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Fair enough quins123, I just assumed it was the guvnor. Will give it another try no problem as I do like a bit of a do down the pub
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Funny at Pompey Ron - The landlord is a male!!! Fun pub with great atmosphere - people of all ages, backgrounds and careers.
New landlord is making changes all the time and livening it up with events and entertainment at least twice a month.
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walked in for a quick pint and overheard the landlady talking to a new member of staff: "This pub is half chelsea and half arsenal". Well that was it for me, you cant get two more idiotic sets of fans so bonjourno to the new inbred
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Not sure what to make of this place.
Nice to have a pub around the corner in Thames Ditton and appears small but cosy with a big beer garden. The bar staff are friendly and serve you well. Its a shame I can't be nice about the beer as ordinary on draught. Stella Artois tasted as good as a Weatherspoons. Not good.
Most punters at the front of the bar seem a friendly bunch but some do look at you suspiciously if you are a stranger.
Funny pub this one and not sure how to rate it.
Walking up to the New Inn we got in a conversation with a young drunk bloke who reminded us of one of the hillbillys from the film Deliverance. On entry to the pub, the drunk bloke got in, went to the jukebox and started playing the banjo duel from the film Deliverance as we were waiting to be served. Waiting at the bar you do get the feeling someone is about to say 'squeal piggy'.
Maybe I was too sober to like this pub?
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The only problem i have with this pub is the lack of Sky and football, other than that, it's a decent little pub. Not drunk here for a while though so don't know what the pub has been like over the last year or so.
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Chelsea Youth Firm goes there....mmm i wonder what sort of pub this is???
No doubt he arrives in his chelsea chariot to swallow a few pints with his working class mates.
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Continues downhill. 'Gentleman's Evening' coming up soon - complete with comedian and well, strippers to be frank. Great. For God's sake, you have a lovely garden, you're a traditional pub, in a really smart area. 'Gentleman's Evening'? Get a grip
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The previous landlord and landlady ran a good house. They got rid of the miscreants who had a tendency to come here by standing for no nonsence and banning them. The new landlords were warned about the 'problems' with the druggies shall we say, but don't seem to be doing anything. I don't go in here anymore, and that's a shame as it was really good in here 5/6 months back, and the 2/3 years previous - a proper local.
I give it 6 months and it'll be shut.
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Had good hopes for this pub when new landlord/lady took over - then the Plough and Harrow closed and all the dross from there moved in. Now they aren't allowed back in the Plough as that is back to being a decent pub. How the local "social" scene changes in such a small area.
anonymous - 29 Nov 2007 15:53 |
Looks like the druggies from the Plough have started to move in this direction, so I hope the landlord puts a stop to this very quickly.
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A regular little local pub with two ales on tap and doing a good lamb baguette (!) at Sunday lunchtime. I don't know what a 'drink drive' customer would be like as I don't drive, but everyone seemed allright in there to me.
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There are new folk running this pub. There have been problems in the past with an unsavoury clientele which the previous landlord/landlady sorted out. Seems they are back - some dodgy folk hanging around when I was in a week or two back. This is in a pretty well-to-do area this pub, and very residential. Having kids running round in the garden shrieking, bouncy castles on a Bank Holiday, and folk swearing at the top of their voices out there too, will test the patience of the locals. Shame, as it was a right good local. Hope they can get a grip and turn things round - a proper community pub would do a right trade here.
anonymous - 18 Sep 2007 13:54 |
Agree with anonymous (10 sept). Have been abused by a number of 'drink drive customers' recently....so have to ask the landlord what type of establishment he is running?????
anonymous - 16 Sep 2007 00:16 |
Probably was a very pleasant little local once upon a time, now becoming increasingly unsavoury....and particularly popular with the drink drive crowd.
What a shame
anonymous - 10 Sep 2007 19:24 |
Hey, it's Bob the builder's local.
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decent little boozer.
nice staff and good ales. A real mix of characters but all in all a v nice local pub.
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Nice little boozer! The odd scary looking thug, but hey its a pub. Will happily go back there.
anonymous - 9 Jan 2007 01:03 |
If this place is a half mile from Thames Ditton station I'll eat my hat.
Anyway, unassuming, small (but big garden) back street boozer. Very much an old fashioned local, and there aren't many of them, so it should be cherished on that measure. Everybody knows each other and everyone talks to each other - if they want to, nobody pesters you. Varied clientele as the person below notes - all sections of the community. Some might look a bit scary, and there's a lot of effin' and blindin' goes on, but I've never seen any bother when I've been in. Suspect the landlord runs a tight ship. Sport on the tele a lot, mostly soccer, but the rugby will appear now and again, and the horses.
anonymous - 23 Oct 2006 13:02 |
Went there for a darts match and the place was horrid. Apart from being so small ( which isnt thier fault) the bar staff were un friendly and the food was un cooked. The selection of beer wasnt too bad but overall I hope we dont play there again!
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I love this place, me - well OK it is my local. But it is what a true 'public' house is all about. Everyone drinks in here: the chap on his own doing the cryptic crossword; the geezer reading his book; the women have a chat over a few wines; the couples after work; the philosophisers at the bar; the odd group of students and all the loud lads after their day at work spent painting, plumbing, sparking and roofing playing pool. Never any bother in here. Youngs beer generally OK - often tip-top; often another guest ale plus the usual lagers and wines. Oh, and it has a great 70s-style wood panelled bar and a decent garden. Thing is, it's hard to find - you'd never stumble across it. Well worth a detour for a relaxing snifter.
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