BITE user comments - Big_Lad
Comments by Big_Lad
Charming pub with loads of little nooks and crannies and a good garden for the summer. Always has a couple of guest ales on, although one is usually off!
Food is pretty good, but can be hit and miss; got my order wrong last week and teh replacement was cold.
One major black mark is the guy who runs the place is always sullen and arsey. Yes, it's a small bar, yes it gets busy, but do a different job if you don't like it.
11 Apr 2008 16:47
Very average place. Food is good for how cheap it is.
Often show Man Utd games over Arsenal ones, despite teh latter being about three miles down the road which is a joke.
11 Apr 2008 16:44
Fairly good boozer with decent food. Chef wasn't very professional though - seemed to be snacking while he cooked in the open plan kitchen and the waitress quite openly nicked one of my chips!
25 Mar 2008 15:53
Charming pub, like a village local in the heart of London. Victim of its own success though - nigh on impossible to secure an outside table in the summer.
6 Jun 2007 11:18
Nice pub. Have been in a couple of times and always received friendly service. Lovely food too.
Rank toilets though.
6 Jun 2007 11:16
The Old White Lion, East Finchley
Nice pub, but could be even better. The decor and music are good, but the service is pedestrian even in the middle of the afternoon and the toilets are always a state. Food is good, but portions are small and overpriced. Still the best pub in East Finchley though.
9 Jan 2007 14:44
Good boozer. Live music on a Sunday evening, large paved beer garden out back. Always has a couple of guest ales on. Friendly staff.
14 Feb 2006 15:47
The Sugar Hut Village, Brentwood
Is a tad overpriced. May stick out a bit, but is better than the identikit chain bars like the Slug. Loads of comfy sofas and stuff.
3 May 2005 17:24
Erm, I didn't say the barmaid was rude, I was merely making an admittedly unfunny joke on a previous poster's comments referring to Camera (a piece of photographic equipment), rather than CAMRA, the real ale society. Bah.
18 Apr 2005 16:28
BRB at The Gate, Alexandra Park
Went there before seeing The Streets at All Pally last Friday. Cool music, waaaaay fit barmaid, but nightmare getting served. Good place to meet if you're off to a gig at the Palace as it's just by the station.
14 Mar 2005 15:57
Decent place. Went on a Sunday afternoon and had a nice bottle of wine and some cocktails while reading the papers. Smart and tidy without trying too hard. Would imagine it's better in the summer when you can drink outside.
21 Feb 2005 16:24
Been coming here since about 1998. Nothing particularly impressive about it, just a good, solid boozer far away enough from the main strip of Romford that it doesn't attract all the degenerates. Does the job.
6 Jan 2005 18:10
Never been there in my life, but I would guess the Pringles thing relates to a condition of its late licence being that it can only continue to serve alcohol with 'food'.
16 Dec 2004 11:29
Alongside Pacific Edge, the only place worth going post-pub in Romford. Slightly on the cheesy side, but not too bad.
8 Dec 2004 15:10
One of the more bearable venues in the cesspit that is Romford. Quiet in the week (to the extent that it sometimes closes early because no one is in there!), same as everywhere else on the weekend.
8 Dec 2004 15:07
Well I quite like Amber. Expensive cocktails? You get what you pay for....Admittedly quiet in the week, but quite nice for a romantic drink or two...Good grub too...
30 Nov 2004 15:48
Tad pricey, but you get what you pay for. Cracking cocktails in a chilled atmosphere.
25 Nov 2004 14:21
They weren't Gucci loafers, they were 'plimsoles' as I was usefully informed by the brainiac on the door. Haven't even heard that word used since primary school PE c.1986!
23 Nov 2004 15:50
The Woodman, Highgate
Made my first visit recently and seems to have had a gastro refit; think it was previously more of a Mr Q's type of place.
Decent enough.
11 Apr 2008 16:49