Rising Sun, Isleworthback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Car park now looks like a Gypsy camp
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In a state of extreme hunger, and not wanting to either get ripped off by youngs or share the dining room with a million screaming brats, we ventured in, on the grounds it looked like a "proper pub". Extremely warm welcome and well kept ale, but the less said about the roast the better really. Overlooked veg decomposed into an indeterminate mush very quickly, and the "roast chicken" had clearly been nowhere near an oven (other than the micro variety). I feel quite queasy thinking about it to be honest. Bleugh!
Still, what do you expect for 6.95 in London I guess. At least the barman (who was a dead ringer for Jim Bowen) told us a joke. Got the feeling he's been using same gag for years.
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this pub has picked up a bit since the old manager fred tried to run it into the ground. the present manager is trying to give it a go, and it is still a place for locals... but like all pubs it needs support, so give it a try, its just an honest decent local, no bells or whistles or over priced gastro grub.
cant comment on the beer as i'm a wimpy lager drinker, but my mates say its all right.
anonymous - 16 Feb 2014 10:53 |
Interior not as nice as exterior. Slightly unfriendly atmosphere.
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freds gone, hooray
anonymous - 7 Mar 2011 17:12 |
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*t
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While it's true that the Rising Sun isn't the best pub in Isleworth, (the Red Lion has that covered) it's a friendly enough place. The Pride is well kept, but there's more lager drinkers than ale drinkers. It's my preferred place to watch football, as there's never any hassle and always good natured. There's always been the problem with the high turnover of landlords, it's essentially a family pub, it needs a family landlord. It's just been decorated, if they did the loos, it would be money well spent.
poptv - 26 Jun 2010 14:48 |
my ex wife and i got given the oppertunity to run this pub. we tried, oh we tried. we ran food specials ( you ever seen a speciality sausage and mash deal? my ex thought of that and the company took it everywhere) we did quizzes, we had the best new years eve bash in the history of isleworth. give it a try. fullers are one of the best. if you dont like the locals,( and they didnt like us)you can allways sit in the garden.
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Only commenting on trainmans posting the reason they only have pride is that thats all the regular customers drink so instead of having something else on and serving poor qaulity beer pride is the beer of choice by the regulars!!!
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No rating left but, just reading Strongers' comment , 4 handpumps but only serving Pride? Maybe that sums up how bothered they are about customer care?
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This is a no frills locals boozer offering Pride (4 pumps), Stella, Carlsberg, Carling, Guinness and strongbow.
I had to wait for a couple of minutes to get served as the governor had popped off to make a cup of coffee for himself. He apologised on his return and luckily I was in no rush. Unfortunately I had to wait in between two locals that have probably had no kind of formal education and have probably never left Isleworth.
There is a plasma screen with the ability to show Sky and a fruit machine. There is also some outside seating just off the main road.
In my opinion this is not a great pub and I wouldn�t bother revisiting.
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this is a bit of an unfriendly pub - not the most welcoming atmosphere.
but if you can stand this the beer is actually pretty good. i was impressed by the quality of the london pride on tap.
best thing about the pub is its proximity to isleworth station.
overall, not the worst pub in isleworth - but certainly not the best.
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Unremarkable Fullers pub on the main road near Isleworth station. Nice attractive external frontage, but the interior is rather uninspiring, as in many other "improved" pubs. Perhaps surprisingly, the London Pride was in staggeringly good form. Most people appeared to be drinking the bottled Magners cider which seems to fly off the shelves in this unseasonal English hot weather. There is a small outside drinking area.
I quite enjoyed the visit, but living locally, I know where there are better pubs and consequently cant see myself doing this one again for some time
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Was good in 2004 for football and Christmas, and a what a cracking idea for food, now being used around the country - a Winter Sausage Festival good value, home cooked food.Also what about the homemade pastys - mmmm.
anonymous - 12 Apr 2006 12:09 |
This pub is in a state of flux. It used to be a really nice family pub with good food and a superb atmosphere. Since then, it has undergone many changes of management, which has made it oscillate between poor and really awful. Currently, it�s rather mediocre, the good choice of food has disappeared in favour of bulk standard pub food (and when the kitchen is working), and the beer (bitters) has become extremely variable. Some people now drink mainly bottled beer as you�re never sure of what�s going to come out of the taps. A particularly nasty problem is that they have an insect problem. Little flies constantly hover around the bar and seating areas, and it�s not uncommon to have several land on the rim of your glass and enjoy themselves at your expense; they seem to prefer Fullers London Pride to other drinks. Staff attitude is that they can�t work out where they�re coming from � so everyone just has to endure it. (March 2006)
This is a better pub in the Summer, because the windows are open and there�s a small seating area outside; The inside seems to get so full of smoke that sometimes its difficult to see from one end of the pub to the other. Its supposed to have air conditioning, but it either doesn�t work very well or the staff don�t seem to know how to operate it. It has two plasma screens for watching the footie, and this is great when there�s a big match on. The sad thing is that the sound system seems to have only two settings � very loud or off. If there�s football on, there�s no quiet corner where you can bring the Missus or the girlfriend for a pleasant night out. All this is a shame, because it used to have a really good clientele, with professionals (doctors, surgeons, nurses from the University hospital, and large crowds from SKY TV, and Gillette etc. used to frequent it regularly. The more regular crowd these days seem to be either retired, unemployed, or labourers, many with an �A� level in English bad language.
The arrangement of the pub is that it�s a little like a doughnut. The bar area is in the centre and accessible by all those in the front bar. The rear sections consist of a seating area with soft sofas & chairs, and a small area that was perhaps meant for serving food. Most people prefer to sit or stand around the bar area which is not unusual, but when the bar area is surrounded by people with their backs to the rest of the room, it makes ordering difficult, the pub look unfriendly and the crowd rather intimidating.
There is a small car park to the side and rear adjoining a paved area which at one time could have been a beer garden. All this is a shame, because this pub has a lot of potential, and if just half the people to whom this pub has lost its appeal (over the past few years) returned, then this would again be a very busy place.
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