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A great little boozer, one of the oldest in the area. Prices are quite steep (approx £3.40 a fosters) but good atmosphere makes up for it. It quite small and can get quite busy on the weekends but it has a very homely feel to it and there's never any aggro in there. Good place to meet your mates on a sunday for a quiet hair-of-the dog. A good pub to start at also if youre going out on a banger.
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Haven't been back since the rotting bench in the garden,or rather scrubland,collapsed under me last summer.Pleasantly surprised by the beer. Pity about the atmosphere. .More signs of life on Mars.Still it was a Friday night. Why do some pubs show sport on tv when noones watching ie some foreign game.Whats wrong with some music?
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It's a shame but not the place it once was. A continuing change of bar staff and management, weird menus and so so cold, turn up the heat now and then would not go a miss. My suggestion is to head out of the door across the road to the Jenny Lind where you find most of the old Clarence regulars now.
Good note is the outside benches on a warm day but as we dont get those very often not really a benefit. Who knows might pick up
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Nice local pub on the high street with reasonable range of drinks. Sports screen but volume down - ( which is my preference!) Lebanese restaurant out back which does some unexpectedly lovely food.
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A not bad little pub, maybe a touch of paint and spruce up is in order as it's identical to when I first went there 10 yrs back!
A fantastic new Lebanese restaurant has opened up fairly recently, great food and reasonably priced. Not many middle eastern eateries in this part of SW London so a really great find. Think I'll be visiting the Duke a lot more in 2008 if this place stays open.
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Comfortable pub which is easily better then the other disappointing pubs along Hampton Hill High Street. Admittedly this on it is own is not much of a positive review as the other pubs are very poor but the Clarence does a good pint and has a good friendly atmosphere. Almost the only choice on the High Street unless willing to head the the Roebuck
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Yes, a quaint little boozer, smuggled among the shops in a busy little high street. Good service. A long thin pub due to its high street location, with a bit of garden area/patio out the back, for those fairer weather days! The 'Duke' is better than the 'Jenny Lynd' pub opposite I would say. TJ
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Let's face it Hampton Hill High Street is not bursting with decent pubs. So out of the bunch this stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Great atmosphere and friendly staff. If you are a footie fan they have just the right size screen on the wall, and if you don't like the 'game of the gods' there as plenty of places you can sit and not get bothered.
Not an ale drinker but overhead someone saying the beer was good.
If you are in the area you could do a lot worse.
anonymous - 5 Jan 2007 10:43 |
Little to add to my previous posting below in August 2005 - London Pride again in splendid form on late Friday afternoon. This pub ticks all the right boxes as far as I'm concerned - warm welcome, good beer and a traditional atmosphere - if only all High Street pubs were as good as this !
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An OK pub - Has some stiff competition, but is a pleasant enough stop off
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Cosy pub, relaxed atmosphere, super-friendly staff and good, well priced beer. Couldn't imagine anyone being disappointed with an evening here.
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Fine traditional pub - a bit like a country pub in town. The London Pride was on staggeringly good form and, since it was the happy hour ( between 5 and 7 pm ), it was only £ 1.95 a pint. Definitely worth visiting.
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Excellent - simple as that
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Cosy, nice little local pub. Small bar area, low ceilings. Always guarunteed to see at least 1 Hampton Hill local you know. Conservatory can be a bit cold. Nice beer garden for the Summer. Benches at the front so you can pose on a July afternoon.
pinot - 19 Jan 2005 13:25 |
Hello, I posted a comment c. 1 year ago about this pub. On that comment, I stated that I would like to talk with the management, without giving any details how to contact me. I never meant to be negative about the pub, It was just one of those things. My comments were about 1 night and 1 night only . Anyway, there are couple of things I would like to say:
a} when talking about the pub, it was talking ONLY about one evening. I have allways liked the place and the food. It really has that perfect english pub feeling that we all love. One of it's kind if you ask me.M
b) The management of the place are brilliant and have the highest standarts of how to treat their customers. They really do make you to feel like home.!
c) I'm dislexic and can't say or write what's in my mind in the correst English way. And as you all should know by know I'm not english so please forgive me very poor writing etc. I love this country and the people.
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The Duke is a decent pub - bit of a locals hangout but nice old fashioned atmosphere. Not sure what Anitta is talking about above - think command of English leaves a bit to be desired - if service was that bad then probably more constructive to raise at the time than put online. An unfair reflection of a decent long standing local pub!
Rich - 24 Oct 2004 17:42 |
Not a great selection of beer, but this tiny pub is ideal for having a few cheeky ones mid-week.
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This is a cosy little pub that has a reasonable atmosphere but is mainly full of locals. The food in her is great -- and very good vfm.
daveyf - 6 Nov 2003 08:43 |
I just been treated so badly that I have no words. What I mean is that this pub I just been in, have different rules for us '
unimportant people' ,and different rules for people who are loud!! I'm sorry, I did not couse any problems and I did not expect to be treated like s..t.
I'm sorry, I felt that what I saw tonight was not right.
I hope that I can talk with one person from the management about it.
I hope you all the very best and hopefully can talk to you soon.
Anitta
:-)
Anitta Koskinen - 5 Nov 2003 00:16 |
