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Great little pub very traditional - had a pint of Guinness with an Irish mate and he was suitably impressed. If you want to see a traditional pub give it a visit!
BenEd - 21 Jul 2008 14:34 |
An excellent pub which thankfully hasn't gone the way of so many others in Richmond. A well kept and full range of Youngs' beers. Every time I go in there during the day it seems mainly to contain slightly anxious looking husbands who appear to have slipped the 'shopping noose' somewhere on the first floor of Dickens and Jones.
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It should be good in here tonight. It's full moon and that brings out all the nutters. I'd advise you to book your seat!
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Splendid Food - Nice Traditional Pub - Good Service - always a friendly atmosphere
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Very traditional pub, great good value Thai food.
blink - 24 Jul 2007 12:40 |
Our Cricket Team played at Richmond Green and we enjoyed a fun afternoon, with the Waterman's Arms again proving itself to be a great after game venue. The food was fantastic and reasonably priced, we look forward to our return later in the year.
anonymous - 18 Jun 2007 15:19 |
A good traditional Victorian pub in a nice location just off the river. The Youngs real ale was great. Surprisingly down-to-earth for such a prime location, and better for it.
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Love this pub...great owners, great beer and great people. However.... I agree with Leopold about the TV...fine for a match but not ALL the time, please???????
anonymous - 16 Mar 2007 17:26 |
the last proper pub in central richmond? great atmosphere and you can normally get a seat. ideal for drinks after a trip to the richmond filmhouse
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I love this pub considering I used to work there for Bill and Marianne and Sam (the dog), this pub is very cool, great people, great Thai, great boss, etc.... oh and great beer (orginal and winter warmer)I miss it very much, hi all. Definitely go back one day soon. Cheers and have a drink for me boys. Monkey
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Yes - this is probably the next best pub in Richmond after the White Cross, although - since Youngs have stopped making beer - I'm continuing to investigate the Princes Head, the Old Ship and The Victoria.
I know there are others but I've not been in them for some time.
Bill runs a good bar at the Waterman's and the beer is well kept and the food is good quality fare.
There is a remarkably 'local' ambience here which is missing in most pubs in the metropolis. This is probably a result of the relatively small but cosy front bar and the accessibility of the bar staff. There is however a downside to this.
And that is the incesant and sometimes completely redundant, large screen television which dominates the bar. Perfectly ok when there is a match on, but not all the time. There is a large pub-going chattering class in richmond, and they will not go where there is an annoying and uneccessary aural background.
Put this right - and get some guest beers in - (draught Timothy Taylor's perhaps and some bottled White Shield Worthington) and we might get to No.1.
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Good pub, just away from the evening madness of Richmond riverside.Good Guinness and friendly people. Its a bit like having a beer in someones front room! One of the nicer pubs in Richmond, with a beer garden to the side of the building. Recommended.
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Hope to god Youngs don't ruin this pub like they did with the Orange Tree - I just could not bare it
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Great place to try a pint of 'Ordinary'.
Just set back from the trendy river front.
Small and intimate. Lovely..
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A gem of a classic small traditional pub. Excellent beer.
Ian Swanson - 20 Nov 2006 17:18 |
Great pub, the type of which is being swept away by the chains. Sound oh so sound Youngs beer and a really good landlord and landlady. Come next year where am I going to smoke in Richmond? Love to see the garden back in action to the side.
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Bill should stick to pulling pints cos' he's crap at tipping horses. Apart from that, it's a great pub and Sam the Dog is a local celebrity. Even the traffic stops for him, although with him lying in the middle of the raod, I guess they have too.
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Second pub I went into at the start of a few month stay in Richmond, and a better one I didn't find in the weeks to follow. Bit of an unsung treasure this one. Always a welcome from Bill & Marianne for local and stranger alike, and people at the bar who will chat with you if you make the effort, (Shouldn't have had those double Jameson’s with your man from Glasgow on my last night though!) Sebastian runs the Monday night acoustic session with skill, some good music to be heard here, try to squeeze in. Thai food is good and reasonable too. Good to see pubs like this thieve amongst the homogenous High Street outlets.
anonymous - 22 Aug 2006 22:41 |
Too right !!!!
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Knowing squatter, I think he is probably referring to the pubs in which you cannot smoke at the bar...
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There's nowt' wrong with old fashioned, old men pubs! So long as the food & beers not old, and the place is clean & tidy.
I'd like to know 'Squatter' where those "no smoking establishments" are, spreading across Richmond..? Do you mean the Racing Page..? Please enlighten... TJ
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A small pub gets a small review. Tables outside on the (quiet) street = good for watching all the passing people stagger down to the riverside. Decent beers. Good food (apparently). Tasty but grumpy bar maid. Fat dog slouching outside which is polite enough to go piss across the other side of the street and then come back to resume it's chip-scrounging position. Clean toilets down ricketty staircase with locking cubicle door.
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Beer garden back in use and decent Thai food.
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Nice little pub with an intimate and friendly atmosphere and decent beers on handpump (Young's range). Relatively quiet considering it was very close to the River, the weather was hot, and the White Cross about fifty yards away and right on the River was absolutely heaving.
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The beer garden is no longer in use (allegedly due to some dispute with Richmond Council) which means that drinkers are now limited to the pub alone.
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Visited again, and is still the best pub in Richmond in my opinion - It won't be to all tastes for sure, but for a proper English pub, this is it..
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Seems a real locals pub, great for a chat and a pint of good Youngs ale. A few yards from the river and the much better known White Cross. This is my favourite in the area though and a good meeting spot.
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Small, friendly, traditional pub offering well kept Youngs. Popular, and deservedly so.
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Great cosy little pub. Very friendly and nice dog.
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Situated in the quiet Water lane leading to Richmond river front, this pub is less hectic than the riverside pubs, does food, has a beer garden and pleasant staff and clientele(during the day).
It is opposite the Richmond Filmhouse and a good rendezvous for that venue.
Maurice - 17 Nov 2004 11:54 |
Great pub as ever - and less cliquey and more welcoming to strangers than it used to be since Bill took over
John - 13 Oct 2004 16:11 |
love it
chris - 10 Aug 2004 13:40 |
This is a proper pub - Old men, fire, don't take cards behind the bar, blokes discussing their time in the colonies.
Once, all pubs were like this. If only, more were still.
TheGP - 10 Aug 2004 13:26 |
good old mans boozer
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Just a proper old fashioned pub.Beats the crap out of the pine floorboard and no smoking establishments that spreading like the plague across Richmond !!
squatter - 14 Apr 2004 10:29 |
this pub is ok but you have to know about it and understand it... beer could be better. but its a good stop off on the way to the white cross
anonymous - 7 Mar 2004 16:48 |
A very small pub in Richmond that is reminiscent of someone's living room - a tv in the corner, real fire etc.
A place where the local race-goers sit and watch the horses do their thing, and IMO all the better for it...
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