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No real ale I’m afraid, but Fosters, Stella, Amstell, Heineken, Strongbow, John Smiths Smoothflow and of course Guinness are available in this Irish pub. Three screens and the ability to air Sky and Setanta give this pub a sporty feel.
I found the barmaid to be pleasant enough although there were only 4 other people in the whole pub and I still had to stand behind them to order as they never acknowledged my presence.
Apart from the tossers at the bar this seemed to be an OK pub and if I was going past I would visit again.
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It's called Flangans now. On the plus side the beer is good and well-priced and it's hard to go wrong with the food, especially the sunday dinners which top anything nearby for value and quality. On the downside the staff could smile a bit more - they all look like they're dreading being sacked for something or another.
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Flynns Bar and Diner celebrated 4 years trading in October, it was a mighty birthday party, a gorgeous free buffet was provided, and locals and visitors enjoyed a great night!
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Hobbit hole.
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Went in here yesterday fairly impressed
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Went here on Easter Monday - and they had a barbeque outside. £5 for a plate of tit-bits which I didn't think too much of, but inside was good for the footie - 3 screens, so you could watch Chelsea v Everton regardless where you were sat. Prices are reasonable and there's a good range.
Also, one of the only pubs in H'smith you can take the kids too...
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Hard to express how absolutely devastated I am to read the last review.
This was without doubt my favourite pub in all of London. Even worth a £30 taxi fare home when I moved to N.London! The place had a lovely atmosphere and you always felt welcome and cosy. The staff were a team and you could tell that they all got on well. The landlady was phenomenal and really cared about her team and her customers.
This really is a sad sad loss
I'll rate it on what I would have rated it before because I've not experienced it's new state
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This is probably the worst pub I've ever been to. Let me tell you why.
Before mid 2005 Tommy Flynn's used to be a blinding pub (see comments below), it was Irish, it had good live music, jovial old Irish regulars and a top landlady who noticed when you changed from your usual pint. A good ‘Irish’ London pub as they say.
Then earlier this year new 'management' took over. Now, what this apparently means is that all the nice native staff and near native staff (i.e. the easy-going Aussies and Kiwis) have left and nice "I no understand your joke" cheaper Eastern Europeans are now behind the bar.
What makes this such an appalling drinking den is the fact it is meant to be an Irish pub, with the resultant expectations it fails to live up to that epithet.
Expect to find this on a mid-week night: as you walk in, the regulars now consist of morose drunks sat permanently at the bar in which you cannot be seen by bar staff or actually get served efficiently. The music will also be playing too loudly, so please don't expect a normal pitched conversation. Try and ignore the uncommonly long bleary-eyed stares from the locals, a friendly smile in response will be unrequited.
As you go to the gents, expect to be eyed-up by the local Chavs permanently playing on the pool table. Watch your back as they say.
When the bar maid (think Eurovision with Tina Turner hair in Mad Max) http://www.123posters.com/images/original/T0001.jpg is on the other side of the bar preoccupied with being chatted-up by dodgy Russian mafia look-alikes and you are not being noticed, please do not call out and ask to be served. The current landlord who is busy downing his own drink on my side of the bar will not try and serve you instead but will in fact act like a bad-tempered bouncer.
This place is unfriendly, threatening, populated by the dregs of society, awfully decorated, and a betrayal of the idea of an Irish pub.
For someone of Irish parentage this place makes me angry that it masquerades as an Irish local. It is not, avoid like the plague.
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This pub is a must on ST Patricks Day....forget the rest and head straight here.
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Brenda, why did you leave??
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This pub rocks, i been going there for a few years now and have neva had a bad night:)
anonymous - 20 Jan 2005 12:02 |
I wanted to hate this place when I found out it was a chain but it was impossible. I was in there for a bit of an all day Sunday session and it was quality. Incredibly efficient bar staff, really friendly locals of all ages and even the Irish band playing covers were pretty good. Believe me, I have seen hundreds and they are usually terrible and trot out the same old tired numbers, maybe I was lucky on this day. The best thing though in a pub that was rammed with people getting to all stages of drunkenness was that there was no menace whatsoever. Just lots of smiles, lots of dancing and a proper good laugh.
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The best pub in london and what a land lady!! Brenda you are a Queen
Pedro Raxworthy - 17 Sep 2004 09:26 |
Brilliant pub, only pub in Hammersmith really still frequented by the locals. Makes a nice changed not to be rushed out of the door at 23.05 (unlike most pubs in Hammersmith)
Hammersmith Max - 7 Aug 2004 20:56 |
reminds me of places i used to frequent when i was young.....a long way away..in perth west australia.....i dont know why but i used to have a good time there then & i had a good time here too!
sue - 4 Apr 2004 16:50 |
Excellent pub - pleasant staff and top class food. Mixed age crowd. I look forward to visiting again as soon as possible.
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yeah so its another 'fake'irish pub.....but great atmosphere on a friday/sat night...full of people of all ages just having a good time.i had a good time too........
millym - 22 Feb 2004 23:52 |
with out a doubt a pub easy to find and very hard to leave
georgina - 29 Jan 2004 12:28 |
Bad enough when it was the Prince of Wales, this is now yet another pseudo Irish theme pub.
chris - 3 Nov 2003 16:40 |
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