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Very disappointing visit to-day. Despite the temperature outside being in the 70'sF the pub had a major electrical malfunction. No air conditioning, reduced menu, i.e. nothing could be grilled, although they could turn out burgers and the toilets were not too good. To add to the heat the windows could not be opened Even so a very reasonable selection of real ales and the staff coping very well.
I trust that this is only a minor setback.
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Was in here last night before England V USA and it was quite busy with a good atmosphere (atmosphere is normally non-existant in a waterspoons). The Globe opposite was fairly quiet and lacking in atmosphere, which seems to be the norm recently. The Met is also a lot cheaper.
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huge selection of drinks, many many ciders, kept at just the right coolness, and ales stop on, lagers alright, but im biased, i dont like lagers. comfy place to have a nice chill, decent bar workers too.
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Called in to meet friends, We don’t have places like this in the US
Asked for an English beer and got give 7 tasters of real ale by the landlord Colin (what a guy), taught me some history about the place
Finally chose a beer called Burton Bridge and had another few
Working on a short term contract on Baker street, So will use this place quite a lot
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Handy place on arriving in London for a Brekkie with beer. Food was a bit ropey though.
However; the really nice thing was how friendly the staff are in here compared to most Spoons, it made for an enjoyable experience and the beers were at a good temperature.
We will return, and yes, there were 2 Grand union beers on.
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Called in during the beer festival as did a bit of a Wetherspoon crawl in London that week
Excellent range of ales, possibly the best range out of all the spoons visited, 6 in total
Ones to recommend were Abbot Reserve and Old Tom
Also good to see some Twickenham Ales on which is rare in central London
Only negative was no Grand Union beers on
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Great Grand Union beers on and Honey Porter a delight
Nice Decor with high crested ceilings, Service good
Worth a trip just for the Honey Porter alone
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Functional Spoons in agood way - North West London needs all the real ale outlets it can get. Range was about right for the custome; Olde Trip was good.
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functional pit stop. Serves it's purpose, I mean it's a Weatherspoons need one say anymore
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Decent for a beer or two on the way home, beer well kept and fast service at the bar. Worth a look for the decor.
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Better than average Wetherspoon. Staff good and the beer on form
anonymous - 28 Jul 2007 18:23 |
Large JDW, massive long bar, attentive staff and a good range of beers. On Friday they had a good many of the excellent Grand Union Brewery beers, they were worth the trip alone.
Typically large, atypically expensive for a Wetherspoons, even for London.
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Re: Sunday Chicken Roast at the Metropolitan
The Metropolitan is consistently good as to the quality of the beer and I find the staff attentive and helpful. The place is rather large and impersonal and it can be quite noisy when the mix of students and tourists press the noise level to the upper strata. But my wife and I have visited the place six times in the past two weeks and each was a pleasurable experience.
My wife, however, complained that on two successive Sundays when we arrived between four and five in the afternoon, that the Chicken Sunday Roast was no longer available. On inquiring, she found out from the manager that the Metropolitan receives a certain “Chicken allocation” every Sunday and obviously in the past two weeks that allocation was exceeded at 4:00. (The Sunday menu indicates the meals are available from Noon to 9:00 pm.)
The Manager was quite helpful but someone at the corporate level might look into adjusting the allocation levels. I think she will give up on the Sunday Roast.
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Just a bland brightly lit cavern. Nothong to recommend it.
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I always find that this, like certain other 'spoons in the centre of town, often smells of vomit.
Aside from that, no complaints.
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Nice choice of beer on tap, and the usual Wetherspoon food choices but, after having visited several times in the last week I have a criticism. It has never been overly busy when i have been there yet the staff still seem unable to clear the tables of glasses and empty plates. And those tables that have been cleared could have done down with a wipe down. Now i accept a pub has glasses on the tables. But for a table to sit for an hour at a quiet time with glasses and dirty plates on it while 3 staff stand behind the bar with no great rush on is not acceptable and is very off putting. Lets down what could be a very good pub
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Always has an excellent choice of real ale, and very handy for Baker Street underground. Note the wierd contrasts between the neon-lit entrance, the tables crammed into the pokey lobby and the cavernous main bar hall.
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I have only been in this pub a few times but don't really like the feel of it. The high ceilings and decor make it feel more like a town hall rather than a pub! It's certainly not cosy or remotely inviting. Bar staff pretty rude too.
Wineo - 16 Oct 2006 14:51 |
Had an absolutely dreadful experience once Xmas there, hence it has been in my all time top 10 worst pubs. It seemed full of 'south london gangsters' as I so elequantly put it that night, or 'vertical drinkers' It was just awful, so crowded it would have been surely a fire hazard, but then again, the more they cram in the more of the u know whats they make. I remember being so pissed off at the place we went to a pub across the road and met some very dodgy Russians...oh a night to remember...NOT !
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the one problem i found with the large room was the amount of pillers and the closeness of the tables. which ment you felt drunk without having a single drop. apart from that the place was very impressive
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I use this bar reasonably frequently and the large ornate hall that makes up the main area is very attractive. It's the entrance that spoils it and the approach to the toilets. Good real ale selection and the food service for a place of this size is good.
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I do not normally like Wetherspoons , but this one was great for breakfast . Nothing like a full English with a pint .I would gladly return here , and i dont say that often about Wetherspoons .
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as with the rest of wetherspoons pubs this example is typical with no-thanks rude east european bar staff and real ales of such poor quality you wouldnt even use to dress a salad,
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Good pub, cheap beer and the Curry Club is well worth it. Toilets are well kept without the smell of piss and shit.
