BITE user comments - Mr_F
Comments by Mr_F
Sadly now bought out by Wetherspoons. One can only hope Lord Jason won't be the new landlord.
15 Jul 2013 16:30
That's Keith and Teresa Brown squire, twisted fag ash starters if ever there were one or one point five judging by their guttage. Fat bar stewards. And they are! Of this very establishment although not for much longer bless the brewery.
15 Jul 2013 16:27
Although a bit too near the local job centre for my liking this venue is easily the best of the town's Wetherspoons. The staff clearly trumping the workshy Monk's mob and don't even get me started on the den of inequity that is the Back of Beyond. A staff award should go to barman Paul here who surely has to be one of the hardest workers a spoons has ever seen. I've seen the fella deal with difficult customers with grace and aplomb which is no small feat in Reading. Top banana.
27 Jun 2013 17:38
Alongside The Retreat and The Horn one of Reading's finer venues. You do of course get the rugby crowd but hey can't have everything...
27 Jun 2013 17:34
Great service and a great selection of ales; what more can you ask for? Top marks to the landlady, one of the most pleasant individuals to serve behind a bar which when you consider the competition in the area is top praise indeed.
27 Jun 2013 17:32
One of Reading's most pleasant and charming establishments run by a real ale connoisseur who clearly knows his stuff. I have yet to find an establishment in the local area that can rival it. Top banana.
27 Jun 2013 17:28
Following on from my earlier comments I have since found out the bar manager in question is Emma and have formally written a letter of complaint to Wetherspoon's management. Not only do the previous comments issues hold true but I was also unfortunate enough to witness a severe bout of political in-correctness nigh on racism spewing forth from her lips this last Friday. Tim Martin may tolerate this kind of uncouth foulness but I sir do not!
27 Jun 2013 17:23
Quite easily the rudest and most unprofessional staff of any Wetherspoon's period. I and several colleagues frequented the establishment on a weekday morning only to be kept waiting whilst the female manager and her bespectacled blonde colleague verbally abused a departing patron. I wasn't aware "He needs a good kicking" and the like were part of Tim Martin's training manual and I almost felt I'd mistakenly entered a building site with such colourful language on display. One of my colleagues dared to get served only to be cajoled by some obvious chip-on-shoulder cobblers as the duty manager was partly deaf? Judging by the delay I can only presume she was blind also!
29 May 2013 16:45
The Prince of Wales, Caversham
Mediocre furnishings, painting-by-numbers staff and unfortunately the chav hordes of Caversham have decided to make this their local of choice. Luckily it does not advertise itself as a family pub and I can clearly see why; I'm surprised they haven't got metal detectors on the door.
22 Jul 2013 14:47