Tattenham Corner, Epsom Downsback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Don't know what everyone is complaining about. It's not a pub , it's a restaurant. The food isn't great. It's ok though and it's cheap.
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Three times i've been served an utterly undrinkable pint there, although the staff are polite and give a refund or offer me something else. Pity as its such a nice location.
Don't bother with the place anymore - me and my GF take a couple of bottles and sit down on the golf course by the 9th tee if its warm enough - very nice in the summer.
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Awful, truly awful. Zero atmosphere. Poor choice of drinks. Stroppy waitresses and bar staff. A terrible place to come at the end of a great wlk. The Derby Arms down the road is much better and you can get a nice view of London.
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A good place for a quick cheap-ish drink but dont waste your money on the food here. Almost all the food is cooked from frozen - pretty much everything bar the salads!
The place is severely understaffed! Resulting in food orders taking over 30mins just for a staqrter and then another 45mins ontop for mains, rediculous!
Nice to sit outside in the summer but come evening time the place really has nothing to offer. Food portions are tiny and clearly sit out under the lamps for ages drying up - dont try and ask for a few more chips to add to your stingy '7 chips only' portion as you'll be replied to with a blunt 'chef says no'. Staff are cold and unfriendly, including the managers. Dont expect to see a smile in this place!
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As has been said, great location and I�m afraid that�s about it.
Drinks quality was ok, but had to wait in a queue 5 deep at the bar with one person serving on a busy (as they should have anticipated really) sunny Sat afternoon. Plenty of staff on but none of them really doing anything, oh one girl was cleaning the bar but not serving the now 10 strong queue of potential customers.
In the garden tables were covered in empties, on of our group even suggested at the bar that someone actually clear them up, we watched one lonely group of empty glasses sit there for over 2 hours!
Ordered their starter for two, best part of about �8 if memory serves me well, was ok in quality, but only ok, nothing special, and the portion size really wasn't for two.
Oh and to my surprise if you've been up on the downs walking your dogs as prob thousands do every weekend, don't take your dogs to this pub as they're not allowed in, not even in the garden that lends itself perfectly to walkers and dog walkers alike, very strange decision to ban dogs in my opinion.
Would go back to get a second opinion and see if they were just having a bad day, suspect not though.
Gnomi - 12 Jul 2009 11:14 |
Great location but restaurant. The food is at best �so so� the Sunday roast was poor with the meet having little flavour just like a frozen ready meal. But what was unforgivably was the poor service. Having been show to our table and given menus� nothing � after 20 minutes I asked a passing waitress if I could order some drinks. �Who�s your waitress?��I don�t know we haven�t seen her yet� Just a moment sir I�ll find out who it is and send them over� 10 minutes, not 2 or 5 but 10 minutes later a waitress arrives to take our order for drinks. 15 minutes after that � we did have to remind her too � our drinks arrive. 45 minutes to get a drink!! Starter was another 30-minutes on top. Others were complaining and getting desert and drinks for free.
Everyone was busy but they were not coordinated, or a team, they wondered back and forth to the kitchen empty handed, past people that had finished their meals, without attempting to clear the table. Drinks were brought to the table and the empties not taken away.
It must be the management, as the Rubbing House and The Darby Arms seem to be able to recruit and train local staff (and the foods much better too). I don�t know if this is typical of the Beefeater chain but I won�t be making any efforts to find out.
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Undoubtedly a fantastic location. Watching the sun set over one of the world's most famous racecourses probably can't be topped as a summer drinking experience.
However, as the nights draw in and the vista disappears, the bar area becomes a tardy, tired, cold-feeling wasteland.
The recent(ish) refurb has concentrated on the restaurant (thats where the money is, after all), but the drink-only clientele have been short-changed. Definitely one for the longer-lighted months only.
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trouble with a lot of these pub chains is that they spend so much money on refurbishment that when they change hands that they seem to run out of budget when it comes to staffing the place and food quality.
the place is run by youngsters 18-22 and the food is poor, very dry that looks like it has been sitting around for a while then bunged in the microwave.
will not return untill it changes hands again
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quality pub in the summer, with plenty of room in the gardens with a fanstastic view over the epsom downs and part of london. the pub is well catered for families, with a big play area for the kids. however the beer is quite dear and they can have a shortage of staff sometimes, but generally worth a night out here.
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Nice views, but all children banned from inside of the Pub after 6pm (even accompanied by parents).
Staff OK but often too few on duty especially on a hot day.
Food terrible - if you waant to eat go across the downs to the Rubbing House or Derby Arms
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This place seems really big, and I suppose it is. Lots of indoor seating, a large beer garden. Was a nice day when we visited, but I imagine in the depths of winter this place is pretty empty. Not bad for a pint, mind.
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Its obviously an impressive looking gaff this, in a picturesque location, over-looking the racecourse,..and a pint here outside on a summers day is undoubtedly nice,.......however, when you visit on a cold winters day you will find that the interior holds no charm whatsoever,...done up cheaply like a trendy bar,.no roaring fires and comfy chairs to be had here.....This juicer is a bit like a gift wrapped turd.
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Body armour recommended on the weekend.
anonymous - 19 Jun 2005 00:26 |
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