The Rowbarge Hotel, St Johns - pub details
Address: 37 St. Johns Road, St. Johns, Woking, Surrey, GU21 7SA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01483 761618
Woking (1.7 miles), Worplesdon (1.8 miles), Brookwood (2.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by Will2 on 21 Dec 2004
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> Current user rating: 5.0/10 (rated by 17 users)
> Local guides: Woking pub guide, Surrey pub guide
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user reviews of the Rowbarge Hotel, St Johns
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| Good food rather overpriced but the staff are friendly and the atmosphere is pleasant jamboo - 22 May 2008 12:59 |
| I'm an occasional, but not frequent visitor to the Rowbarge. However, I never have any complaints. The beer is well kept - not a huge selection, but always London Pride and one top quality beer, a Spitfire/Bombadier/Adnams-type. And always cold Newcastle Brown for those hot Summer days. You can usually get a seat, certainly in the Summer as there's a sizeable beer garden, with the recent addition of a covered area for the smokers. The food is very good, and freshly cooked. Sunday roasts are a feature, as are BBQ's when the sun's out on a bank holiday. It is a little on the pricey side, but not excessively so - the beer isn't cheap, and a burger and chips cost about £8.50 last weekend and it was something similar for a bowl of pasta, and you're hard pressed to find anything other than sandwiches for less than a fiver. That said, the food is excellent. And unlike the town centre pubs, it isn't full of kids getting drunk on cheap lager, and I'm happy to pay a bit extra for that. The staff are generally friendly and unobtrusive, although the bar is small and on busy Summer days when the beer garden is packed you might need to queue up for little bit. If you like a good country pub where you can get good food and have a conversation with your mates, this is a great place. monkey_steve - 24 Apr 2008 15:28 |
| Having seen the negative comments posted about my local, I felt I had to redress the balance. Yes the beers are a bit pricier than other pubs in the area but they are very well kept and I've never had a bad pint in there. What is more, the pub is extremely well run - the service staff are attentive, quick, friendly and efficient. I've eaten there too and I have to say that the food is also very good indeed, in generous portions and not too expensive. What's more the pub has a large garden with a really good play area for kids. I have a five year old son and in the summer on Sundays they have a bouncy castle which is excellent. So anyway, this pub is also very good for families too. The Rowbarge did have a makeover a couple of years ago but it was sympathetic, generally improving the environment whilst maintaining the best features (although I agree it is a shame they got rid of the pool table). Overall this boozer has a good convivial atmosphere (especially on Friday and Saturday nights) and I, for one, would not hesitate to recommend it if you're passing through St. Johns or fancy getting out of Woking. Oh yeah, and after a couple of beers, why not make a short walk down the road to the Vojon curry house (also in St. Johns), host to Wokings Curry Chef of the Year (for about the third year running!) ;-) RjR - 4 Mar 2008 15:05 |
| Nice Sunday lunch, Friendly Staff and reasonably priced. Nice sort of customer although would be nice if they could ban children from the restaurant as they tend to spoil a relaxing Sunday. A shame that the parking isnt better but not far from the lye car park. Jaysurrey - 24 Jun 2007 20:55 |
| One of the worse pubs in woking, and that's saying something if youv'e ever visited the town centre! London prices, slow staff that would rather chat to customers than actually serve drinks to waiting ones, bad table layout, your either too hot or too cold, bad parking facilities... But on the plus side... Nope there isn't one well they have a beer garden to put the kids in. But i think my main issue is the price of everything! badpubguru - 11 May 2007 17:33 |
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