The Rowbarge, Woolhampton - pub details
Address: Station Road, Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5SH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0118 971 2213
Midgham (0.1 miles), Aldermaston (1.8 miles), Thatcham (3.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Richard on 20 Jun 2005
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> Current user rating: 4.6/10 (rated by 17 users)
> Local guides: Reading pub guide, Berkshire pub guide
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Falmouth Arms, Woolhampton (0.2 miles), Angel, Woolhampton (0.2 miles), Old Mill, Aldermaston (1.1 miles), Hinds Head, Aldermaston (1.3 miles), Berkshire Arms, Newbury (1.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Rowbarge, Woolhampton
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| Several years ago I used to use this pub frequently when out walking - it has certainly changed! Didn't really feel that drinkers (as opposed to eaters) were very welcome inside. West Berks Good Old Boy and Mr Chubbs on the bar but pretty pricey. cheshirecat - 16 Jul 2008 11:05 |
| was disappointed to find this once charming old pub has been taken over and is now part of a chain. The food was ok,certainly nothing to encourage me to come back and the whole place looked like it needed a good clean up. What's the point of spending a condsiderable amount of money on the place, trying to make it 'modern' when there is chipped paint and tiles falling off the walls. At least in an olde worlde style pub these things can add character. In a place that's trying hard and failing to be a Young's pub it looks terrible. Certainly won't be coming back anytime soon chuppachup - 16 May 2008 12:01 |
| I visited on the day before Valentine's day this year, and whilst I knew the pub was aprt of a chain, I found the overall experience disappointing. The staff were courteous and polite, which was good considering they were very rushed due to the restaurant being packed, and we did receive a discount on our meal due to some vouchers one of my party had, but that i'm afraid this is where the praise stops! I failed to get served at the bar despite waiting there for 10 mins to start with so i retreated to our table hoping to get a waiter to fetch me a drink. This eventually materialised approx 25 mins later, and that was after i was advised my first choice of Magners cider (hardly a rare drink) had run out. I was a little non-plussed with the menu as whilst there were many choices there was very little imagination anywhere on it. All the dishes were either approximate staples from TGI's restaurants (burgers, ribs, steaks, etc) or were bog-standard london gastro pub grub items (fish cakes, risotto, etc, etc). I went for the Calamari followed by the Duck leg from the specials board (at least this promised some originality), The calamari was very average and came with a watery not very garlic-y aioli and for £5 seemed steep. The duck that followed was a rip-off. It cost £15 and was accompanied by a small sode of sauteed potatoes and 'root vegetables' which were just red onion and beetroot gravel. I finshed the whole thing in 5 mins and felt cheated out of £15. The duck was reasonable, if a meagre portion. I realsied quickly I should have gone for something far more basic like my friend's bangers and mash which looked both tasty and generously served. I tried a tiny piece of a cheesy chicken dish (never a good combination) and wished I hadn't as it was terribly salty and very dry. We skipped on pud (after another drink I ordered took 30 mins to arrive thanks to the order being apparently lost). If it hadn't been for the discount I would have complained I think, but then again maybe its just me - afterall, its a chain pub and maybe my standards are too high (a bit like their prices!). 2 other small notes - the main toilets are up a truly evil staircase and posess a very low ceiling, plus beware the front door exited straight into the road with no pavement. Then again, being hit by a car may have been a welcome diversion following my meal! willyfog - 17 Feb 2008 23:06 |
| have to agree with the other reviews on here - an interestingly modernised old pub in a lovely setting that really doesn't live up to its own idea of itself. There is a decent range of beer on (including one or two real ales) but it is hideously over-priced and the food is uniformly underwhelming and shoddy - from tuna steaks that come so over-cooked and so thin that it's more like a dried out chamois leather, to meat that is gristly and greasy... whatever you choose from the menu is going to be far too expensive for the sub-standard fayre you're actually dished up with. Pity - it could be great, as it is, it's just very disappointing. anfieldjet - 25 Sep 2007 12:34 |
| A very pleasant mid-week lunch venue. Attentive staff, excellent food and a bargain priced, £13.95, two course menu. If the weather is good you can enjoy eating on the terrace overlooking the canal. mgoo - 18 Apr 2007 16:21 |
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