BITE user comments - mobygrape
Comments by mobygrape
When I moved to Walthamstow 10 years ago, this was THE pub. Now it wouldn't even occur to me to go there. I'd go to the Nags Head or more likely the Rose & Crown which is well on it's way to being the best pub in Walthamstow.
As for the Village on the rare occasions I've been in during the last couple of years it seemed tatty and the beer was shite. Sort your beer out and I might come back, if not forget it.
13 Jul 2008 22:32
The Rose and Crown, Walthamstow
This is a much improved pub. Was astonished to find Crouch Vale Brewers Gold in a pub in Walthamstow. And it tasted like nectar!
I'm intrigued to see how far this pub can go and the theatre idea would add a bit of much needed culture to the area.
Watch out Nags Head!
13 Jul 2008 22:29
There seems to be a conspiracy to rubbish this pub by local parents and the reviews posted below are one sided and deeply unfair. It is a fact of life that pubs and children do not mix. Pubs are an adult domain for people who want to relax with their friends and enjoy drinking alcohol. Whilst the Nags is by no means a brilliant pub, it is, in my view, the best Walthamstow currently has to offer. As a real ale fancier, I can think of nowhere local that comes anywhere near it. The range of beers on offer is acceptable and they are reasonably well kept.
My one real issue with the place is the way the staff start shouting at you to leave on the stroke of 11 o'clock. Have we not liberalised the licensing laws in this country. By all means close the bar at 11, but at least have the decency to allow people to finish their drinks in peace. If that means paying your bar staff to work until 12 then do it, it's not as if you can't afford it, given the pay rates for bar staff off set against the amount of hard cash being raked across the bar. Anyway, people will not stay more than about 30 minutes in a pub once the bar is closed and they can't buy anymore drinks.
7 Aug 2007 19:03
Really great pub! Light and airy with a superb selection of real ales. Had such a good time at the beer festival that I can't even remember what I drank! Only minus point is that there's no garden.
4 Aug 2007 17:16
Interesting looking from the outside, but inside it's the usual overpriced London tourist trap. Bombardier on draught was at least drinkable, which gets it an extra point.
9 Jul 2007 19:51
The Lord Palmerston, Walthamstow
Much improved in recent times. Passable ale and cheap and cheerful food. A good place to watch football or have a game of pool.
13 Jul 2008 22:35