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It's closed, and not before time. Not a great loss. The Chinese restaurant isn't that great either.
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Now an oriental restaurant
mrbee - 23 Feb 2011 22:17 |
Currently all boarded up.
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Had there Christmas dinner for 12 people. They made errors in order and stubbornly were claiming that I emailed booking with this error (just checked all my correspondence and no, I got it right, they got it wrong, they served wrong food).
When it came to pudding (all ordered 2 weeks earlier) they said that they didn't have what we ordered. Talking about late notice, huh?
Ok, as a compensation they didn't charge us for a pudding, just for starters and mains.
I canceled one of the meals 2 days earlier, and although as it was late cancellation they should have charged me a deposit, they charged full rate. That is because they still served the food - I mean they put extra full plate next to empty chair! Weird.
Food was awful - all overcooked, totally cold, potatoes and yorkshire so hard couldn't bite it. Trout bitter and dry. Veg old, cold and kept in the oven until rock hard and black.
A pint of Hoegaarden cost me nearly �5.
Service - non existing.
We will not be back. That's for sure.
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I came here on Friday night and had an excellent time. Great atmosphere, attentive staff and good wine selection. Ideal meeting place before heading to the Red Rooms.
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I hate this place. It's got no soul and it's quietness on Friday and Saturday evenings illustrate this. The choice of beers are poor and it's over priced. This place needs a shake up and quick, or it will surely become another pub closure statistic for 2009.
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Where to start? OK, here we go.......................
Beer wildly overexpensive for such a boring dive. �3.20 for a pint of Carlsberg - are they stark raving mad? Only gets worse from there.
Dingy. Doesn't always smell, I suppose.
The pub seems to go through more managers than QPR.
Food too dear by far.
It's a modern day miracle that the place hasn't gone bust yet.
Only go there under protest if others insist on meeting there before leaving to go to a good pub. One out of ten for the sheer audacity of running the place the way they have done over the past couple of years.
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Where to start? OK, here we go.......................
Beer wildly overexpensive for such a boring dive. �.20 for a pint of Carlsberg - are they stark raving mad? Only gets worse from there.
Dingy. Doesn't always smell, I suppose. The place goes through managers like QPR.
Food too dear by far.
It's a modern day miracle that the place hasn't gone bust yet.
Only go there under protest if others insist on meeting there before leaving to go to a good pub. One out of ten for the sheer audacity of running the place the way the have done over the past couple of years.
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I tend to meet here before moving on. Basically it can be va bit vacant/vapid and (because it's opposite a station) seems to just have people passing through.
The drinks aren't inspiring and with ealing all around it has nothing to 'keep' me drinking there.
Also it can get a bit whiffy round the loos etc'. Not terrible, but not worth staying in when you've got loads of other bars to go to very nearby.
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How the hell has this place got 6 out of 10?
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Well, what a mixed bag of reviews !
I can only assume those of you who've liked it had a few drinks before you got there.
Service - poor to non-existant
Food - Usual Microwaved Rubbish
Cleanliness - Filthy
Customers - People who don't know any better or who have been barred from everywhwere else !
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Great little place on Ealing High Street. Really enjoyed the atmosphere. Will be going back for more!
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Dirty drinks, dirty pub.
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It's amazing how opinions differ. I was here recently and could not really find fault. I hadn't been here before and I was made very welcome and had a great night. Perhaps they've changed the staff. I would recommend.
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I could not agree more with the previous comment. The wine that I ordered was WELL off and it was all so much hastle to change it. I had arrived 20 minutes early to meet my boyfriend and the attitude of all of the bar staff stank, they sniggered at me and stared at me as if I was an alien. It was only once my partner arrived and they realised that I was not a women out drinking alone that they began to treat me like a human. however by this time I was more than ready to move on and never return.
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This place has a long bar leading to a raised area to the rear of the building with a large plasma screen on the back wall. There is some very limited seating outside the front of the pub which is directly opposite Ealing Broadway station with a busy bus stop 10 feet away.
This feels like a bar where all the cool people drink bog standard lagers with funky background music, low seating and high tables everywhere. However, I did notice that they had Adnams Broadside but I didn�t try it.
This isn�t really my sort of place as the attitude of the barman suggested!
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