BITE user comments - Birchy
Comments by Birchy
The Oakford Social Club, Reading
Been here a couple of times; Once on a Friday night when the suits were out after work, and once on a Sunday avo', when it was quiet and the draught was off - all of it!
Aside from the 'draught issue' the Social is a nice boozer and the food looked great, altough I didn't eat myself. I nice alternative to some other boozers nearby.
3 Mar 2008 21:09
Only ever been here when travelling with the football down to the Royals, but it ticks all the right boxes for away fans - it's next door to the station, it sells beer and the buses to the ground go from outside.
3 Mar 2008 21:06
O'Neills, Kingston Upon Thames
This isn't my argument but it sounds like the manager should ease up a bit. I've been told off for supporting my team in here before, and that was on a day when the staff refused to put the sound on! A hint for footy fans - watch the game elsewhere: the Druids Head around the corner is good.
29 Dec 2007 15:59
Echo everything from the last post. The Bum & Spunkey should take a leaf out of the Forest's book because it's in a great location, but it's rubbish. The only real thing it has going for it is the large beer garden which is great in the Summer.
29 Dec 2007 15:55
And it's still like your Grannie's lounge! Since the smoking ban came in you can really the smell the old people/stale beer, but it's still great food and beer - good old fashioned boozer. No music, no TV, no fruit machines, no pool table but still brilliant!
29 Dec 2007 15:52
No reviews for a while so just a quick one to say that The Forest is still there and is still pretty darn good. Great selection of lagers, and I always have a headache the next day, which says a lot!
I was last there on Xmas Eve and, despite the fact that I'd paid �6 to get in along with (apparently) 599 other people, the service was good and the atmosphere great. Well done to the owners.
29 Dec 2007 15:49
.....and it's open again now, and you can add pool table and sports on the box too. Seems an imrovement if you ask me, but then I wasn't a regular before it shut and they may think differently.
14 Nov 2007 19:45
This pub doesn't have so much "something for everyone", but more like "something from everyone"...the toilets were a swimming pool of...well, you know what. That and the beer was pants.
5 Nov 2007 20:39
The Duke, Richmond
I wasn't familiar with the previous place but I have to say that the Duke, as it is now, is a very fine pub - nice ales, great food and a very relaxed atmosphere. Appreciate that this may upset those who missd the Page, but I can only review what is there now, and I for one will be going again.
3 Mar 2008 21:12