The Boot, Bracknell

fairly innocuous sort of pub. nothing great about it but have been to worse places. however, the beer is massively over priced and the service is poor - at least half the times I've been in the pub there has been nobody behind the bar for several minutes.....not the end of the world maybe, but does make you wonder if you should have bothered. not sure if they are bothered about lunchtime trade but the manor wins hands down (and the manor isn't great either)

23 Sep 2008 15:41

The Frog & Wicket, Eversley Cross

could be a nice pub. the bar staff seem friendly enough and the beer was OK. But whilst I've only been here twice, IMHO the atmosphere is spoiled by an element of regulars who behave outwardly as if they think they own the place. I'm no stranger to bad language, but if I go out for a quiet drink with the missus I don't really want to be obliged to take in an abundance of over the top loud swearing which is dominating the centre of the pub. Maybe I've been unlucky on my visits.

23 Sep 2008 15:26

The Southwark Tavern, London Bridge

that would be a pointless phone call you're saying these events didn't happen, I'm saying they did. I can't see how that's going to be resolved. One thing I do concede is that I cannot guarantee you were the person I spoke to on the phone, but if you weren't, then you have somebody pretending they are running the place when they aren't.....and whoever that is, was dismissive and was offering the pretence that you do still generally open on a saturday morning, whilst the girl outside the pub stated otherwise - she presumably works there or at least has something to do with the place, because the door was open and she physically stopped me walking in. If she doesn't then you have interlopers on the premises. Maybe it wasn't you personally taking me for a mug, but that's not really the point. Something clearly doesn't add up in the running of the place and I won't be taking my chances again. There are plenty of pubs in London that are organised enough to know when they are open or not and treat punters with default respect.

8 Sep 2008 12:55