BITE user comments - pkrpmusic
Comments by pkrpmusic
Superb pies. That shouldn't be the first thing to remark on with this renowned pub but after my virgin visit earlier this month, it is. The beer was just OK, nothing special. A chocolate orange beer was pretty vile (yes, I know, I know - why order it in the first place? Curiosity). The Powerhouse was better but a tad warm. The staff were a mix of the usual London sulky, curt and scruffy types employed by an owner who believes 'aloof' bar-staff to be the new cool. It isn't - it really isn't. But those pies - very nice.
This is the sort of pub that the Craft-type artisan places are putting out of business because they do it so much better.
21 Mar 2013 13:18
Resorted to a Guinness in here recently - it's just OK. I disagree with georgespubguide about Hounslow being the most depressing, disappointing etc place on Earth - have you been to Woolwich? That place would turn wine into anthrax. Hounslow is a dump purely because of the spunk-pots living in it. Not many seem to frequent Isleworth, thankfully, but just enough to ramp up the crime figures for 2009. Thanks Hounslow - please stay in your pen and drink there as well.
3 Feb 2010 00:45
Just shut the shithole down and turn it into an ethnic grocers - it's all you deserve you chumps. Amazing how quickly people can run from this pub with an arm-full of fruit and veg (don't ask) - I opted NOT to go in for a swift beer at Christmas......
3 Feb 2010 00:35
A place where you can practice a seance with real dead people. Turn it into a Greggs and you could increase the cultural conversation by 300%. With cheaper pies.
3 Feb 2010 00:30
TAKE THE FLYER OFF THIS PAGE - ARE YOU DAFT? The Reindeer sells beer - the Flyer serves arseholes....
2 Feb 2010 23:58
Great place to buy pirate DVDs from - beer decent enough - clientele ropey. Move the place out of Grimsbury and you have a winner.
2 Feb 2010 23:56
Cracking boozer with Jail Ale on tap - no other reason to mark it down! Usual quality pint from an eclectic boozer - still not full of townie mungwits, just full of characters....yay.
2 Feb 2010 23:52
Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington
A thoroughly decent range of beers, well kept and fairly priced in an area that borders on the 'edgy' (Hackney) and 'hip' (Hoxton). There was an air of efficiency about the place - the bar staff, the busy chefs serving up piles of gorgeous food (fish and chips, heavenly) and the convivial clientele made for a pleasing hour and a half. Aside from the irritating loos (make sure you don't pee in the tin-bath overflow under the taps by mistake - what's wrong with sinks guys?), The Jolly Butchers is a stand-out pub.
21 Mar 2013 13:30