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Lovely pubbly.
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This is a great little pub and a welcome break from the hussle and bustle of Ealing. Range of beers is ok and always well presented. My only criticsm being that they run out too often for my liking. Friends bar staff and management and you're made to feel very welcomer. Offers a quiz and poker night to it's customers during the week. BIG thumbs up!
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On the face of it, it is indeed nothing special. This pub is much more than the sum of its parts. If you are in the area it's worth going to for a pint or staying for longer. I've always had friendly and prompt service. The only thing in the past that stopped me from going there more was the smoke which is no longer the case since the ban was introduced.
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Decent pub around the corner from Ealing Broadway and arguably the best pub in Ealing, but when you consider the pubs in Ealing that's not saying a lot.
The real ale on offer was slightly unimaginative: Young’s, Bombardier and Old Specked Hen.
To be honest, I expected a lot more considering it’s in both CAMRA's Good Beer Guide and its Good Pub Guide.
My rating 6/10, but I am stingy and my expectations were for a 8/10 pub so I feel let down.
Re: The whole Wheatsheaf vs. Haven Arms debate: The Haven Arms does have a better atmosphere and surroundings, but if it’s the beer your after the Fuller's pub wins (mmmmm...Honey Dew).
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The ale could be better here, but it is a very good pub, with a nice atmosphere. Easy to stay and get drunk in, which for me is the mark of decent boozer. Yeah, it's better than the boring Wheatsheaf.
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Top quality pub and a nice atmosphere, arguably the best pub in Ealing.
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People who go to the wehatsheaf next door are probably the sort of people who like bland, Fullers-sponsored enormo-pubs decked out in a rustic style in accordance with their own marketed ideas of what a 'decent pub' should be.
The Haven arms IS a decent pub - it's more like a pub up and down the country than any of those refitted ones - this is a real pub frequented by real people, a local.
Obviously there are disadvanntages to this - the locals are colourful, the food is passable, the decor average, but for authenticity and easy going nature, i might venture that this is what i would tell foreigners a real pub was like - not something horrific like a tacky conversion.
Even on a weekend you can get room in this pub, as everyone else seems to turn left out of ealing station. Go right, but not as far as the wheatsheaf, and you won't go far wrong.
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This is a pretty good pub but not really anything special. The problem is that this pub is pretty good at most things but in every case there are better places to go. the Wheatsheaf next door is nicer and has better beer. the greystoke down the road has a better pub quiz and is better for watching sports. Shane really as if this were in another part of Ealing (on Uxbridge Road maybe) it would probably come out pretty well. As it is you'll more likely find me in one of the other two aforementioned pubs.
anonymous - 13 Feb 2006 17:33 |
Better than the rest of the pubs around here but ultimately nothing special
anonymous - 27 Dec 2005 21:17 |
Best pub to go to if you're out near the Broadway but want a proper pub. Good beer, nice atmosphere.
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Brilliant pub wonderfull staff and atmosphere, the beer is second to none and I will be visiting again very soon.
Drew - 17 Nov 2004 12:14 |
Generally a good local EXCEPT for the football. Watched the Austria - England game in here and was totally fed up with the nazi abuse directed at anything Austrian. Left for the Wheatsheaf next door, which was much better.
Ealing Bluebird - 29 Sep 2004 13:22 |
refurbished not too long ago: good looking, good beer garden (for those three days of summer); choice of three real ales rather boring but well-kept; bit of an oik/NF atmosphere, but still above average.
jay - 25 Aug 2004 19:20 |
This is the best pub in Ealing by a mile. Its basically a 'locals' pub but always welcoming even if your not a 'local'. Good service, great food, decent beer. Close enough to the Broadway etc. while being far enough off the beaten track to make it quieter and friendlier than the run-of-the-mill Ealing pubs.
Johnno - 14 May 2004 10:21 |
lovely family-run pub with great atmosphere, good food and sky tv. As a newcomer to Ealing, made me feel very welcome - my new 'local' within weeks! Quiz night on Tuesday is hilarious and not to be missed!
hannah - 31 Mar 2004 16:33 |
Great pub. Great beer, friendly staff. Beer garden has been enlarged and improved.
Mark - 14 Mar 2004 17:00 |
Very nice pub, and very nice Management. Ladies worth going in just to check out the landladies 3 very fit sons and their mates. Long live Adams luschious legs !!!! xxxxx John put that f'ing kettle on!!!
NAUGHTY xxx - 11 Feb 2004 11:10 |
Great pub with exceptional pub grub with plenty of choice on the menu . Efficient service and a good selection of well kept beers make this my favourite pub in Ealing.
Cots - 28 Nov 2003 12:15 |
Comfortable pub in a nice part of Ealing not far from the Broadway. It's a bit of a local institution with a long history. A painting on the wall depicts an autopsy carried out in the pub on a drowned girl in the 1830s. A recent refit has added a bigger bit for food and cleaned the place up a bit, but it's lost a little of its atmosphere. Fine leafy beer garden, excellent on long summer evenings. Good quiz, pool table, usual beers on tap. Very popular with locals, Nextdoor to the Wheatsheaf.
Richard - 30 Aug 2003 16:38 |
