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Great place, Nice food, nice people, staff seem to be on the ball, lovely garden for the summer
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Still a pub good enough for an evenings drinking and also pleasant enough to bring the family to. Great for sport, so avoid on sports afternoons if you want a seat.
However the main reason we used to go there at lunchtimes has changed - their magnificent burgers.
Some time ago they changed from what was surely hand-made fresh mince mix cooked to your liking to what I can only assume are now pre-packaged or frozen in some way. Still taste good but just not in the same league as the used to be. They've also stopped letting you ask them cooked rare citing 'health and safety rules' but what other logical reason could there be for only allowing them to be cooked medium or well done other than they've probably been frozen or packaged at some point?
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The bar area could do with a spruce up but overall the food is really good and most of the staff are friendly.
I have been a few times in past couple of months and really enjoyed.
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Pub is not bad - garden is okay for smokers.
Food in pub is so so.
Food in the Auberge excellent but hideously expensive
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This is a very good pub, now stocking plenty of decent beers, it's not a pub for kids that honour goes to the Teddington Arms furhter up the road.
The King's Head serve a decent pint and good pub grub, the beer garden is great in summer, children and dogs welcome.
A few regulars tend to congregate around the tall tables near the bar, but why shouldn't they if thye are regulars.
This closely followed by the Adelaide is the best pub in Teddington.
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This is one of the best pubs in Teddington. The Landlord trucks no crap from yobs or kids. As long as you behave you are welcome. The staff are efficient and numerous - good work. Fantastic grub too.
There is a petite, brunette barmaid who is just divine.
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was forced back to this rip-off shithole again last week. The little oxo cube of a landlord should try standing on the other side of the bar now and again, so punters can get a pint without having to wait 20 minutes.
Some poor woman was sqawking into a low quality mike, ( suited her voice though ) on the make shift stage, punters kept clapping after every song. Turns out it was mum dad etc . I am sure it was an official losers convention. That landlord has a twisted sense of humour.
Wanted to offer her a fiver to shut the fuck up for five minutes so I could drink my very expensive pint in peace.... and then go.
Now the pub has banned smoking unless you go outside to enjoy your fag while taking in the gentle stench of cat / dog piss that aromaticaly pervades around the sad excuse for a garden. Ah...Teddington in bloom .. no finer aroma
If you are a smoker , you will have to piss off at eleven as the locals have banned anyone from using the garden after this time... The Locals are wonderful .....
anonymous - 5 Jul 2007 20:49 |
An odd pub, with a French restaurant on the side and a more normal pub on the other side. The pub side was allright I thought, a nice pint and quite comfortable, so I would definitely recommend a visit.
Barmaid was fit as well.
TheGP - 22 Jun 2007 13:28 |
what a great pub , but a bit pricey at over 3 quid a pint. The wine choice is a waste of time and almost 30% more pricey then other pubs in the area.
The pub manager is a south african guy who dont like brits of any shape or gender
even to the point of banning cup games ( if south african rugby is being shown ).
What a twat ! ( why do they come here ? )
The place is seedy now, as the main area has not been cleaned or painted for 10yrs at least !
The locals appear stupid and indeed, at those prices , are stupid as none of the profits appear to go back to these elderly folks.
In short , a halfway house for those retired comfortable stained trouser brigades looking for one last cheap thrill on the way to the cemetery.
anonymous - 12 Jun 2007 12:18 |
Apologies for coming back with another comment so soon after my last. My wife had a 40th birthday bash in their back room - where they do a great Monday night French film evening. We had a fantastic evening. Great service, fabulous food and wine. But, most importantly, wanted to say they've changed the beers!! After I said they don't ever change them :-) Timothy Taylor and Harveys amongst others. Had to pop in on Monday lunchtime just to have another pint and sit in their back garden in the sun. Marvellous!!
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I don't know the clientelle to comment on. The beer is good, though rarely changes. The restaurant at the front serves superb food. Recommend sampling it mid-week at lunchtime when there's a very reasonable £10 for 2 courses offer (can't remember what it is for 3 courses) and the food is the same (great quality) as they serve in the evenings at much higher prices.
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Large-ish place with a narrow corridor leading one way into a nobby French restaurant (very Tedders) and through to an open-plan bar and garden the other. Pleasant, clean but lacking atmos and character. Prices reflect the clientele and manor. Loud tellies on sometimes. Best not to ask antipodean bar staff for advice on cask ales...anywhere! Not to be confused with the similarly-named chav dump along the street.
anonymous - 4 Jul 2006 17:43 |
This pub is like a naff hotel bar full of middle age types trying to pick up young women, and its overpriced. But nice beer garden and no riff raff.
