with a separate, lounge-y upstairs bar to boot. Not a huge selection of beers, and the staff was pleasant enough but not very efficient.
My biggest complaint with this place is the obnoxious way they conduct drinking-up time. They herd drinkers from one room to another, snatching notquite-finished drinks off of tables and loudly insisting that everyone get out as soon as 11 rolls around, without any drinking-up time being allowed at all. I took a friend there, and was embarrassed by the rude way in which we were shooed out right after I'd finished explaining the concept of "drinking-up time" to him. They're the closest pub to where I'm living now, but I don't think I'll be in a hurry to give them any more of my money.
|
One of the better pubs in Bayswater. Downstairs is traditional with a decent selection on tap. Good live music and a few tables outside for some decent people-watching. Upstairs is a cool modern lounge with nice leather seats. If you're lucky enough, you can sit outside on the balcony.
|
great staff.. especially sebastian,steffan and angus!we'll come back again.. and soon :)
|
Very friendly staff. I found it to be a village friendly type atmosphere in the centre of London.
Xavier Solanas - 5 Jun 2004 15:08 |
the best pub in LONDON.
-Christina & Maja (DENMARK)
Maja Mott - 23 May 2004 18:41 |
My favorite Pub in London so far. The staff were all as nice as they could be and the Rustic Chicken salad was to die for. Nice selection of ales on tap and they serve a Sunday roast, of course. A great mixture of clientel drifting in off of Queen'sWay all the time and great live music two nights a week thats not assaulting like some of the other nearby pubs. Like I said, the staff made me feel right at home and showed me a GREAT time night after night. I loved the place and hated to go home again when it was time to fly home. I'll be back again.
|
used to be one of the best pubs in bayswater a few yaers ago. too many dodgy geezers drinking there now. feel uncomfortable going there now. remove the scum bags and it could be great again!!!
laura - 10 Apr 2004 19:02 |
During 95/96 we lived opposite Neds above the clothes shop in a tiny flat. Neds became like our big loungeroom. During the cricket World Cup they even opened the pub nice and early just for us Aussies to watch our team.
They do pour a great Guinness I will say....
|