After work it has a good atmosphere for the masses who work in the area but don't want to pay ridiculous prices over the road....and it's right next to the tube which is handy.
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Normally I don't like Weatherspoons pubs and what many of them have become and given the choice I'll usually avoid them, but hey, sometimes your stuck or it's somebody elses drink up and what right have you to refuse to turn up just cos they've chosen a Weatherspoons to go to? In that spirit I have to say that the Metropolitan which I've been to a few times is OK.
Even when busy the staff are efficient enough, the prices are good and the beer range fairly wide. It's a large and I've always found comfortable place. The clientele are OK and the toilets amazingly clean. If you end up here for whatever reason, you could do a lot worse.
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looks like a giant hotel lobby inside, gets really busy, noisy and smoky in the evening but what keeps me coming back are the bar prices - very reasonable when compared to most of the other pubs in the vcinity which are an absurd rip-off. Good selection of beer too.
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poncy pub, rude bar staff and over ID you
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Prime after-work location, friendly, good selection of well-kept beers, wetherspoons prives (cheap) No real complaints....its massive. Food is cheap, but its tastes it too.
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Very good for the meet - up we had in there yesterday (Saturday 10/12) - well priced beer, tidy atmosphere and polite staff made for an good day out
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friendly bar staff. nice toilets.
been going for 2 years. never been ID'd when i was underage. as soon as i was drinking legally, been ID'd since. WTF???
food is like the typical microwaved stuff.
anonymous - 28 Jul 2005 18:54 |
A younger audience than many Wetherspoon's, the beer festival held here in May was suprisingly good with an interesting selection. Otherwise its in an excellent location next to the station and theres plenty of room to sit. The beer always seems to have been kept reasonably well too.
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Vast JD Wetherspoons beer hall, right next to Baker Street Station. Quite unusual architecture, upstairs and down. Excellent range of well-kept ales at ultra-low prices. Very popular with youngish, cheerful crowd - always full of huge groups of work colleagues. Takes forever to get served, and usually hard to find a table. I quite like this place, strangely.
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Good bar to watch the footy in. Decent range of beers, quality not bad either. Gave the food a miss, mates eaten here before and gave it the thumbs down. Good mix of customers 20-30 somthings in the main, few youngsters, nothing blatent underage. Will pop in here on a match day sometime, see if its still as friendly.
Selly - 18 Apr 2005 14:14 |
This used to be the London Underground recruitment centre, quite awesome for some people who were desperate for a job. Now it is a pub and quite awesome for people who want a quiet pint and a chat. Beer quality and price 7/10 food quality is just 4/10.
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Well when I arrived there I wanted to flee. It was like a doctor’s waiting room and I did not feel ready for examination. But after you enter the main bar the interesting roof lighting and classy bar mellowed the mood. The Stella Artois was not great but I persevered.
Mostly a young crowd and the odd lone bloke with a medley of strange fish wandering in. This place will not set your soul on fire but the beer will smooth the edges and encourage you to leave fast for a hostelry with more life living in its veins.
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Very cheap Guinness and cleaner than some other Wetherspoons pubs I have visited. Decor amazing but too many mirrors in the loo, which means you can see yourself p*ss. Worrying...
anonymous - 7 Jan 2005 03:07 |
colin the guv is a legend - never fazed by a soul- great looking boozer, bad experiences buying non alcoholic drinks... called a time waster by staff - probably true but it was 10.30 am .....
Dominic - 26 Jun 2004 07:05 |
An enormous Wetherspoons pub above Baker Street station. Very good decor. I would imagine the ceiling took a bit longer to paint than "two coats, one afternoon." I've been there three times this year, in the evening, and always found a decent and reasonably priced bitter to drink. Friday nights tend to be a bit crowded, but I've never had to wait more than 5-minutes (if that) to be served.
Mike - 21 Jun 2004 22:56 |
This is one of the better Wetherspoons, over and above all the usual benefits - great decor/location, ever-changing wide selection of real ales, ridiculouly cheap prices on all drinks, neutral food (but who cares), etc.. VIP area? Never noticed it. I sit in the "No smoking" area with all the other famous singers!! Service is fine, you just need to speak up and affect an air of being desparately thirsty.
Just beware, Friday evening can be rather like travelling on the Metropolitan Line in the rush hour!
Simon - 22 Apr 2004 16:49 |
Nice decor and roomy, but particularly atrocious service - is rare to get served within five minutes even outside peak times.
grecian - 24 Dec 2003 11:28 |
fantastic bar. v.i.p area packed with film and pop stars plus the odd footballer.extremely pricey and bouncers are the toughest.
recommend the met bar to everyone.
giles - 1 Nov 2003 12:04 |
Anonymous - I think it's called the Metropolitan bar because it's right by Baker Street station - home of the worlds oldest underground railway, known now as the Metropolitan Line. Have you ever been to London?!
anonymous - 11 Sep 2003 12:38 |
I can't believe they would be cheap enough to cash in on the name of another bar. (The MET[ropolitan] Hotel Bar.) Appalling, even by Wetherspoon standards.
anonymous - 22 May 2003 14:18 |
Better than the usual Wetherspoon's crap. Friendly staff, good beers and decent (although slightly simple) pub grub.
Angus - 28 Mar 2003 10:52 |
it gets extremely smoky when it's busy
Pendar - 17 Jan 2003 14:28 |
Tardis-like Wetherspoons pub.
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