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No longer a Wetherspoon.
Bought and reconstituted by Stonegate, the pubco.
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I was impressed by this pub.
Maybe I was a bit lucky with my timing, it was at about 6pm on a Saturday with the Rugby World Cup on TV. The pub was not crowded at all. It seems to be smaller than many JDW pubs.
All 12 (?) handpumps were on, with none of the irritating "beer settling in the cellar" signs that you usually get in a JDW pub. What's more the beers were all interesting ones from the Beer Festival or other guests - I don't think there was a single one of the usual Ruddles etc. Service was quick and pleasant.
Probably the best Weatherspoons I have been in.
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a nice pub a lot less busy then it used to be but that's because they have got rid of all the FOOLS the next step would be nice if you had a smoking area that was not on the high street.
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A Spoons is a Spoons is a Spoons - and this is a Spoons. It's an old converted cinema which accounts for its long oblong shape. It looks like most Spoons - the same furniture, the same menu, the same general ambience.
We were a little disappointed in that when we visited quite a number of the range of beers were unavailable. We settled for Otter which was fine. It was Thursday so I plumped for a curry. It was fine for what it was - if I'd wanted the full works I'd have gone to the tandoori down the road.
The place was quite busy and had a nicer atmosphere than the ones in say Woking or Slough. Not as good as Staines or St. Neots though, which are more like real pubs.
I don't knock Wetherspoons - when I was young we'd have killed for a pub selling this much real ale. I judge them in their own right, and looking at some of the reviews for other pubs in Walton, I was quite happy with our choice.
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Large long pub just off the High St.
Normal Spoon's fare but the cliental when I visited was of a high standard.
3 ales on draught as well as the normal Ruddles, Smiths etc.
Television was on but no sound as is the norm.
Decent enough spoons but not too exciting, though it does have a nice atmosphere
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Very charcterful Wetherspoons and well run. Used to be the old cinema, hence the long narrow bar. Service always prompt, food good and beer excellent. Unusual for me to stick to one beer but I thought the Greek beer, Koroibos, brewed at Everards in Leicestershire by a brewer from Crete was superb!!
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No real surprises here, other than the small upstairs area was hotter than the sun on our visit on an otherwise chilly winters night. Still, would be churlish to complain about such luxury in these austere times. Only 2 ales from the advertised range of 6 'Burns Night' Scottish ales were actually available despite the pump clips still enticing us to the bar, but that's hardly a revelation for a Wetherspoons. Service, and what beer that there was available, absolutely fine.
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Compared with some other Spoon's, I liked this one. Deep and narrow, with a small area at the top of the stairs. Service was good & the beer spot on as well. I'll return. One slight complaint - the booths are very small, tight squeeze for four adults.
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was in this 'spoons a few months ago (just now got reminded to post this review!) and ordered the nachos. they were served cold. when i told the server he had no clue what to do but offer a free coffee. would that be cold, too? he went to see what else he could do then came back out and said the "chef" said they're supposed to be served cold. um, no they are not. why would the cheese be melted then? insane! i still laugh about it everytime i see nachos... cold. good grief! anyway! hope the new manager has sorted out the cooking help :)
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Nightsmoker: "all my life I have been in and out" Haha! Why don't you just stay OUT?
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Was in here yesterday early evening. It's a fairly typical Wetherspoons. As a former cinema, it has a vaulted ceiling and stretches back quite a way until a raised area at the rear. There is also outdoor seating at the front. Clientele were the usual mixture of locals with nothing better to do and people finishing work for the week. Beers were Ruddles Best, Greene King Abbot Ale, Hogsback Spring Ale, Hammerpot Woodcote Bitter & Red Hunter, Exmoor Gold & Deuchars IPA. Westons Marcle Hill and Old Rosie ciders were also available. Getting served took a few minutes. There was nothing particularly special about this Wetherspoons. But I get the impression this may be the only decent real ale outfit in the town.
