J J Moons, Hornchurch - pub details
Address: 46/62 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4UN [map] [gmap]
Hornchurch (0.7 miles), Upminster Bridge (0.9 miles)
Emerson Park (0.6 miles), Gidea Park (1.4 miles), Upminster (1.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 2.5/10 (rated by 54 users)
> Local guide: Essex pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Cricketers, Hornchurch (0.1 miles), Fatling and Firkin, Hornchurch (0.2 miles), Hogshead, Hornchurch (0.2 miles), Chequers Inn, Hornchurch (0.3 miles), Harrow, Hornchurch (0.5 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of J J Moons, Hornchurch
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| Interesting to note so many moans about the service. Tim Martin doesn't read this site otherwise there'd be changes made. But no, it still takes too long to get served. Typically, there would be four or five waiting to be served and one bar person trying their best. The other three are delivering glasses, bottling up, polishing pumps and anything other than selling drinks efficiently. The managers haven't grasped that if there are customers, the staff should stop whatever they're doing and serve them. Oh and another thing, in order to make sure that they can get away early, they polish the tables and move you down the pub and close off a whole section including access to the ladies', the rear smoking area and the rear fire escape. On Sunday nights, one of the managers locks the front doors, typically at 10.30 (published closing time is 11.30) so that his staff don't have to have the bother of serving anyone else, as they are now frantically doing jobs that should be done prior to the pub opening, not last thing at night. Having had my moan, when you actually get served the staff are good-natured, polite and pleasant. Most of the time they know what they're doing and serve an excellent pint. There are eleven hand-pumps with ales for every taste. If I ever get a (very rare) bad pint, it's changed without too much hassle. They are currently in the midst of a beer festival where bitter is £1.50 a pint as opposed to (now) £1.90(I've rounded the prices up from the absurd £x.x9). The food's generally as good as you could expect for the price. The Thursday night's curries are brilliant. They do a Phaal every so often and it blew my son's socks off. I thought it was just about right. My wife likes the korma. I just wish it were nearer. Now that the Plough (strangely not in this site's lists) in Cranham has just closed, perhaps Wetherspoons will take it over. I'll certainly go there if they do. I have only one other gripe about JJ's and that is that they celebrate every other saint's day but St. George. Why? suntexi - 30 Mar 2008 02:34 |
| Been to jj afew times,half price drinks, people sitting lonely wondering who they are.Early evening drinkers loading up before their clubs.The Real ale of my choice seams to always run out after 1 or 2 pints.Some dodgey old charectors like Johny Baker bragging about how much scrap he sold that week, or Stewy the"Terminator" Plasterer on how many jobs he has started but cant complete. twink75 - 26 Aug 2007 21:35 |
| Well my little group happened to be in Hornchurch for our pub crawl that we usually do every few months and I was really surprised to find that the whole layout of the pub has changed. Wetherspoons has added some more high tables, and got some more stools to sit on, and there is also now a sofa seating area at the front. The smoking area is down the back where the kids used to sit, and the rest of the pub is now non smoking, which is great as we don't smoke. You also don't have to breathe in second hand smoke when you walk in through the door. Can't wait for the ban to come in. I asked the manager what was happening with the smokers when the smoking ban comes in, and it appears that Wetherspoons have bought the car park at the back and are going to turn it into a big beer garden. As for the "chubby asian looking fella" if you knew this guy you would know that he knows his ales, knows his lagers and knows his wines, and he is one of the most helpful bar managers I have known (ask staff in the Hogshead what real is and see the reaction you get!). I believe that he is actually Scottish!!! The pub is looking tired and does need a lick of paint to bring it up to standard with the rest of the pubs in the area, and up to date, but then this is JD Wetherspoons. realaleman - 28 May 2007 17:39 |
| was in here friday afternoon , they have changed the layout so the smoking area is now the old non smoking area , bit strange but month n bits time all gona change , had a pint of fosters a jd n coke n a coke and got change out of 6 quid (70p to be precise). this is the cheapest pub in hornchurch , and as such does attract a fair few habitual drinkers , but no probs during the day , unless the postman are in , bar staff are bit hit and miss the duty manager fella everyone moans about isnt that bad sometimes. the food and the drink are typical weatherspoons fayre but if u go in you get what you pay for , beer and it does some good beer , the decor does it no favours though romfordir - 23 May 2007 18:46 |
| I used to use this pub all the time, for no other reason than it was cheap and not far from my home and work. But i've stopped going there now for so many reasons. For a start, it smells. And i don't just mean a bit like stale beer or anything, it actually smells like sick whenever you go near the bar. It's as if the carpet is soaked in puke, or the actual bar itself is made of solidified bile. Rank! It also gets far far too busy, and the lack of music means people chat more which is great, except that the volume of noise generated from hundreds of peoples voices gets so loud that it's noisier than if they played music. You find yourself really having to shout above all the other voices just to get yourself heard. All of this and you're not even at the bar yet. And when you do, well, thats when the real trouble starts. It's AGES before you get served, and you have to put up with being surrounded by chavs and watching girl after girl get their drinks while a fella in his 20's like myself just gets over looked because i'm not flirting with the bar staff. And as i mention the bar staff, it's worth pointing out just how bad they are. If you get a smile out of these lot, or if they act like they might have a sense of humour, then consider yourself priviliged. The majority of staff here (but mostly just the men) have got some serious attitudes. One chubby asian/indian looking fella in particular is so snide and full of attitude that it can only be for two reasons, 1.He's a nasty kind of bloke, or 2. He's trying really hard to be a nasty kind of bloke. To top it all, this bar man seems to be some kind odf manager and he also can be seen on the door some nights with the bouncers. If there's ever a reason to avoid going near this pub, then that is surely the strongest one. Avoid at all costs! a_john_s - 8 Jan 2007 12:24 |
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