Seven Red Roses, Lower Earley

A basic pub, not much to it really being quite small, quite popular and always seems to be a few in, good for sports on the big screen, not half as bad as you would believe reading some of these comments, but then again nothing special.

1 May 2009 18:31

The Earley Retreat, Lower Earley

My local, under new management now who are doing a good job it seems, a decent local boozer with reasonable and good value food, i remember this place from years ago, over those years this place has improved with the refit a few years ago up until now, it does the job basically and it does it reasonably well, so handy to slink away from the big shop for a swift pint.

1 May 2009 18:27

The College Arms, Reading

Very much a students haunt, but thats fine, the place has some good things going for it, usually a nice atmosphere, a nice area out back when the sun is shining, all in all it's perfectly acceptable, not an ale drinkers paradise but usually have one beer on.

1 May 2009 18:15

The Lyndhurst, Reading

A nice pub, with nice food and decent beer is how i'd view this place, a few ales on which are fine, as mentioned the food is very good and it has a nice atmosphere, friendly polite staff, just a nice pub which has a nice mix of clientele and is well worth a stop off for a pint and/or a bite to eat.

1 May 2009 18:05

The Oakford Social Club, Reading

For some reason i'd not ventured into this place before, and after reading mainly positive reviews of it i thought i'd pop in with the missus and have a look, well, it's nice inside if slightly dark, lots of sofas if lacking in tables slightly, and the place was quite busy with a nice mix of the after work crowd and people just in for a few beers, but we ended up leaving quite quickly, unfortunately the service was very slow, now it was a bit busy but not overly so, only around 10 people at the bar if that, but having 2 staff on who seemed to operate very slowly and 2 other people just wandering around behind the bar chatting and eating crisps just seemed to annoy a few people, after almost 10 mins i gave up, i hope it's just a one off and a bad moment to come in so i'll not give it a rating yet, anyway, from what we saw the food looked good and the menu was nice, it seems like a decent place to have a few beers, just shame about the service when we were in.

1 May 2009 17:59