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OK-ish sort of pub, but you just know that they are going to serve you a 'pint' with 3/4 inch of bubbles on top (and they don't disappoint). The barman didn't look too keen to top-up my glass, but I eventually ended up with a respectable pint of Bombardier. One of the better establishments within a few minutes walk of Paddington station (but that is fairly faint praise...).
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Not a bad pub and use it quite often when in London. Not cheap but staff are good and the food is not bad.
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Not too bad a choice for the station - unexpectedly good pints of Adnams Broadside and Spitfire (think GK IPA was the other one on) although not cheap by any means.
Interesting layout inside, plenty of different areas to sit in. Decent crowd too, good atmosphere.
Food came out at fair speed and tasted fairly good for what it was.
No world-beater, but would seek out again if I had 30 minutes to kill before the train.
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Seems like quite a nice pub to me though I have only visited twice. Maybe I had luck on my side but the service seemed alright to me, I didn't have to wait long and the bar staff understood me - maybe they're learning English fast. It was very crowded on my visit on a Saturday evening although that isn't too surprising and being in a group of two we did manage to find somewhere to sit. Not a bad option for a pint or two if you're in the area.
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Quite a nice little pub, good mix of drinkers. The bar staff were friendly enough but boy were they pushy at drinking up time!
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Hi there popped in on 12/5/07 on way to wembley to watch stevenage borough,had young son with me asked landlady if ok for him to come in it was no problem she said,all staff very friendly and nice inside thanks again.
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Nice IPA on tap but staff lack of English got slightly problematic.
Downstairs fairly crowded, upstairs given over to ropey, short-staffed restaurant. With hardly any customers seated, we still waited an HOUR for a plate of fish & chips to be served. Gave up and left.
anonymous - 4 Apr 2007 23:58 |
Unexpected excellent pint(s) of Bombadier, first class. MEGA Smokey place!
But good and not too pricey.
Poor english speaking bar staff a bit tricky but that's normal nowadays.
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Beer is well kept especially the Bombardier and the Broadside but the service is crap. Also some of the customers think they are so high and mighty that they should be served immediately.Either walk to the Victoria or the Royal Exchange which are the best pubs in Paddington or jump on the tube and go elsewhere.
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Nice friendly, cosy place, ideal for a quick couple. Does cheap tourist food upstairs which is reasonable.
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probably the best pub in the area.
Good beer.
Edible food.
staff ok.If they didnt run the place firmly, it would be full of assholes
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Fairly average place, but the service is very hit and miss. They've taken my drinks away early before too - it always leaves a sour taste at the end of the night when that happens.
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To the person below, asking the name of the pub when it had live music, I think it was The Western Counties.
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I visited this pub last night and the service was appalling. In particular, several times during the night the glass collectors tried to take away glasses with a significant amount left in the bottom, than at twelve minutes past eleven one of them took our glasses and said "we're closed". On offering to finish immediately what was left in the glasses before she took them away she ignored us and walked off with them, despite it being nowhere near the end of drinking-up time. It might be a reasonable pub if the staff could find it in them to be civil.
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Realy nice pub..
real ale and very nice service..
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Can't believe this is rated lower than the Pride. Much better, cosy, cleaner and better staff (family I think). Lots of locals and tourists but quite welcoming...
anonymous - 22 Jan 2006 11:09 |
best of the bunch near the tube,..........2/10
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I used to frequent this pub in the mid and late 1970's when it used to have pub-rock bands on stage, and had a different name.
Does anyone know it's previous name(s) ?
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I go to this pub each time i come to London.My B and B is just around the corner.And it has a nice atmosphere.
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Great Pub - although lots of Drs and Professors tend to visit it
Bob Cratchet - 15 Jul 2004 10:26 |
My regular when I'm early for my train back to Wales. Good Beer, nice food & always full of interesting patrons to 'people watch'
Gather - 2 Jul 2004 20:08 |
