The Foresters Arms, Reading - pub details
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Address: 79 Brunswick Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6NY [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5671) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Reading West (0.4 miles), Reading (1 mile), Tilehurst (2.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Jelly on 30 Nov 2003
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 30 users)
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user reviews of the Foresters Arms, Reading
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| Nice terraced pub with a long narrow beer garden out back. Two West Berkshire beers were on tap & I tried a well kept 'Pig and Tea' beer. Saw a bit of the Liverpool v Everton FA cup match. Seems a little out of the way and maybe half a mile away from our next pub the Nags Head. But well worth the diversion. Booze_Allen - 22 Apr 2012 13:24 |
| A great community 2 bar pub, went with a small group so that does water down the 'locals pub' atmosphere, having said that I found it a friendly place. It does basic pub fare, you can get some cheesy chips with your beer and there are nibbles at the bar which is a nice touch. The real ales were in good nick with the White Horse brewery represented when I was there, £3/pint which is good value for Reading. I will return. Abteilung - 22 Dec 2011 22:21 |
| Excellent community local of the sort that was common 80 years ago but is now virtualy extinct. Everything a pub should be and a contender for 'best pub in Reading'. Two ales on: Magg's Mild & Downton N.Forest. Well worth seeking out - it's actually not too far from the Nag's Head. Highly recommended. baxterfish - 14 Nov 2011 20:27 |
| Local pub in the middle of a terraced street with a front and back bar and garden. Only two ales on (of which I went for the West Berkshire brew - that had some long name). I rate this pub higher than the much vaunted Nags Head because it is a small community local in the old style - a dying breed in the face of corporate greed dictating that only vast cavernous large bars can make enough profit. Snarling_Mallard - 26 Mar 2011 23:14 |
| How does a pub like this survive ? The other pub I knew in tiny, narrow, out of the way Brunswick Street shut over a decade ago (Brunswick Arms) , as did the Swiss Cottage just round the corner on Tilehurst Road ... Faithfull local clientele, but never crowded. The front bar feels like you've intruded in one of the neighbouring terraced house sitting rooms, especially as the handful of other people there seem to be treat as family ... lovely garden (shame the barbecue smells were drifting from the next door house !). A bit run down (toilets ?) which makes you realise that they're running on a shoestring :-( I do like this place, it clicks when it gets half busy and you're with someone who make you feel entitled to be there ... and suddenly you become a friend among really nice people ... totally unbigoted lovely folk. Only negatives are the feel "its a local pub for local people" (if you're a stranger), and a limited choice of beers ... usually just two, both way understrength (@3.5%) for someone who drinks halves I like ESB / Speckled Hen strength ... and pretty much a single wine choice, though the bottle was still fresh and OK ... An odd but wonderful pub ! lauraeva - 12 Aug 2010 19:59 |
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