BITE user comments - Bibasmummy
Comments by Bibasmummy
I see the landlord of the Red Lion (mr crewe) has made a comment about no bitching about the car park for 29 days............that's because anyone with any sense isn't going to pay it.
The locals certainly don't!
Such a tragic shame that this pub has degenerated to what it is now. Dull, cold, no atmosphere and heartless.
26 Jan 2009 18:53
I very reluctantly went in here recently with a friend who uses the place once or twice a year. I had told her it wasn't the place that she once new but she insisted upon giving it a go.
As expected, absolutely no atmosphere, cold, dull, except for the Star Bar Person Theo. He's just too good for that place now, he served us with a welcome and remembered our names despite not going there for ages.
However the pub itself was so miserable, we asked a guy whom we new where is everyone, to which he replied "in the King & Queen".
My friend was very saddened to see how this pub had deterioated, once it was the life blood of Wendover.I suddenly remembered that my friend hadn't purchased a car parking ticket! For fear of getting clamped we left damn quickly, leaving our drinks half empty. WHO NEEDS THIS CRAP!
Went round to the King & Queen, relaxed, carefree atmosphere and without the petty stupidness of having to buy a ticket to park. You'd think by now the idiots at Marstons would've woken up to this car parking fiasco that's losing then �1000's but they obviously don't care. As Ladyliz says Hey Ho! We'll spend our money and time where we're welcomed and enjoy the friendliness and folk at the King & Queen.
21 Dec 2008 12:44
I recommend this pub for its good service, well prepared food and friendliness.Just off the M42 Motorway, you'll be better off here instead of eating at Hopwood Services. Petrol station almost opposite too.
5 Dec 2008 19:44
As previously mentioned.............I've gone back for another lunch with some lady friends, this may well become a weekly lunch date.Absolutely fine again, well worth a visit.
3 Dec 2008 18:48
Just had lunch here. Highly recommended for food & beer. My partner reckoned this was one of the best served beers he had drunk for ages. Good friendly warm atmosphere, we'll be back.
30 Nov 2008 14:40
The Woolpack, Stoke Mandeville
Very busy pub now that the "Festive Season" is upon us with groups/parties having their Christmas bash.The menu is fairly extensive and will cater for most tastes, and changes every few months. Well served drinks. There's always plenty of atmosphere in this pub, can't explain why but its there.Now that winter is upon us there is also a welcoming fire.If like my husband your are over 6' tall you will have to duck in the bar/fire area.All the staff are helpful and friendly except one guy who always comes over as a bit surly but he doesn't detract from the ambience of the place.
Good food/drinks from this highly recommended pub. It is one of a chain but that for once isn't a problem, it shares the same group as the Ferry Inn Cookham and another pub in Wargrave who's name escapes me
29 Nov 2008 16:24
gobion_osei, Farian.eamonn_tabasco et al.
If you look seven reviews down from yours and read what was put on that review, it will say exactly what you have just echoed.
Fortunately that doesn't detract from the K&Q being the best, most welcoming pub in Wendover, an acclaim that I think the true locals will agree with.
23 Nov 2008 10:38
Best pub in Wendover for a warm welcome, great food, good well served drinks, sensible prices, good company and.................no car parking charge.
Well done Pete & Julia and staff.
18 Nov 2008 16:56
Just can't be bothered to carry on with all this, its totally irrelevent to the King & Queen. New visitors to the site will make their own judgements from the postings.
However I do think it worth looking at some previous postings (going back some time) that some of the recent correspondents have put on this site and to see what has turned out to be hypocrisy.
PS. Strange how it's all gone quiet from the perpetrator of all this bickering.
Wendy.
11 Nov 2008 14:57
I won't publish what was said in the message but have sent Farian the details for his own judgement.
King & Queen even better since my last posting.
10 Nov 2008 16:51
The message I received from eamonn-tabasco-boy was abusive.If he wishes to send this type of abuse to people expressing their opinions then he's leaving himself open to ridicule. He is in his own words "World famous in Wendover" and must take the consequences for his actions.
King & Queen............Damn good pub!
10 Nov 2008 16:04
Went in here whilst shopping and to get out of the torrential rain.
Immediately welcomed by friendly staff and offers to hang my wet coat.
Decided to have an early lunch, ended up having a feast, one of the best steaks I've had in ages! Lovely desert menu too and an Irish coffee to die for.
Very friendly, customer orientated, good food and well served drinks.
I hope that creep, eamonn_tabasco_boy doesn't come in here. I too received an abusive message from this "weirdo".Anyway I'm sure he's happy enjoying his drink in The Dead Lion.
10 Nov 2008 12:21
Having read about this pub and hearing about it by word of mouth we decided to visit it.WHAT A FABULOUS PLACE! Discreetly hidden off the main road at Stadhampton, upon entering we were politely greeted and ask if we would like to eat. We agreed too and were told that there would be a wait for a table. Whilst waiting we sat at the bar and were served with tip top polite and very courteous staff. The wine list was very extensive and one of the bar staff guided us through some of the wines that we were'nt familiar with.The staff certainly knew what they were talking about, their expertise with the drinks & food menu was exemplary. FABULOUS MEAL,GREAT ATMOSPHERE, GREAT PUB. I only wish that we had a proper pub like this in Wendover where I live.
8 Nov 2008 11:03
Just had an early lunch here with some female friends. We will definitely be back. Good food at sensible prices, good beer (yes a female beer drinker) good friendly service, extensive menu. All in all a very pleasant experience.Highly recommended.
5 Nov 2008 13:19
My husband and I reluctantly went to a gathering in the Red Lion the other evening and it was quite busy with the locals that had previously deserted it, due to a gathering that I will not go into. It wasn't too bad there EXCEPT the short measures with the beer. My husband asked for a top up and was met with a cold glare from the bar staff, there was at least 40p worth of space in the glass once it had settled, the beer was �2.75. There is a Beer Festival on now, get it right with the measures, scrap the ridiculous car parking charge and some of the regulars may drift back was the general consensus amongst the crowd.
Reading the comments from tabasco-boy, there appears to be some bitterness against people expressing their opinions...chill out, don't take it all so seriously.
2 Nov 2008 15:03
What a God awful place this has become, dead, dreary absolutely no atmosphere. Some friends and I decided to have a ladies night out. In previous years we have always gone to the Red Lion mainly for its friendly atmosphere good food and friendly locals. ALL this has vanished from what was a really good pub.We had one drink and went round to the King & Queen. What a different story! Atmosphere, a warm welcome from a friendly scouse man whom turned out to be the landlord, good food and we had a good laugh with some local guys.
GOODBYE RED LION! We will not be back!
29 Oct 2008 21:08
The King and Queen, Wendover
Had lunch in here with a couple of friends, as always a warm welcome, quick service, good food sensibly priced and the best Irish Coffee's to be had. And...................no car parking charge!
27 Jan 2009 09:48