please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Had a meal in here this week. Yes, quiet slow service, the tables weren't cleared very quickly but the food was passable for the price and the pint of Ringwood 49ner was actually very good.
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Dreadful. There is one positive is they do usually have one good guest ale on but you have to deal with slow & rude staff who (with exception of the manager) don’t give a poo. Dark, grubby & inhabited with underage drinkers & alcoholics.
mrb14 - 26 Mar 2008 15:39 |
Filthy dirty ;
cheap nasty beer, in very dirty glasses- even the bar man (after six attempts to find a "clean" glass) was clearly embarrased.
Sore throats a plenty - YUK!
Cheap, and need of a refurb.
Toilets a disgrace.
Avoid.
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Wetherspoons. Cheap. What more is there to say? The beer festival here sees a good selection of real ales.
Largely popular with students and those looking for lengthy, cheap drinking sessions.
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The scruffy end of the 'Spoons spectrum - refurbishing all these pubs is gonna cost mullet man a fortune.
Food was OK, all the guest ales were from Itchin Valley, but didn't sample - pub 9 of the day meant a pint of lemonade along with our Pikey Platter in order to get us through to closing time.
Quite obviously chavvy, and I thought Winchester was one of those posh places you hear about.
Needs a damn good clean really, but I've been in worse.
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SLOW
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the sort of place where you'd catch an STD from standing on the carpet.
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Another dirty Wetherspoons pub. Same goes for the clientele.
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Wetherspoons pubs tend to come in for a battering on this site, sometimes deserved, mostly not. This place however is a truly hideous example of theme-pubbery gone wrong, and especially sad in arguably one of England's most beautiful towns. Full of council-estate scum mingling happily with coke-sniffing public school kids, old fat alcoholics smoking dog-ends, illiterate immigrant workers.
I wonder if this place is deliberately gloomy and badly lit.
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This is a lousy pub. Gloomy atmosphere and uninterested staff. When last visited they only had 'Pedigree' and 'best' on. I agree with all the other comments as to its crapiness. Would never visit again.
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Has got to be one of the worst Whetherspoons there is.
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DUMP!
utterly disgusting and dirty...
avoid- ive seen cleaner toilets in turkey! one can only imagine the state of the beer lines and glasses...
Filthy dump.
anonymous - 8 Sep 2006 15:36 |
DUMP!
cheap nasty beer, and surrownded by students making a pint last all night, (though somehow managing to get completly smashed?) then puking up all over the place..
Filthy toilets;
no idea what 'inspected regularly' means?? vomit and SH*t everywhere!
derisry place- cheap beer attracts cheap people (sorry!)
imagine The SUN newspaper offering two weeks holiday in spain for a fiver- thats the crowd....
anonymous - 8 Sep 2006 15:34 |
Thanks mate. But like all good hypocrites, what I say and do are two completely different things. I've been reviewing like a c*nt since the 2 May. Just couldn't resist it!
Keep up the good work.
anonymous - 31 Aug 2006 11:28 |
Ah Conniwot, with changing landlords, breweries and beers there's always a place on this site for faint praise, criticsm or giving some shithole a real good slagging (see Gaolhouse) I do hope to see some reviews in the future, too many bloody Wykeham wannabees out there!!!
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Will2 is wrong. The longest bar in Britain can be found in The Falcon near to Clapham Junction railway station. Can't really think of much else to say about this place as this is a bog standard 'Spoons' and 'sross' has said all that needs to be said.
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Many a pub feels like a khasi, but few can live the dream. Not so this tip - trailing bits of toilet paper throughout the bar. I kid you not, there was bits of bog roll strewn all over the floor on Sunday. In fact the whole place was filthy - ashtrays overloaded with crap.
75 per cent of drinkers were under 18; it was like a sixth form student union, other than the few murderous looking thugs trying to pick up something to send them to a real gaol.
