BITE user comments - beerman44
Comments by beerman44
I drink in many spoons and find this is the best one by far,great food ,good staff and cracking ales
20 Aug 2013 22:12
I drink in many spoons pubs and find this the worse ,no staff on food is bad but the toilets are cleanish.
20 Aug 2013 22:06
I went in here on the of chance and had a great couple of pints.this is a real locals pub and they make you feel welcomed.it was like I had been drinking in here for years,i will be coming back to have a chat with the locals and the no nonsense landlady.
20 Aug 2013 22:03
well what can I say that I haven't already said about this pub ,I went in today with 5 of my family members for lunch being as we were the only customers it didn't bode well.We ordered our drinks and read the menus I was shocked that a pub that is empty can charge £8.95 for a burger ,it was then I noticed that my pint of doombar was as cloudy as yesterdays dish water,i took it back to the bar and asked for it to be changed I then heard the famous whats wrong with it ,I replied it is cloudy and tastes sour ,the reply was there is nothing wrong with it but I will change it ,my replacement pint was then slammed on the bar with a grunt.needless to say we didn't order any food and we didn't finish our drinks.how this pub survives is beyond me .this will be my last post on this pub as I will never go back
20 Aug 2013 21:57
The Catford Bridge Tavern, Catford
does being an antic pub make you want to drink here? no why do reviewers mention this ,they dont not real ones.
31 Mar 2012 18:39
i knew this pub back in the day when it was a nicolsons and a much better pub it was. the manager at the time used to take tourists down to the "cells" just for a laugh ,but then said they were old coal cellars and not cells ,the cells theory was created for the tourists,true or not?a good marketing ploy .run of the mill fullers pub beer ok but on the exspensive side .
29 Feb 2012 14:27
The Betjeman Arms, St Pancras International Station
off to france for the weekend so popped here for a bite and a bt of wine with the wife,had one of the best meals since i started to live in london ,it was top notch also had a pint youngs which i am never really keen on and sure enough it was bland and warm isnt it always? well done the manager here 1st class service a great start to a great weekend.
28 Feb 2012 08:03
great pub ,cracking beer its the only reason to drink in cheam the rest of the pubs are poor.
24 Feb 2012 16:11
The Fox and Hounds, Walton On The Hill
passing through the area i thought a spot of lunch and a decent pint was in order,so i popped in the fox ,wejll what can i say ? who runs this place ? this pub needs sorting out and quick ipaid �11.50 for ham ,eggs and chips my god it was bad the ham was rubbery ,a very depressing place .thank god i dont drive in the area often.
21 Feb 2012 08:43
The Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead
oh dear another pub that declares itself the last remaining "pub" left in the area ,is this a new advertising ploy?read the advert in the london drinker ,so i thought lets go and see ,well what can i say the beer on the night that i visited was very poor and the person who i assumed was the manager spent all his time smoking and drinking what a great advert . best avoid!
21 Feb 2012 08:30
dear oh dear another spoons full of old piss stained ,foul mouthed geezers ,food is well below par as is the ales,a new manager in charge so i been told ,useless when will they start to get some decent managers in theese places instead of this young hotshots who are scared of their own shadows.well avoided mind you just like most of the other spoons around the place.
19 Feb 2012 12:40
popped in hear after hearing good things on the grapevine ,i have to say very dissapointed the beer in not in very good condition.I heard from some locals that the pub is looking for a new manager well lets hope they find one soon otherwise according to the london drinker the pub will be closed.If the owners read this contact me because i know a very good landlord who i am sure could help get this pub back to its former glory.
19 Feb 2012 12:23
used to be a great pub on the weekends with an great mix of locals and tourists,but sadly that all changed when it was taken over and turned into a gastro pub.the last comment about how great the locals are is a bit much considering no one from the local area drinks in the pub,ask around and you will see that the local people do not drink here.its claen and tidy ,on the pricey side,and the food isnt what it should be.overall ther are far better pubs in the area.
5 Feb 2012 07:35
The Florence Tavern, Islington
went here on friday night ,what can i say full of geezers all with very bad "colds" there must be a bug goind around islingtons pubs .new managers same attitude as every other pub in the area,take the money and dont care about the nice customers.saw a sign here once that said it was the only pub left in islington you are having a giraffe.
27 Jan 2012 08:03
horrid ,horrid,horrid a rough stale pub with no charm and useless management.the worst pub in cheam by a mile. avoid .
5 Jan 2012 19:36
why oh why are they serving aunt bessies and frozen veg with their "traditional sunday roast" what ever happened to the home cooked food?sadly the management changed and also sadly the new managers have kept the same awful,rude and unprofessional staff.A pub to avoid now unless you live in the local ymca.
27 Dec 2011 12:37
The Claret Free House, Addiscombe
Been coming here on and off for years,good range of ales but the wine range very poor,toilets really need to be sorted ,all in all and nice little bar.
27 Dec 2011 12:27
i thought i would leave it a while to try this pub again on the off chance it might have improved . Well what can i say ? TERRIBLE springs to mind i was not impressed by the management team and after reading the previous comments i have also seen the "manager" behind the food counter slicing meat and eating it ,is there no hygeine issues with this? i think that the council should do something about this,when the pub was getting a refurbishment i spoke to a chap who promised a high level of service aand standards where did he go? all in all a pub not worth going to until a decent manager takes control .who are the owners of this pub and are they taking note ,will they be here this time next year ,i very much doubt it ,a great shame it promised a lot before they opened but have delivered very little since it opened.SHAME on you the faceless owners of this pub.
24 Dec 2011 09:23
dreadful place, to expensive for basic draught products and who does the managers think they are plastic ronnies and reggies .what a pair of plonkers.avoid avoid avoid
6 Dec 2011 15:27
what a god dam awful place,purple painted pub full of geezers lining up in the gents all with bad colds a pub to avoid at all costs,what ever happened to this once great pub ,this is another example of a faceless manager who are they ?as for paying �10.00 for a sunday roast terrible when i asked for rare beef i meant the cooking of it not the amount avoid at all costs this was once a friendly locals pub with nice punters and great staff why has it changed? will never go back R.I.P. the kings head.
4 Dec 2011 07:31
well i have read the 1st comment on this pub 10/10 is this person on something? It must be true that they are the new managers of this establishment because i have been in there many times now and i belive it to be just another run of the mill carvery in the same ilk as all the tobys and crowns .Yes they are right just what eltham needs another crap pub.same beer as every where else just dearer,marvellous!
3 Dec 2011 16:18
The Hassocks Hotel, Hassocks
went in here for lunch with the reletives who live in the village before going on to brighton,all I can say is I had bad heart burn and felt very rough for the remainder of the day.i paid £7.95 for a burger that was so thin and tasteless I thought mum had gone to Iceland.we also ordered home made pizzas which were bland to the point that the burger was starting to look like a 10oz steak.very disappointing because I feel in the right hands this could be a cracking pub.
6 Sep 2013 21:30