Travellers Rest, Caversham - pub details
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Address: 108 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 5DL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 32177) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Reading (1.2 miles), Reading West (2 miles), Earley (2.8 miles)
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> Current user rating: 4.7/10 (rated by 13 users)
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user reviews of Travellers Rest, Caversham
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| More restaurant than pub most of the time - but as the evening wears on, the pub side of things gears up, based around the pool table. There's a definite core of regulars who use it as their local. There's a beer garden back and front, a good selection of bitters, and plenty of room, but it's really just a big barn full of tables. myjlcr - 26 Sep 2011 14:23 |
| I popped in here over the weekend, as I'm trying to visit all the Reading pubs I haven't yet been to at least once. Not good I'm afraid. As someone else has said, it's one of those soulless large spaces that somehow fails to feel anything like a pub. Bar staff were chatting at the end of the bar despite three customers waiting, eventually with a sigh sidled over. Tsk - pesky customers. Still, got it ticked off the list. Damiank1974 - 22 Aug 2011 15:31 |
| I think I paid my last visit the other night. Despite there being plenty of punters waiting to be served the entire barstaff consisted of one spotty herbert (nice tattoos BTW). OK, the poor lad was trying to do his best but they needed 2 if not 3 people behind the bar because a lot of food was being ordered. I gave up after 5 minutes as I could see I wasn't going to be served any time soon. Several of the staff appeared to be on their break, filling their faces with greasy burgers. I understand that staff need time to eat and sit down for 15 minutes but surely it is possible to stagger the breaks? Sorry TR - you could have a lot going for you but not with the present management. Take a visit down to the local Spoons and see how they cope in busy periods. dromdick - 11 Aug 2011 10:36 |
| Bright garish lighting and largely open plan bar make for lack of atmosphere. looks and feels like a working man's drinker's pub (for those of them who actually work). Plenty of loud drinkers, male and female shouting across the full length of the pub to each other. Must have been displaced from the now closed Star pub. On the plus side though, friendly, prompt staff and well kept ale at a reasonable price. The food is quite good too and perhaps better than expected from a chain and at a very reasonable price. Worth a visit? Probably not, unless you walk up from the big council estate in which case you can drink plenty of good, cheap ale and smoke and shout your head off to your heart's content. kentgoldings - 31 May 2011 23:19 |
| This pub seems to be selling its own "in-house" bitter right now - EPA. On special offer at the moment (£1.99) and a pleasant enough drink (especially at that price). Be warned though: not all the staff seem to know it is on promotion at the moment, and they have tried to charge me £2.40! dromdick - 22 Jan 2011 14:43 |
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