The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green - pub details
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Address: 496-498, High Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0PN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 8504 2435
Woodford (0.7 miles), Roding Valley (0.9 miles)
Highams Park (1.3 miles), Chingford (1.5 miles), Wood Street (2.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
Pub suggested by Boozer on 13 Oct 2004
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 21 users)
> Local guide: Essex pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Horse and Well, Woodford Wells (0.2 miles), Rose and Crown, Woodford Green (0.4 miles), Railway Tavern, Woodford Green (0.8 miles), Monkhams Inn, Buckhurst Hill (0.8 miles), Forest Edge, Chingford (0.8 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Travellers Friend, Woodford Green
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| I visited this pub for the first time and I think it's only fair to say I was appaled. When walking in I understood the regulars staring but the bar staff looked straight through you, with just a glare and a stroppy face. Not only was the land lady the most miserable I have ever come accross in my life. Waiting almost ten minutes to get her attention, I asked if she would mind changing a drink as the lemonade was flat, she began moaning about how the drink is fine and if i didn't like it then to leave it. In which I did. Customer service was appaling, drink was awful. I wouldn't advise anybody to go there. smirny78 - 15 May 2008 15:27 |
| well what can I say about the staff. They are rude, arrogant, will serve their favorites first and totally blank you. The beer is great but the staff should be sacked especially the stroppy landlady and her bully of a daughter greening - 15 May 2008 14:55 |
| I use 'The Travellers Friend' on a fairly regular basis and have thoroughly enjoyed reading the reviews and the subsequent banter. The fact that the beer is kept very well and is the best in the area,I think, is beyond doubt. As far as the comparisons with The Slaughtered Lamb('He made me miss'-Brian Glover-American Werewolf in London)I feel the Locals are being unfairly represented. The fact that they turn towards the door when it opens is purely to see if the new entrant is also a regular whom will almost certainly be in need of a speedy libation. If you found it difficult to open the latch door the stare could be somewhat prolonged but whose problem is that? In all the Locals are a fairly good representation of the area with Tradesman,Bankers and even the odd classical pianist extricating themselves from lifes mortal coil. And now the prickly subject of the staff, I can offer no defence. On a good day they're rude is the best I can muster. You will find many an ex regular begrudgingly in the Rose and Crown no longer able to endure the Landlady's incivility and no cab journey is complete without the driver waxing lyrical about the Welsh Dragon. Iluvmybeer - 28 Apr 2008 14:40 |
| Have not visited this pub since before Christmas I think. Popped in the other day and it was full of the regular crowd of people who seem to have their head up their own backsides and will not let you near the bar to get a drink. Was not greeted yet again by any of the staff who did their usual blank stare as you enter. Beer was in great condition though which made up for having to share the bar area with a bunch of red faced misfits alot of who were worse for wear. rogerthedodger - 20 Apr 2008 15:32 |
| xenopohobic? a dislike of foreigners? you're getting your big words mixed up. where have I or anyone else been guilty of that? if you re-read my reviews I'm not totally dismissive of the travellers, it IS a nice pub, it DOES serve a good range of beers, but as already stated, it DOES have its share of middle class twits. I don't have to like these any more than I do a pub full of chavs. I do expect a certain level of service though, and yes, I can vote with my feet which I quite often do. I am entitled to my opinion and this is a place for me to air it. not that damning really, is it? more annoying is the blinkered waffle coming from the regulars/bar staff. finally, may I quote from the very first comment for this pub back in 2004: 'small but friendly punters, frosty bar staff'. Just about sums it up. DavidWaspnest - 25 Mar 2008 12:14 |
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