This'll be my last post to the site; don't want to end up like Stonch - re-reviewing everything and boring everyone to death in the process. But I really have saved the worst till last. The Old Gaolhouse Winchester. a pub crying out for a raid by the coppers or environmental health.
anonymous - 2 May 2006 14:03 |
was visiting a friend in winchester and ended stopping off here for food an drink a lovely pub for food and drink excellent food service cooked perfect
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In a city that is host to such fantastic pubs like the Black Boy, Hyde Tavern and Wykeham Arms, there is absolutely no reason why you would want to go into this dingy, pikey-infested place.
sross - 17 Apr 2006 21:33 |
Is Will2 sure? longest bar in Britain? Can't see it myself.It's places like this that make the Wykeham lot smug and takes trade away from decent pubs. I'm all for progress unless it looks like this, you can tell how many steps back it's gone by the Neandrethal '10 o'clock club that congregate every day. One to avoid.
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Full of provincials who value a 50p saving on a pint of Old Fart Fuck over spending time in a real pub. One for the pigeon feeders, game boy junkies and those hurtling towards a mid-life crisis in their thirties.
anonymous - 13 Feb 2006 13:11 |
Think there is some conspiracy against Wetherspoons pubs. Food is good, beer is good, service is good, atmosphere (craic)is ok. Not too distinct from any other Wetherspoons pub. Apparently this pub has the longest bar in Britain.
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Well this was the student pub to start out on if you were enrolled at King Alfreds College (before it reached university status). Back in 2000 i used to reside above this pub in one of the street facing rooms. This was where a local busienss man (iforget his name) used to cram students in at 10 a penny like sheep. But hey those were student days for you. Besides the furniture didnt last long and the poor cleaners had a hell of a time.Too many parties! Good times. Oh yeah the pub. Cheap, Cheerful. Great ´free house beers... spitfire, thumper, christmas specials. yum. Bit smoky though. They should akll be like the weatherspoons in bristol. Totally non-smoking. It is such a relief to not have ash in your food or pint! and to not smell like you just rescued 15 cheerleaders from a wet leaf burning competition that had spriralled out of control.
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Probably one of the worst Wetherspoon pubs around. Dark, dingy, dirty, local drunks from opening until closing and the local chavs. Avoid unless you are out for a Saturday night and want some cheap drinks.
anonymous - 16 Aug 2005 11:26 |
Actually, it did used to be the city gaol. However it's now a dingy dark pub where you're likely to stick to the carpet. During the daytime it's populated by the local aged alcoholics and weekend evenings see the student/child crowd pour in for cheap drinks. But even the kids don't stay for long - just a few to get them on the way before heading off to somewhere not so grim. DON'T even think about trying the food here.
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Not old and not a Gaol House. Rather, a tacky airport terminal-style pub in your high street. They sell cheap booze, which means the average age rarely exceeds 17. Except when I'm in there - miserable old bastard that I am.
anonymous - 22 Jul 2005 12:47 |
This is an ok pub if you want a cheap meal with a group of friends and to get drunk cheaply. However, the place lacks any atmosphere, with no music or sports shown. The staff dont seem that bothered about giving good service either. Instead they are just interested in getting drinks out as quickly as possible.
anonymous - 5 May 2005 13:48 |
Popular and busy, good service, good food and contray to previous posters comments, never any sign of trouble! Well worth a visit.
Bison - 12 Mar 2005 10:59 |
Another souless, tacky, lowest common denominator of an 'establishment'. The City drunks congregate to have the same bad taste conversations/shouting matches they've been having for thirty years at about 10 a.m. In the evening the place fills scarily quickly with twats who cant grow facial hair. They dont appear to train their staff, and they pass the saving on to you the customer. Thank God for the Goalhouse, it keeps the toothless and jobless off the streets.
anonymous - 23 Feb 2005 16:14 |
Cheap beer, large bar, very popular at weekends and not always populated by the sort of people you'd willingly make eye contact with on a late night tube. Thursday, Friday, Saturday expect many drunk people intent on physical contact of one sort or another. Go with lots of friends, and manage their expectations.
anonymous - 15 Dec 2004 16:51 |
Popular Wetherspoon pub with usual reasonably priced Whetherspoon food and beer. However, a good selection of beers does not always mean that they are served at top condition.
ManAged35 - 27 Jul 2004 13:20 |
