The Navigator, Ware - pub details
Address: Star Street, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9DW [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 3316) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Ware (0.1 miles), St Margarets - Herts (2.1 miles), Hertford East (2.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
Pub suggested by chris on 27 Jun 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 13 users)
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| This is a pub to avoid if you dont like big branded chain pubs full of advertisement and seedy old men. I went here for lunch and was greeted by nice staff and was served quickly, although my food never came at all because the staff didnt pick it up from the kitchen and the chef never told the staff it was ready. So i left very hungry and unhappy but with a refund after a waitress finally gave me a refund after finding out what happened, i had been waiting an hour already i didnt want to wait any longer for you to find out what happened as i just want to go now. Its a shame as the pub has a nice garden next to the river but again it gets forgotton about and tables build up with dirty plates and glasses, with over flowing ash trays aswell. The beers good and by far the cheapest in ware but you will have to sacrifice service for this. Redbullmad - 19 Aug 2011 12:51 |
| Largish (surprisingly so for a small town such as Ware) Smith & Jones pub in an imposing corner location. Inside, the 'L'-shaped bar is all a bit 'chain' in character but there is a decent-looking patio beer garden beside the navigation. Five of the six handpumps were in use, offering an unimaginative selection of Youngs Ordinary, Pride, Doom Bar, Broadside and Bombardier (which admittedly was great value at just £2.25). The food looked keenly priced too. Overall, just a bit dull... rpadam - 14 Aug 2010 11:01 |
| FANTASTIC...............no, only joking. I had a voucher entitling me to a couple of free drinks for the grand reopening after refurbishment. Spotting the alterations was like playing spot the difference. The three tv screens have been replaced by a garish chalkboard depicting breakfast meal times, a crap painting and, thankfully, a bare wall. I am informed it has new wallpaper - distressed wallpaper in my opinion, and a new kitchen. There is a new menu (I'll take their word for it). To be fair there is a good choice of food all at reasonable prices. As for drinks, if it is lager you like, then don't ask me. As far as I know it is all tasteless fizzy gnats whatsit. I am talking about real ale here, which happened to be like tasteless fizzy gnats whatsit. There are now five beers to choose from. Youngs Bitter, Sharps Doom Bar, Wells Bombardier, Adnams Broadside and bloody Fullers London Pride were the culprits. Not one from a micro brewery in sight. As I said earlier I did get my two beers for nothing - so they did taste slightly sweeter than normal. It wasn't a completely free evening though, I did buy some Nobby's Nuts for 75 pence! fugglehops - 2 May 2010 18:40 |
| Called in here half a dozen times now - not because I wanted to - but for convenience sake. This time because seven of us had a family get together. There are 2 for 1 deals on selected meals that cuts the cost down, which is just as well because the quality isn't even up to Wetherspoon standard (and that's saying something). As for the beer, I think B.F. (the previous reviewer) summed it up quite well. Take away the tasteless G.K. IPA, Bombardier and Adnams and there's bugger-all left. Clientele? I'm not an expert on Chavs, so "No comment". But there was a couple that evening who I can still hear now. The 'Husband' was raging at his 'Wife', where every other word began with F, while she argued back with two F'ing words out of three. But do you know what? I think they enjoyed their evening a lot more than I did. fugglehops - 17 Jun 2009 21:52 |
| The Navigator from the outside looks like a rough town centre chain boozer in the Litten Tree/Walkabout mould.However once inside ,it's a lot better and the food is exactly what it says on the tin ,and reasonable value.However the real ale was a very disppointing selection with the ubiquitous Greene King IPA,Bombadier and Adnams Bitter.Two people on the bar was fine when the pub was quiet but totally insufficient when busy especially when one bar person was also making coffee/cappuchinos/deluxe hot chocolate etc resulting in a very long wait at the bar.Pub generally clean but you sense that the chavvy element would lower the tone once they have consumed more than 2 pints from the wide array of fizzed up tasteless lager.Probably why there are bouncers outside on Friday/Saturday night, to keep the rude boys in . Bucking_Fastard - 16 Feb 2009 16:03 |
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