The Phoenix, Sunbury - pub details
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Address: 26-28, Thames St, Sunbury-On-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 6AF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1016)
Sunbury (1.1 miles), Kempton Park (1.1 miles), Upper Halliford (1.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Outside seating, Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 26 users)
> Local guide: Middlesex pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Magpie, Sunbury (0.0 miles), White Horse, Sunbury (0.1 miles), Flower Pot Hotel, Lower Sunbury (0.3 miles), Three Fishes, Sunbury (0.3 miles), Admiral Hawke, Sunbury (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Phoenix, Sunbury
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| Have been recommending this pub to people for ages, due to the lovely beer garden but wish I hadn't bothered after a recent early evening visit on a very hot day. Rasing a smile from the guy behind the bar would have been a mission. We asked him what time food was served to which he replied 6pm (it was 4.45pm) We waited patiently till 6 and then overheard a table saying they were only doing a barbeque that evening and no menu food. There are hardly any menus around to lure you into buying food, there was no posters advertising a barbeque (one sheet of white paper and a marker pen??) And then we overhear the owner perhaps telling a staff member how he had to have a go at the chef as he'd made such a mess at lunchtime..!!! On that note we left, why would you risk eating there after hearing that. Pull your socks up Phoenix. marchw - 2 Jul 2009 18:04 |
| Went in for the first time in 7 or 8 years the other night to see what the refurb was like. Overall, slightly disappointed. Decorwise the back is a disaster - like sitting in a new church hall. Neither soft and homely nor cool and stylish; just bland and uninviting. The front (where we sat) was fine - as pubby as ever. But the atmosphere there wasn't particularly welcoming: no sign of the owners; perfectly nice bar staff but too young, shy and inexperienced to create any sense of atmosphere, and a few locals who blanked us. Add to this the fact that the Black Sheep was a bit out of condition and I think the new owners need to put a bit more work in. Having said that, it was an evening trip, so I'll be interested to try it at lunchtime when the sun's shining and the garden's open. Teddy_Boy - 22 Aug 2008 11:52 |
| I heard a rumour they spent over £1m re-doing the Phoenix!! So i went to check it out... what a different pub it is now! A lot of work. More space inside. Clean &tidy. WOW!! Look out 'Magpie'...! TJ TeeJay - 23 Apr 2008 13:14 |
| This was always my favourite pub in Sunbury just for the garden alone. What a great improvement. The landscaped garden is lovely and a lot more "comfortable" seating. Before going into the pub we were planing on eating somewhere else, well that idea went straight out the window. We actually ended up staying for over 5 hours! I had the whitebait for starters which was really tasty and two of my friends had the lamb shanks as a main and they too really enjoyed the food. Good choice of lagers and 3 hand pulled ale's to choose from as well as a a good choice of wines. Totally agree with "The GP",the Magpie is gonna lose a lot of summer trade. If you do plan on eating, get in early as the tables get taken quickly!!! lucy75 - 12 Apr 2008 16:19 |
| I'd second the comment below, the pub has been transformed, clearly a lot of money has been spent, and far more customers in there than they ever had before. The garden does look very impressive, and will be very popular in the summer. The Magpie will lose out bigstyle. They The inside is disappointing though, they seem to have gone to the same identikit pub interior company that also did the Flowerpot. When will people realise that it is the carpets, jukebox, pool table etc. that make a pub more homely? TheGP - 22 Mar 2008 10:15 |
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