The Spinning Wheel, Northfields - pub details
Address: 227-229, Northfield Avenue, West Ealing, London, W13 9QU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 3716)
Northfields (0.1 miles), South Ealing (0.4 miles), Boston Manor (0.6 miles)
Brentford (1 mile), West Ealing (1 mile), Ealing Broadway (1.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Live music, Sky TV, Big screen, Jukebox
Pub suggested by Pete on 31 Jul 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.6/10 (rated by 25 users)
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T J Duffys, Northfields (0.2 miles), Plough, South Ealing (0.2 miles), Jackson's Wine Bar, Northfields (0.3 miles), Castle Inn, Ealing (0.4 miles), New Inn, Ealing (0.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Spinning Wheel, Northfields
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| New owners in here. Let's see what changes are made. doolally - 9 Feb 2009 18:07 |
| I live just down the road from the Spinner and I’ve been drinking in the since before I was legal so I’ve seen a lot of change in the old place. There’s nothing high brow about the place, it’s a good old fashioned boozer, the type of which is becoming rarer and rarer these day (not sure if that’s a good or bad thing). It’s a pub of regulars; even if you’re not on speaking terms with everyone you’ll recognize half the crowd. When it’s quiet the bar staff are friendly and more than happy to speak to you. The golden rules of the place revolve around the owner/publican and the manager (of sorts) and are as: *Buy a drink - Too many people wander in to watch the match and try to get away without buying a drink and Kieran, the publican, won’t have it. *Treat the place like someone else home – Otherwise you’ll upset Shamus, the bar manager and that is not advisable. *Don’t be rude or come looking for trouble – There’ll be no warning, you’ll be out on your ear and barred in a heart beat. If you can follow that, pretty reasonable, set of rules then it’s the place for a relaxing drink. True both the publican and the manager are more than a little irritable but both ARE more than friendly if you show them respect and they treat regulars better than a lot of places I drink. At the weekend it’s open late (1 or 2), has live music and is generally packed. Just make sure to get in there before 8 unless you want to pay to get in (which I think is a little Cheeky). It’s very much like an Irish ‘club’ in that you get a slightly older crowd (late 30’s – late 40’s), everyone’s chatty and there’s a lot of dancing. It’s when the footie’s on that this place really comes alive. The place gets packed out if the game is on sky and there’s a great atmosphere. The layout of the place is dictated by two support struts that make the place a little less than ideal for viewing the tv or the projection screen but there’s loads of high seats that you can move around to a comfy spot. During the Champion’s League both matches will often be showing on the opposing screens due to the pub’s two Sky subscriptions so you’re unlikely to miss a televised match. Outside of these times, though, the place is dead. You’ll still see a number of the regulars in there and if you get on with the bar staff then you might find it worth your while to pop in for a swift pint. The selection of beers is a real late 90’s Irish pub fair – Foster’s, Carlsburg, John Smiths, Guiness, Kronenburg, Stella and Strongbow. The bottled selection isn’t much to write home about either – Corona, Peroni, Becks, Magner’s and Bud. The draught lagers aren’t very good, there’s a good bit of life in them but they taste like they’ve been hanging around a bit. The pub is clean and tidy. There’s wood everywhere like Irish pubs up and down the country. When there’s not a live band on it’s a mix of 80’s classics which, personally, annoys me but some of my friends seem to like it (or the irony of it). As a happening bar – rubbish 4/10, as a good old pub – not bad at all 8/10. robandall - 6 Nov 2008 18:13 |
| this place is a dead and souless place during the week, altho does well in weekends. Maybe if it had a decent publican, who treated his customers with a little bit of respect, which isnt asking for much considering you even have to pay to get in, then i might frequent it a bit more. hasnt been the same since it was mcgees. mrbee - 27 Oct 2008 15:37 |
| an excellent pub in two ways: very good beer, cheerful staff but the publican is an oik. pity. he is thicker than the shit of two pigs but he knows how to clean pipes, this is all that really matters in a pub. go there but don't expect an intelligent conversation. and be prepared to get barred if you try to speak to him in words of more than half a syllable. istenem - 20 Jun 2008 23:40 |
| I used to go to the Wheel every other Saturday night after watching the mighty Bees and then sinking a few in the New Inn. Until my lunchtime drink last week I’d not been for about 12 years and apart from a few wall partitions being put in and glass doors at the front it is much the same as I remember. There are 2 bars (one upstairs and one downstairs), 2 big screens and 2 plasma screens. The barman was surly and it took a lot of effort to get more than a grunt out of him. There is a very limited lager selection and no real ale, but plenty of Guinness. I wouldn’t bother going here just for a drink, but if any sport is on I’d imagine it being great. Also, if the Friday and Saturday nights are anything like they used to be they are well worth the trip. Strongers - 20 May 2008 10:55 |
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