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Apparently...according to the girl behind the bar on Monday, 660ml is a 'pint'..!! So, if I were you, I'd get down to the Cricketers as fast as you can, get hold of one of 'em German stein glasses and take it along to this pub, and get it filled up with your fav beer, quick...before she changes her mind!! TJ
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This pub is great - really friendly, beer always ok (not fab, but not bad) and the food is good value and well presented. Give it a shot. The upstairs room is lovely on a sunny day with the window open overlooking the green...
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Ahh, The Cricketers, Richmond Green...! Splendid! There is really not much to this little gem. Ok, they have a large screen at the back for the cricket (oh, and rugby of course..!) and a small tv at the front. The front of the pub 'opens up' on those sunny days, to ease access to & from the bar, for those who like to drink al fresco (its cheaper than Pinot Grigio..!)! A quiet little pub, the bar can't be more than 15ft long (thats about 8 people, elbow to elbow)!
A long thin pub. I dig the groovy yellow+blue tiles in the loo! I wonder who chose them. Retro, baby!! TJ
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Speckled Hen was lovely last night. Toilets looked ok to me, but didn't look as if they'd been made over either.... Maybe someone's given them a good scrub. The food looked nice, but we didn't have any.
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The cricketers is receiving a mini makeover within the next few months to include the toilets, they are just awaiting sign off on quotes.
anonymous - 25 Oct 2007 00:38 |
The Gents bathroom is pretty swampy too. You'd think that A) they'd be able to have them redone and made usable and B) keep them in better order.
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The female toilets are minging....totally unacceptable for a pub on Richmond Green that charges the prices it does.
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Cossack has summed this place up for me. Beer could be bit better, staff exactly as said but friendly - overall good pub
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Great place in the summer after a game. The crowd spills onto the Common and fun is to be had by all. The beer is potable, bar small, staff better suited to MacDonalds, but who cares, its a great pub.
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The cricketers is my favorite pub in richmond, the service is great, the pints are cold and cheap and the barmaids are sexy! Especially the American girl, she is the real reason why I go there (well second, I do enjoy my pints).
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Really nice pub on Richmond village green. Good views over the green from upstairs, and seats outside too.
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was there on sat for the rugby and had a great time the attmosphere was better then anywere alse. this is one of my first choices in richmond a greatly under related pub in richmond service is spot on and friendly and some of the bar staff arent bad what more can you want.
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This is a great pub with good beer and friendly staff the food has improved greatly this pub is the place to be in the summer.
anonymous - 3 Feb 2007 00:27 |
Visited just before christmas- service was poor, drinks were poor and the atmosphere was dull. On my visit to the bar i noticed lots of food on the bar floor, this was waiting to go to the kitchen to be cooked! Some of it was completely uncovered and was being splashed by glasses and dirty plates getting loaded into the dishwasher next to it. The food lay there for +30mins...nice. SO on your next visit avoid the pies!(OR DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND AVOID THE PUB!!)
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I aim for this place first when I come to Richmond. Understated yet spot on. Right on the green so good in the summer.
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Ah, The Cricketers.. a nice little watering hole, and not just for cricketers, rugger & footy types frequent here, aswell as sporting ladies too! Many may not realise they have an upstairs 'salon' for those patrons who prefer 'smoke-free' drinkies..! (However, they forgot to tell the smoke not to use the stairs..!) Never mind, the idea was good! Nice boozer, specially when the sun visits. TJ
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There seems to be new management now. We were unceremoniously ejected at 10.40 on sunday evening just ten minutes after last orders was rung, and we were the last people to be picked upon. If you fancy a quiet drink on a sunday eveneing i suggest you walk round to The Ship.
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Nice pub right on top of the Green, very small inside, but who wants to sit inside anyway. Prices not too bad either.
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I like this place and for it's location it's prices are very good. It is quite small inside but good to relax and the service is always OK if no the most motivated. Not sure why I prefer this to the Princes Head next door - It is great for getting an all dayer on Saturday by the Green - However in saying that why I don't just go to Tesco's and get cans for a quarter of the price like my boyfriend tells me is beyond me.
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My lad seems to enjoy 'The Cricketers' well enough. There must be a nice young barmaid that he likes in there or something! Or maybe its The Green that draws young and old for miles around..!! Great place. TJ
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A good pub to know. Fantastic location, over-looking the magnificent Richmond Green, that is its best feature (but only when the weather is good!) I see why 'Matt of Ham' says its disappointing inside, its too small really (a long thin pub & bar) with no real atmosphere. Filled with office staff during the day, with a handful of loyal hardened drinkers. After 5pm it can be quite busy (due to its small size) with patrons having to spill onto the pavement outside, and of course over onto The Green itself. It competes with the 'Princes Head' a couple of doors away, which I prefer, but certainly a 'must' to include in any pub-crawl around The Green, or Richmond town centre. (TeeJay)
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Two pints of Stella in here is about a quid cheaper than the exact same round in the Sun a few hundred yards down the road (and tastes a bit better). But my reason for posting is cos they have something else which goes massively in their favour... Everyone hates those flimsy plastic pint cups yet obvioulsy we can't take glass onto the green. So in here they have rigid plastic pint glasses (I know this is an oxymoron but you know what I mean), the picnic set type of rigid. What a pleasure! A real seasonal triumph, hats off!
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Great location, particularly in summer, but inside is only OK, as is the beer. Bit of a dissapointment overall.