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I havnt posted a rating for THE REGENT as it would be wrong to do so as i am the new manager.Though i have been here a year now i understand a lot of people dont like this pub or had bad experiences its took me a year to kick out a lot of trouble and try and turn this pub around .so anyone who reads the previos reviews please ignore them and give me my pub a try.At least 5 real ales(over 400 diferent ales in the last year) on at all times good food and cask cider aswell why not come along to our beer or wine festivals will update coming dates
dng.1 - 25 Aug 2010 01:57 |
Wyndham... I do not frequent this warehouse anymore.
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Nightsmoker
You obviously dislike this pub intensely, so why the hell bother to go there???
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Rob_19... The pub-staff are people of low hygeine-standards. I know this, because I know of several staff who have worked there previously. Your kitchen staff and majority of bar-staff are only fit to work in a dive of a pub such as The Regent!! I don't doubt for a minute that anything has changed. The microwave jobs are a JOKE... And don't even question me on that. The knives and forks, I would reccomend to anyone... To double-check and check again to see if they are clean. I've known this pub for years... all my life I have been in and out... and only too glad to be exiting the doors of a scummy and horid place. OK, maybe the "16 - 17 year old staff" is in-correct... but they're still spotty teenagers making that food, smoking roll-ups at any given chance and not caring about the state your food arives in... or what state the glasses a customer's drink sits in. You disgust me for even trying to defend this ill-mannered shit-hole.
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You obviously don't know the pub that well - there are no "16 - 17 year old staff-members". I'd like to know who you think is this age, and shall gladly correct you. This is "Factual Innacuracy".
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You'll get a quick service with your food, being that when you make your order, your food will be at your table within (and around) three minutes. Very literaly microwave jobs. The glasses are some-what dirty, the language used by locals is of another nature and the 16 - 17 year old staff-members have a unique way of making you feel welcome. I know this pub and know it well... infact 'Pub' is the complete wrong word for this establishment. There is no Pub-atmosphere here at all. On week-ends, it's nothing more than a quick stop for everyone to sink as many cheap drinks as possible, before heading off onto their next destinations. I don't reccomend this Free-House what-so-ever.
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Was in here to-day for the first time in years. Very quiet with the majority of punters being elderly and mainly on coffee. Two 'guest' beers on, a Welton's and Itchen Valley; the latter being quite a decent pint. Friendly staff, the usual menu and service reasonable.
Quite a pleasant pub although the toilets, which are upstairs as usual, needed some attention. Wouldn't go out of my way to visit again but if in the neighbourhood would certainly do so.
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It's a spoons, what more do you want other than a huge amount of space and cheap beer? Does what it says on the tin, although I'm sure they use free wifi as a ruse to get people in, as it never works.
Beers were ok, staff were ok, you know what you're getting with this place before you even walk through the door.
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Typical Weatherspoons, except the toilets are cleaner.
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Go here for a good ale and Sunday Roast each week. Cannot complain really.
Good value.
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The Regent was(and probably still is) a great place to drink and work
(i say was as i dont live in the area and dont get to visit),
I didn't work with simon too long but from what i got the impression was that the pub is in good hands.
you can't keep people barred if all the management changes thats impossible. ps I know this post was a long time ago but Jomo, the guy that gave racial abuse to sasha was far more crude than just that. I can't remember exactly what he said but i remember it being alot worse.
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It's a Wetherspoons. It probably used to be a cinema.
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was a cracking pub back in 2001 when Jeremy and Sharron ran it - was a great place to work and drink, many a fun night spent down on the river!
anonymous - 15 Nov 2007 12:45 |
A great place for you and your mates to take all the kids for Sunday lunch then sit in all afternoon, get pissed, while the kids run riot and drive out all the other customers. FANTASTIC !
hiram - 14 Aug 2007 14:55 |
This would be an excellent place for someone who does tatoos for a living to leave his flyers.
anonymous - 10 Aug 2007 21:08 |
In awnser to your question Jomo,(who is the racial abuser ?) I could not comment, but I think you have worked it out for yourself.
