The Kenley Hotel, Kenley - pub details
Address: 62 Godstone Road, Kenley, Surrey, CR8 5AA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 8668 4841
Kenley (0.1 miles), Riddlesdown (0.5 miles), Reedham - Croydon (1.1 miles)
Pub suggested by nickdavies on 6 May 2006
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> Current user rating: 3.3/10 (rated by 6 users)
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user reviews of the Kenley Hotel, Kenley
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| I regulary stay at the kenley in one of the rented rooms, due to my work I have stayed here many times over the years, mainly because its cheap. This being one of or only a positive. Will start with positives: 1.since makeover no more sticky carpet, however please sack the cleaner. 2.If you live local its a short walk for a pint. Negatives: Over the recent months the clientale has become far younger, bringing down the friendly comfortable atmosphere, personally I have noticed that the youth,s have taken away my enjoyment of the pool table as this was my main/only activity and now feel intimidated by the youths. Having resided at the Kenley, I have noticed on several occasions recently, evenings when the bar has stayed open after hours, particulary weekends, sometimes all night long into the early hours and when I have left for work the following morning have noticed clients sleeping within the bar area. The present landlord who I know as Chris, has always been polite,friendly and very helpful, however,recently have noticed him to be flipent, ignorant (following lock ins), occasionally quite rude and obnocsious, and not always available, whereby I have had to rely on bar staff with issues I may have had. Being that I have been a regular at the Kenley, I have noticed a huge turnover of bar staff in the past months.I can only assume this is down to the decline of the landlords attitude/relationship more so with the female clientale, and the managment of the pub . Changes to turn this pub back to a pub rather than a youth centre would be the current landlord to place restrictions, ie. exclusion of the younger generation that being the 15/16 year olds allowed within and around the pubs premises as I have witnessed on several occasions disturbances and altercations on site. In hope. janinehampshire - 23 Aug 2008 07:15 |
| Positives: It has obviously been re-decorated and looks a lot better. Good access to tele's to watch sport Lively people watching sport Beers seemed ok and usual price for that area Negatives: I was probably 25 years older than some people in there and I am 40!! Lack of cubicle avialability ( I think you know what I mean) guiness21 - 7 Feb 2008 15:56 |
| Its a shame. Has the potential to become an excellent pub - its just the regulars! I suppose you have to cater for your regulars, but in this case, I'm sure there are many people who live in the vicinity and would frequent this pub if it were just to lift its standards a little bit. Ramone - 12 Jun 2007 13:28 |
| This place is foul. A great big Victorian pub that could easily be excellent but the management don't care and for a (reasonably) well-heeled area the clientele are at the tatoos, UB40, power drinker, D-E end of the scale. Its odd - Kenley clearly has money but the pub is bad and the restaurants nearby equally poor. Surely there's an opportunity to exploit here? Pip-pip! on_the_brightside - 4 Feb 2007 19:53 |
| Scratch through the grime and you'll find a Victorian station hotel/coaching inn under the surface. Despite many alterations a lot of original features are still visible, like the ornate carved back bar, iron pillars and fireplaces. With sympathetic management this would be a gem, however the reality is the usual sticky carpet local boozer popular with the local alkies but ignored by everyone else. Real ale in principle but it's very likely to be 'off' one way or the other. nickdavies - 6 May 2006 19:32 |
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