The Picture Palace, Ponders End - pub details
Address: Howard Hall, Lincoln Rd, Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 4AQ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 8090)
Southbury (0.4 miles), Ponders End (0.6 miles), Bush Hill Park (1 mile)
Chain: Wetherspoons
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
Pub suggested by dan on 27 May 2004
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other pubs nearby:
Goat, Ponders End (0.3 miles), White Hart, Enfield (0.3 miles), Falcon, Enfield (0.4 miles), Cock Tavern, Edmonton (0.7 miles), Southbury Hotel, Enfield (0.7 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Picture Palace, Ponders End
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| It's Wetherspoon Festival time again so the other weekend I found myself on the 313 bus crossing the River Lea into the wasted badlands of Pondlife End. I noticed immediately that it's in the latest Good Beer Guide as it was the last and only other time I visited some 5 years ago. It was quiet but it was a Saturday afternoon and happily there were no moronic football oafs around. The staff seemed to be on the case far more than some Spoons I've been to and there was a full range of beers. The Oatmeal Stout I tried was in fine condition. No complaints so it's 9/10. I would have given 10/10 if they had some of the stronger festival selections on but that's all down to pot luck. mendes - 10 Nov 2009 14:21 |
| Loved loved loved the atmosphere and the friendly stuff...very airy and conviniently situated for us girls as there are bus stops not too far from the pub.Ace.xx rere - 6 May 2009 15:33 |
| This is a strange 'Spoons, more like a library than a pub as mentioned below. But for somewhere to get a decent pint and decent grub amongst all the fast food chicken shacks of the Hertford Road then it isn't too bad. And as I remember with fondness going to the Howard Hall for non-alcoholic pre-teen discos when it was a Dance Hall , it scores as another historic building that Wetherspoons has saved from the wrecking ball by turning it into a pub Gann - 2 Dec 2008 17:36 |
| One of the blander 'spoons with absolutely no atmosphere at all. BobOs - 13 Aug 2008 17:21 |
| I visited this pub to-day. The first time for about 6 months. It is somewhat quieter due to the smoking ban. There were only 2 guest ales on with a third promised but this did not materialise in the 4 hours or so I was there. There is a'new' menu available. I say new but it's only 4 actual new items. We ordered a new one, the fish pie. The contents were tasty but the pastry seemed to have been assembled by a trainee bricklayer! It was solid, not puff and slightly hard to digest. It was supposed to be accompanied by vegetables of the day. These consisted of peas, a mushroom, half a tomato and chips. I suppose in Wetherspoon's eyes chips would be 'vegetables of the day'! I feel the pub has regressed since my last visit and this is reflected in my marking of 4. Unless I am in the area I do not think I would visit again. wyndham - 24 Oct 2007 20:16 |
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