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Shame they revamp'd this local. It was just fine the way it was. Fullers make great ales but they ain't got a clue when it comes to pub "restoration" and re-design. Their beer remains brill. Why can't their pubs?
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Another victim of Fullers soulless tampering
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A really good local. Relaxed crowd, friendly staff.
swizz - 14 Feb 2008 10:55 |
I really like this pub. Beers are good and the staff are friendly and there is a nice range of locals. You won't feel out of place if you are 25 or 65.
anonymous - 31 Aug 2007 19:03 |
This is my favourite of two locals, the other being The Haven Arms. The Haven definately as more character but why do people have such hangups on character? I don't think the Wheatsheaf is completely without character and the beers good and the foods ok (variable, sometimes good, sometimes just ok). In the end it's you and your friends that make a good time!
mikel - 25 Jun 2007 15:21 |
C'mon, this place is laughable, really! Identikit blandness bizarrely forced on to an old pub. Why do breweries insist on this faux nonsense?
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i like it. used to like it lots.
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what has happened to this pub - used to be great but now looks like an old mans home and the management has changed, bring back the 2 aussie girls i say, they were great fun. fullers what have you done? 5 steps forward and 10 steps back, disappointed
anonymous - 7 Jul 2006 06:47 |
The great thing about this pub is that, like a good pub should, it welcomes dogs as well as keeping a good pint, a reasonable wine list and offering an OK range of food.
Otto, my chocolate labrador, is always made to feel very welcome by staff and customers alike - which is more than you can say for the snotty, head-up-its-metaphorical-orifice Haven Arms down the road.
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Used to be a great friendly local. Got an expensive Fuller's corporate refit in the mid 90s that made it much less than it was, if you see what I mean. The beer is still kept well but it's lacking some of that essential character
Good but not great
dodgy - 17 Apr 2006 22:16 |
I dunno, there's something not quite right about the wheatsheaf. The decor is all that stuff pub owners but from warehouses around the M25 to make their pubs look 'olde worlde' (classic, weathered bookshelves, etchings of slogans from beer-themed poetry, pots and pans, vintage buckets), the beer is pretty much exactly the same beer as you can get in any Fullers chain across the country, and the food is a menu chosen by the owners of the company, strictly measured and rationed so as to make the maximum profit, rather than by an unpredictable
individual with an understanding of what locals might want. Word comes down from on high...
There are low wooden beams everywhere, thankfully the oppressive smoky atmosphere will, hurrah, be gone by this time next year, and the terrace out the side is not a patch on the one in the haven arms three doors down. And If you arrive of an evening after say, eight, you will not get a seat.
Oddly though, it's not a bad pub. There are just no surprises - there is nothing to offer a new pub hunter here that they won't have seen before. It is absolutely nothing to get excited about. Anyone who does is fooling themself.
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The most impressive part of this pub is the sign "SMOKING ALLOED THROUGHOUT", which is obviously respected by anyonegoing to this pub. Apart the "smoky" flavour that your clothes will smell of for the following days this pub is by far one of the best in the Ealing area. I used to live just behind it, now that I don't live in Ealing anymore I just feel like home when I come to the Wheatsheaf. St. Patrick's Day there was great, eventhough it's not an Irish pub.
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Nice pub.
Planned on staying for one or two pints Friday night with a mate before moving on to the North Star but found ourselves some seats, the Discovery was pretty tasty so somehow ended up staying for seven or eight.
Bit smokey (yeah, I know....I did reek of smoke afterwards) but that's about the worst of it. I'll be going back for a few pints in the near future.
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Excellent pub rightfully in the good beer guide. Good atmosphere and attentive staff. Highly recommended.
anonymous - 29 Apr 2005 16:56 |
excellent ales and staff
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This pub has a great atmos with or without the sporting events being shown.
Food is excellent especially the Sunday Roasts and specials althought the sharing platter is designed for two Umpalumpahs with there stomachs pinned. Stopped doing cashback but still take cards whe'hey.
Somewhere perfect to sit, talk and drink. Get there early for the best seats.
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For sure one of the best "locals" around in Ealing. The food is though not that extraordinary but the service is excellent. Evene on Footie nights the people seem to respect whoever is guest in the house. If only there were more pubs like these...!
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Great bouncebackability since the recent change in management. A good pub vibe on a Friday and Saturday night and a chilled and relaxing place to go drinking the rest of the week. All hail to the ale! It's a right touch!!!
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Since the management of the Wheatsheaf changed a few months ago I have found myself drinking here more and more. The influx of new staff are friendly, welcoming and of good spirits. The pub's new management team consists of an 'always smiling and happy' manageress and an enthusiastic and entertaining assistant manager (who me and my friends think is an absolute gem!) and they run what seems to be a winning team - they like it, the staff seem to like it and I certainly like it.
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Great pub. Serve a great ESB, Pride, Chiswick and Red Fox. Service has been the best I've seen in Ealing. Could do without the TV though.
Bobby - 1 Nov 2004 13:37 |
as observed previously by others, service is poor at best, food average, beer ditto. this is not a local by any stretch: it's too disinterested! waste of potential (see also Rose and Crown, Mr Fuller!)...
jay - 25 Aug 2004 19:23 |
Nice locals' pub on a residential street that's far enough from the Broadway for you to forget that you're in Ealing. Good range of beers, never tried the food, but looks pretty good.
burnsy - 22 Jul 2004 12:54 |
Excellent Atmosphere and no drunken idiots that popularise most of Ealings other pubs!
Hannah - 11 Jun 2004 16:04 |
Pleasant-looking pub, but service has always been rather poor and beer never up to much. Used to go here quite a lot, but never bother now. The Haven two doors down the road is much better!
Johnno - 14 May 2004 10:24 |
Really pleasant 'local' pub. Great atmosphere on Fridays and Saturdays and definitely no teenage drunken idiots. Why aren't they in bed, I blame the parents !
Dave - 18 Feb 2004 13:54 |
A proper "local". Real ales (almost) always top notch. Benefits from being out of central ealing -- no 16-year-old alcopop drinkers, and no bouncers necessary!
jim morrish - 12 Sep 2003 12:15 |
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