The Retreat, Reading - pub details
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Address: 8 St Johns Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4EH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 20295)
Reading (0.7 miles), Reading West (1.4 miles), Earley (2.2 miles)
Pub suggested by Bob on 1 Feb 2005
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user reviews of the Retreat, Reading
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| There are enough 'tidy' pubs out there, so it's nice to go to one that's different. It's got about six well kept ales including Loddon Dragonfly, and that's really all I care about, even some of the graffiti in the loo made me laugh.. Will be back for more (ale). Booze_Allen - 1 Jun 2009 15:03 |
| Saturaday lunch, and I think we where the first customers at nearly 12:30 : not unexpected as it is a bit of the beaten track. A pity, as though to some eyes it will appear shabby, to others it will be inviting. 3 beers tried, Wye Valley - Hereford Pale Ale, White Horse - Village Idiot and Ringwood - Best Bitter. All where excellent and an intended 1 beer visit expanded to the 3. Best pub in Reading for beer, only downside is no food, but as there where few customers lunchtime that's only to be expected. steve2000 - 24 May 2009 11:22 |
| Popped in last Friday evening because the festivals bogs were blocked (or something like that). A bit off the beaten trach but well worth the effort. Small, yes, cluttered yes, superb beers - oh indeed. The only downside is that they don't do any food so after one excellent pint of Banks original had to move on. twineyboy - 3 May 2009 20:10 |
| If the phrase hidden gem had been penned for a pub it would have been penned for this one. You have the feeling of having entered some eccentric Aunt’s parlour as you step through the door. The whole place has a delightfully disorganised feel to it. Eggs were on sale at one end of the bar and a pot for recycling batteries sat at the other. It’s clearly a ‘green’ bar and a campaigning one judging by the posters decrying beer duty and lambasting Alistair Darling. Among the clutter of the back bar there’s an old piano, that we didn’t try out, and a £1 a game pool table, which we did. There’s a good jukebox with a lot of old jazz numbers as if to accentuate the step back in time. To round all of this off the beer selection is very good with 6 hand pumps. I had a couple of good Lodden Ferrymaster’s whilst my mates raved over the Old Hooky. They also have an impressive range of bottled beers including Chimay, Rochefort and an interesting smoked German beer that I was tempted to try. Unfortunately, unlike time in The Retreat, we had to move on. Millay - 2 Feb 2009 22:20 |
| Difficult to disagree with much that has been previously posted. The beer tends to be very good, but the place is overly cluttered with all manner of junk. This is not "character" - it is simply laziness and untidiness. And why must the landlord be such a stranger to shoes and socks? believeinbutter - 10 Jan 2009 11:39 |
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