The Inn At Kew, Kew

Drinking and not paying tax doesn't work out. Of that 5 quid you're happily paying the KGH for your cherry flavoured brandy liqueur half of it goes straight into Gordon's pocket, going towards a few more bombs to drop on Iraqi civilians.

Arsehole.

13 Apr 2005 18:36

The Inn At Kew, Kew

OK, I'll give you the gents are in better shape but it's now even more expensive than it was (3 quid for a beer) and the pool tables are gone, replaced with a stupid spiral staircase designed such that only one person can get up/down at a time. Attractive, not really, pretentious, very, and it just serves to increase the time and difficulty in acquiring a fresh beverage, although perhaps they figure you�ll only be able to afford the one in a night.

Decent TVs (I am assuming they only didn�t turn the sound on for the footie because it was the opening night) which yes are better than the old silent projector with crumpled screen but the KGH was never the place to go to watch a game of football anyhow.

Cosmetically I can�t argue it�s improved just a little, no graffiti covered walls with large holes in, for example, but these were the sort of features that added to the rustic charm of the KG and for many they will be sorely missed.

It might turn out to be alright, there is hope for the place if the undesirable element who turned up on the opening night, mincing around in suits and sipping dry white wine, can be dissuaded from returning. I can�t help but feel however that all that money would have been much better spent subsidising the beer to a pound a pint and the pool to ten pence a game.

7 Apr 2005 16:53