The Railway Bell, Tooting - pub details
Address: 284, Mitcham Rd, London, SW17 9NT [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 2497)
Tooting Broadway (0.6 miles), Colliers Wood (0.8 miles)
Tooting (0.2 miles), Streatham Common (1.2 miles), Haydons Road (1.3 miles)
Pub suggested by Dean on 1 May 2003
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> Current user rating: 3.4/10 (rated by 13 users)
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user reviews of the Railway Bell, Tooting
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5 most recent reviews of 10 shown - see all reviews
| The comment posted by the new landlord is fair. I am no shrinking violet and having a accent that is hardly local has made me genuinely frightened to go in here. But that has all changed now. A decent boozer for a night out with company but even better place if you are out for a swift swallow and want decent beer and a blokey chat, with a sore face not being part of the night out. Thumbs up!! FARUPNORTH - 23 Dec 2008 15:12 |
| i took over this pub in april and all though it has not been an easy pub, the reviews on here are uncalled for and untruthfull. drug useage/dealing does not go on in the pub.measures have been set up to ensure that this is the case, and we also have strict policys on anyone who may be caught with an immediate barring from the pub and reported to the local pub watch so other pubs are aware of who the dealers/users are. to talk about an ex member of staff is uncalled for as they are an ex member of staff for a reason and if your description of this person is true as you say then i wouldnt believe everything this person has told you. as for 999 calls, you are talking about incidents which happened 2 years or more ago. since i have taken over the police have rarely been called to the pub as there has been no trouble and no need to call them out.times do change and it seems we can not get away from a bad reputation which is years old and out of date. give us a fair go.come to watch the football or get involved with one of the entertainment nights we have.get to know the people who drink at the pub and dont just assume that they are a dealer or are trouble.dont judge a book by its cover.you never know you might actually enjoy your self happyfeet - 19 Nov 2008 18:47 |
| not a nice pub. was drunk and sang karaoke in there once, silly behaviour. Was my local in feet and inches, but if you want a pint in that area, drink in the Ramble. Stout - 4 Sep 2008 17:05 |
| Shithole. I used to drink there a lot. With the right crowd in, some good rock tunes (SOME) on the jukebox, and drunk, it was OK. However I had pretty bad taste at the time, and wasn't well mentally, and it's my local. I left because the drug dealers were too intimidating (one of whom I recently saw was still there as I thought they'd cleared-off after the change of management). I hate coke heads, they get paranoid easily, and generally love to fight, especially mixed with Stella. I've met great people in here, but they lived upstairs and were wiser than me to who to avoid. I'd support it. My ex-friend who used to work there and is a thief said he once found someone's heroin shooting-up kit in the toilets. Apparently he knew whose it was too, but didn't tell me who. He is a self-confessed arsehole. He now lives there again. Go figure. It also featured in the paper in 2006 for the highest number of 999 call-outs in the area's pubs. The same clientèle frequent it now, so you can't say that's likely to have changed. All of this is the truth, all of it fair. Tough if you manage the place, but only let people in who don't have criminal records and I suppose you'd have 1/5 of the customer base. Sad but true. The staff have always been pretty fair with me, but no matter how hard you squeeze a lump of coal, it doesn't become a diamond. Groovehound - 28 Jul 2008 22:32 |
| a lot of the reviews here are incorrect and unfair. i have seen no evidence of the accusations in the reviews. as for shagging at the bar, was you walking past the right pub or was it a drunk hallucination? this pub was taken over recently by new management.the staff and manager are very plesant and do a good job. there is a good customer base in the pub, a mix of young and older custom which is fantastic for the atmosphere. its a proper pub-not many of them around now.people should be supporting it, not slating it. happyfeet - 26 Jun 2008 21:56 |
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