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A neat and tidy but rather faceless Shepherd Neame corner pub a few doors down from the Barley Mow and sufficiently far enough away from the general touristy area of Westminster to retain a local’s ambience. The interior is 2 rooms knocked through and the décor rather plain and unfussy with plenty of pictures and murals that ultimately fail to diguise the feeling of bare space that seems to eminate from within. 4 Ales from the Shep Neame range – Spitfire, Kents Best, Master Brew and my first sighting of the brewery’s new Canterbury Jack ale. Customer base is generally fairly civilised and the piped music rather bland and just about audible. A well positioned plasma screen is situated on the rear wall and there is a paper rack if you have struggled to find the elusive Lite / London Paper distributer. Not unlike its near neighbour, there is nothing special to draw you to the place but it is fine for a relatively peaceful, quick, couple of pints.
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cracking pub if you a decent pint and friendly staff. Foods pretty standard during the day but thats no loss I'm at work! Guiness isn't even bitter! There's also a few football games on a plasma but only if its on digital tv.
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You what? No fosters - how glad am I..? If you're after pub that isn't full of dross, this is worth a visit.
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NEW MANAGER IS VERY GOOD. NICE BEER. WELL WORTH A VISIT
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average pub with not a lot of atmosphere have found the food expensive and disapointing
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Yep not too bad, beer is quite good. A bit too quiet maybe. Perhaps everyone has gone to the Barley Mow up the road...
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Excellent real ale pub. Efficient, friendly staff. And the ginger barmaid can do whatever she likes to me.
anonymous - 12 Jul 2006 14:46 |
we went in for a quick lite ale, but turned out to be the longest, the ginger barmaid seemed more interested in play the quiz machine than serving us. closing half a tiny pub off for a private function is not a great idea!!
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6pm and a warm sunny day, S&N Kent Best went down well. Mix of locals and those on way home, not much seating outside.
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Just got back from here. Very nice and helpful staff, good beer and a friendly atmosphere.
Bit pricey but nothing unusual for the area (2 spitfires and a Kentish Ale = £7.90)
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Extremely friendly barman/manager, wonderful range of nicely kept Shepherd Neame beers. Highly recommended.
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Vast improvement on previous incarnation. Best place in the area by miles.
gumpy - 30 Oct 2005 17:40 |
This pub is vintage stilton to the chalk of its previous incarnation. The new (since Nov 2004) Shepherd Neame staff care about their ale and work hard to keep an excellent Spitfire and other Shep offerings as well as great seasonal fare (Late Red in the Autumn is a personal favourite). Lagers are not big names but good quality alternatives. Bar staff very friendly. Quality food served lunch and evening but a bit pricey. No screens for sport but the management have made a deliberate choice to promote a "real" family pub atmosphere instead, making the best of the new interior, and it works. Highly recommended.
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The best pub in this postcode by a mile.
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A fantastic real ale pub. The staff are friendly and competent, and the Spitfire is spot on. Food's pretty good as well. Pay it a visit.
anonymous - 24 Aug 2005 15:02 |
Great refurbishment since reopening in late 2004. Didn't change the 'look' of the place, but really cleaned it up. No sport is shown here anymore, but if you want a nice pint, in nice surroundings and friendly staff and punters, you'll not go too wrong here.
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Pub reopened 8th November 2004 as a Shepherd Neame pub after a £170,000 refurbishment.
Keith Johnson - 8 Nov 2004 10:07 |
It is going to change to a Shepherd Neame Pub very soon!
toddles - 5 Sep 2004 14:10 |
TIME FOR A SW1 UPDATE
THIS PUB HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE DECEMBER 2003
spotter - 12 Aug 2004 12:08 |
Good for watching football but very little else. No atmosphere and both ales (Bass & London Pride) off when I visited with no effort to put them back on. All this and Celtic lost! Avoid unless you're watching sport.
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Very good reasonably priced food. Can often get booze deals. Friendly atmosphere, but shame about the building work opposite as can get very loud and ground shakes.
2tin - 12 Sep 2003 14:38 |
