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Good place to meet, off the train, or to end a crawl, when heading back to the station. Great beer, nice atmosphere.
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Having visited before I quite like this pub. However, popped in last night for a quick beer between trains only to find no-one behind the bar.
I waited getting on for 5 minutes and still no sign of life so I took my custom elsewhere. Some other customers had been waiting at the bar before I arrived and were still there when I left. I wonder if they managed to get a drink?
I've downgraded my previous mark due to this recent experience.
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Stopped off here on Saturday night and was pleasantly surprised. I had been here before (about 10 years ago) and remembered it as a smokey, pokey pub with a couple of old men being the only customers. Have to say that the open-plan bar makes the place unrecognisable and it was very busy, and as someone below said with a wide range of customers. A good pub then, even the non-stop jazz being played didn't bother me too much!
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The Albion is a shining example of how a busy city pub is a great place to be. Good quality beer. Friendly and agreeable bar staff and customers with a wide ranging demographic make this a near perfect example of what makes a pub the great social experience that it should be.
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This has to be the best pub in Winchester. Good things come in small packages... the Albion couldn't be summed up more succintly.
Especially fantastic for a pre train swifty as you can make it to the station in less than 60 seconds!
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Good honest beer.
do not get confused with the closeness to railway station.
far better than your normal commuter pub,
anonymous - 29 Nov 2007 19:39 |
The fact they serve decent real ale makes this pub worth stopping off at. It is very small but it's got a nice clean feel to it.
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Small but enjoyable stop-off near the station. Looks a little rough from the outside but don't be put off - this was one of the better pubs on our crawl on Saturday.
A lively evening atmosphere with a good selection of ales (my Gooden's Gold was very well served) made for an enjoyable half hour. Recommended.
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Little corner pub near the station that might be unremarked (it certainly looks more like a shop than a pub) were it not for the presence of guest ales: today, Cheriton Flowerpots (yes, they're brewing again) Jingle Juice. 6.0%. Lovely!
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if you like free form jazz, a haze of fag smoke in your eyes because the windows don't open and the ventilation is nil, squeezing past fat blokes on stools who won't get out the way even when prompted by a polite 'excuse me fatso', who, by the way, can't help being IN the way because someone thought it would be a good idea to turn a cupboard into a pub, and an L-shaped cupboard at that(no its not bleedin well quirky) then by all means go for a pint. otherwise don't.
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I normally avoid drinking in the nearest pub to any given railway station but make an exception for this place. Quiet, friendly and with a decent range of ales.
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Fine beer, & on my own visit, all very friendly (well, by Winchester standards, anyway ;-)). Only slight problem is that space is at a premium.
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Small but friendly, can get quite crowded. Beer is good, food ok and decor sympathetic to the building. Unfortunately can't think of any further praise or damnation, sort of place it is really.
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My last comments about this place were spiked. I get the message. In summary, it's alright but avoid it when the terribly nice, terribly funny, terribly witty ex-public schoolboy commuters, who fall off the train from Waterloo, arrive in the evening. That OK beerintheevening.com web meister?
anonymous - 4 Jul 2005 09:23 |
the albion is a friendly bar and an ideal place to stop in after a hard days graft before getting the train home. especially recommended for singleton bridget jones's, as you can have a good time without some sad toothless beergutted tosser hitting on you, and accusing you of lesbian tendencies if you turn down his charmless offer! The house wine is inexpensive but warning - very potent!! the number of times I've woken up in bournemouth......
anonymous - 23 Feb 2005 16:38 |
Not like chain pubs, they have an excellent range of ales. The staff are brilliant, always happy to serve & are friendly. In a city where chain pubs are numrous, it offer a brilliant altertanitve. Flipping great.
anonymous - 23 Feb 2005 16:28 |
The Albion is sophisicated without being pretentious. One of the few places were a Rasta can been seen playing chess with a little old lady. It has an excellent selection of real ales, kept very well, featuring quarterly guest ales. The service is of a high standard, and the female bar staff are also a visual treat! Food served lunchtime is good hearty fare. The excellent wine list, mellow jazzy music, and interesting mix of cilentele make this my favourite pub, Jim.
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Winchester has several fantastic pubs so the mean standard is high. The Albion was refitted about 18 months ago and is a bright and pleasant enough place, if a little souless compared to the oldie worldie pubs nearby, but it's not trying to be one of those anyway. It's a popular stop off before or after a train from the station over the road, hence the wi-fi. The beer was also well kept on my last visit.
anonymous - 15 Dec 2004 16:45 |
We went to the Albion for lunch last Saturday, and the food was quite good, but no mention on the menu as to if it is organic or not.
Jessica Gregory - 17 Nov 2004 10:26 |
re-opened under new management great beers fantastic organic menu, newly refurbished and a wi-fi internet hotspot.
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