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I really like this pub, it's definitely the one to visit in Teddington. Clientele are all very much on the posh side with a distinct absence of kids, dogs, underage drinkers and chavs which makes for a pleasant, non-threatening and relaxing atmosphere. Can take a while to get served but the bar staff are friendly and know who’s next when it’s busy. The front half is a restaurant which I haven’t eaten in but am told it’s very good. Nice décor, lovely, big beer garden. Can get quite smoky in winter but hey, not for much longer, eh?!
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Agree with David - used to work over the road in the late eighties, Jim Ship used to run the place with his ever-so-attractive wife (what WAS her name??) and Pat at the bar. Benny Hill used to sit at the bar too. Anyone else remember the stuffed camel and all those ornaments?? Used to be a great place when you weren’t quite old enough to be legally drinking.
I think this place may now be in a bit of a mid-life crisis? It’s having a bit of an identity problem. Try as I did, I just could not relax in there. Too up it’s own behind by far. Shame really, I finished my pint and got out – fast. I’m not saying that there’s a lot better in Teddington, or that I’m right – just that I remember it being a lot less unpretentious and a lot friendlier and busier.
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This pub is awful!! Unless of course you are a pretentious and ill mannered middle aged bored housewife... or a pretentious and ill mannered middle aged bored and pervy husband - (oh and don't forget the rich kids who pretend they're self made!). The ONLY thing I'll say is Sundays in the Summer are lovely as there is enough distraction!!
anonymous - 24 Mar 2006 17:06 |
yawn, someone rename this place 'the old farts inn'.
Because if you go here you must know your old... and most likely smell like fart.
Snob away.
HOWEVER! The grub in the french part is good. Well worth stopping in for a meal... but not a drink, trust me.
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Pleasently suprised by what i found in here which was a generally decent pub. Good service ok selection, sports on screen, good background music.
This was a sunday night though as i dont think it would be any good for a weekender
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One of the best pubs in Teddington. A fantastic locals pub, always spot the same faces. Friendly staff and a decent selection of drinks available. The resturant is equally as good run by a cracking french outfit. Always got some good characters in the pub.
Think Kingraama has got the wrong end of the stick.
anonymous - 2 Jan 2006 16:38 |
Full of people that work in city and ride mountain bikes with all the gear at weekends.
A WINE BAR
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The Best Pub In Teddington by a Mile.
The bar food is what one would expect from a restaurant, and there ia a good choice of draught and bottled Beer/Lager. Wine is also rather good, with an excellent choice of Reds and Whites.
Beautiful mediterranean garden outside, with Jazz on some Sundays, and friendly Bar Staff, always up for a bit of Cricket or Rugby-based banter.
You simply must go here, to eat, to drink, and to be merry!
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Excellent pub, best in Teddington good choice of beers and you can actually have a conversation without shouting.
James - 10 Nov 2004 08:45 |
The worst pub in Teddington by a long, long way. If you are not wearing a suit the manager makes you feel like a leper, and the main room is not like a pub at all, it's more like a hotel waiting room. clientele all above the age of 60 with no charisma whatsoever- avoid at all costs, I hate it there
Clemence - 18 Oct 2004 16:47 |
The bar staff are always extremely happy and freindly, the environs is relaxed, beer great, food fantastic (perfect if you have a hangover - try the club sandwich). No complaints from me!
Jim - 8 Sep 2004 17:06 |
Absolutely brilliant place. Best pub in Teddington by a country mile.
H.Wyatt - 19 Aug 2003 13:18 |
Its a pub - no its a winebar - no its a restaurant. Make your mind up!
H Green - 11 Aug 2003 17:01 |
Excellent Pub. Very friendly and really well done. Couldn't recommend it enough!
Stuart - 24 Jul 2003 10:33 |
agree with David, was a nice good pub and now it's a bit weird. Nice beer garden with lots of shade if you need it in the summer
amberene - 29 May 2003 16:45 |
Friendly pub with good food largely thanks to the upmarket French restaurant that you (unusually) have to walk through to get to the bar. Pleasant walled beer garden for the summer. Recommended.
Nicholas - 21 Mar 2003 10:40 |
When I was about fifteen this was a great place for an underrage pint or five, but now i's gone all peculiar, with the emphasis on the adjoining restaurant and a bar area that looks like a very bad attempt to emulate the set of 'Central Perk' from Friends. Poor, very poor.
David - 11 Dec 2002 17:13 |
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