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Decent atmosphere in the pub which looks out over the Green...On cider so cant rate the beer
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Great place for a early evening drink . Good atmosphere and excellent staff . Taken over from the Princes Head as the best place for a beer on the Green.
anonymous - 9 Aug 2005 10:12 |
Nice pub, always busy yet have often managed to arrive with fortuitous timing and bagged one of the few tables outside. Since these seats are like gold dust in summer, it tends to make you stay longer that you planned, losing yourself and your day people-watching over the green. I discovered the leather sofas on Saturday too, very nice. Excellent service considering the hoards of people needing drinks, never have to wait very long. They were giving away free iced water in the heatwave a couple of years ago too. Obviously a prime location in the summer but works well in winter too. A good all-season establishment!
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A good summer pub - Venture on to the Green and watch loads of couples get frisky.. Get a room for gods sakes!
The pub is good though.
TheGP - 10 Jul 2005 20:22 |
This pub had recently been a pretty sorry affair but i now notice that the new management are trying very hard. There seems to be a cheerful atmosphere again so more power to your elbow.
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As anyone might see from other "local" posts, I returned to Richmond yesterday for a "mini-crawl": amazed to see that it rates such a low average score. Still warm and welcoming, good beer, friendly staff and locals plus the Green to look at and enjoy. Recommended.
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Small and sweet, nice pint, nice atmosphere and pleasant staff.
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Similar to Princes Head, nice atmosphere, younger crowd than the Princes but does what it does well and everyone says really is great in the summer.
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nice pub, good atmosphere & a great view across richmond green. be prepared to wait a while to be served at the weekend. usually well worth it though
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Excellent pub, nice beer with good seating for a little cotch in the day. Not a bad barmaid either...!
PhilW - 4 Nov 2004 13:47 |
Lovely little traditonal pub by the green. At its best during the summer.
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A nice little pub, good in summer to actually watch the Cricket and quite comfy in winter too.
TheGP - 10 Aug 2004 14:03 |
I like drinking outside and this pub is one of the best in Richmond for this - the riverside in Richmond (whilst they are fun to people watch) can be a little too hectic on a good day. This is great for having a good pint and sitting on the Green in the sun. In the winter can be good fun too.
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Popped here whilst trying to find a pub to show England's historic cricket victory on Sunday. TV was not on so we asked to put it on they said fine, but then said they had to put football on even though no one in pub wanted to watch it. We left totally baffled. Suggest that the pub changes its name to something more appropriate.
anonymous - 17 Mar 2004 14:16 |
Visited this pub a couple of times in the last week. Really nice atmosphere...ideal for a few cheeky socials midweek. Suspect it will be even better once the Summer arrives. Beer is pretty good and not badly priced.
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Have fond memories of watching the footy in there and staying throughout the evening drinking rather too much then wobbling around on the lawn outside with my boyfriend watching others do the same thing before grabbing a rank samosa and getting the train home to East London. Good pub - can have a manky pint in there but on the whole a nice atmosphere. Ok for watching sport but a little small and plenty of room for heads to get in the way - not a good view most of the time.
Lucy - 20 Feb 2004 13:34 |
Nice in winter with a roaring fire and great in summer as it is right on the green. Unfortunately wine sold by the glass here is absolutely foul, especially the red.
Jay - 14 Feb 2004 14:30 |
"The short rude bloke running it" sounds like Gordon - if that is of any help.
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What have they done to this place. AND who is the short rude bloke running it
Si - 28 Jan 2004 10:31 |
great pub in the true meaning of the word. Had many a drunken adventure start from there. Can meet some interesting locals like the bloke who sang 'in the jungle' to us (even the high pitched wimba-waa a-wimba waa).
sean - 6 Dec 2003 18:51 |
A weird looking girl works there who is kind of cute in an odd sort of way. I saw her with a fella though so I've knocked that one on the head. Could do with lowering the lights a bit. Not bad though.
Good for: general drunkeness
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Good bar, good food.
Richard - 17 Nov 2003 12:48 |
Notable for its outdoor tables and view of the green. Also notable for the passer by who interrupted my afternoon's drinking by demanding my autograph, convinced that I was a German ex-Wimbledon champion. My London accent didn't dissuade her. For ten minutes.
Ruby - 14 Jul 2003 13:37 |
Rather bad service on a Sunday lunch. They told us food would be served till 3pm, yet when we went up at 2.03pm they said the food had stopped at 2pm. There was 6 of us, all prepared to sit in there for a couple of hours, with drinks and food, yet we had to go elsewhere. Very bad service really.
Not only that we say a waitress stick her finger in a plate of noodles to check the temperature when a customer complained, and then failed to see she'd done anything wrong. After seeing that I'm glad we didn't eat there.
All in all I doubt we'll be back - we just weren't made to feel welcome.
Pete Cox - 7 Jul 2003 13:00 |
Refurb now finished making the pub much more airy and open. Greene King ales now joined by Budvar on tap.
Al - 20 May 2003 09:58 |
now having refurb
alexander - 11 May 2003 19:57 |
Slightly dated interior, but a decent pint and nice location on the green make it worth a visit in the summer when you can sit outside.
Angus - 7 Apr 2003 11:29 |
Right on Richmond Green, great if you want to get away from the loud pubs that generally inhabit the riverside.
Mike - 27 Mar 2003 11:42 |
Cool pub with live jazz, comedy nights and the like. Wicked for summer nites on the Green
Brooms - 29 Oct 2002 16:59 |
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