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Hiram, was that Elvis who kept on calling Sasha "Slasha" and asking are you from Jamaca, the racial abuser
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All the banned people return when staff and management change, this pub is also known as The Rejects because of all the people whom are banned from all the other local pubs go there. One guy subjected a staff member to racial abuse now he is back drinking there.
hiram - 31 Jul 2007 17:01 |
Yes the Regent is the perfect place to start a night with the cheap drinks, but it isn't somewhere I'd spend an evening. Lots of chavvy and under age looking customers, plus too often a place that trouble kicks off.
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Andy (Aka Debs) is the best, most gorgeous barman ever. ;)
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On visiting 'The Edmund Tylney' in Leatherhead I was informed that the assistant manager of this pub was working in the 'Tylney'. It seems that the pub turnover does not meet JDW's criteria and it is being considered for closure!!
Can someone confirm if this is true?
anonymous - 22 Oct 2006 12:42 |
Loving this place more and more.
* New landlord is an Everton fan - cool.
* Always bump into another friendly local whenever I'm in (quite often at the mo).
* Excellent selection of beverages (I usually stick to the Zywiec)
* Cool eccentric and very amiable staff and punters!
* Can always chill and read the paper at the end of the bar when I need my space (and 'hair of the dog')!
I'll be in tonight!! As usual!
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I would agree with the last comment. Wetherspoons seem to get a bad press on BITE, probably because it's a successful national chain which has provided the public with what they want - otherwise they wouldn't be successful.
I think steaders wrote his recent comments for laughs or because he's a competing publican.
The clientele are varied. Yes you get teenagers and people with tatoos (increasing people have tatoos nowadays), but you also get workmen, office workers, middle aged people here. You get pensioners coming in with their partners to have a civilised chat over a well priced meal.
After the comment about the gum on the carpet, I scoured the carpet on my last visit on Friday and could not find a single piece.
To keep this rounded, the food here is not the highest standard of other Wetherspoon outlets (Wetherspoon standards have dropped steadily since inception) and the all the cutlery in the tray was dirty on my last visit.
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Everything you'd expect from a Wetherspoon. Non-smoking area with plenty of tables. Embarrassingly cheap food (two meals for �5.99) served, amazingly, until 11 p.m.! Range of real ales including some quite unusual ones. Very young clientele: your eyes will be popping out of your head watching the scantily-clad babes climbing up and down the stairs to the loo! Risk of unruly behaviour and fights late in the evening, but the management are taking measures to control it. No problem early on.
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Regent is the only pub where I can guarantee a fight every weekend. Manky bubble gummed carpet. Sloppy food and service. I believe you have to have at least three tattoos for admission, one of these being a spiders web! There's no music, only a few fruit machines and the loo's are inconveniently placed right at hte back of the pub. The only thing going for this pub is cheap drinks and even then there not that cheap if you have to get your nose fixed at A & E.
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Nice hot chocolate though... thats it.
anonymous - 25 Jun 2006 04:17 |
Never really used to like this place that much but really good vibe going there on a Saturday night there. Bit of a proper pub these days, adequate food, good service, some real characters in there too. Very pleasant for a quiet night out. Bar staff should make more of an effort to keep the bar clean though, as I'm forever getting stuck to it!
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Another typical Weatherspoons pub - try to avoid if possible. Head to the waterfront where the pubs are nice, and people are beautiful. If you have no money, however stay here! How long have Weatherspoon pubs had TVs in them, was the first question I ask? Step inside, you're greeted by the Weatherspoon's smell. No smiles from the bar staff, no surprise there, but my mate, as ever, was well chuffed with how much his round cost. Wade through the tramps and dossers to a seat, get comfy and watch the world go by.
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I agree with "Claremont" and "Rob" this pub is a classic JDW. You get very good value for money generally. The tables / ashtrays are never tidied, but I guess at �1.50 a pint they are making a compromise. The food is also excellent value for money, one of the only pubs I know in the area that has such a wide choice of vegetarian options. I have enjoyed dinner their many times with my girlfriend. Avoid the Curry club though, mine was horrible. Due to the inexpensive costs and location it is bound to attract a slightly rougher element, but I have only ever seen trouble in the pub once in over 10 years. If you are up for a lively night out then this is not a bad place to look.
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Well what can I say!!! I was stunned to hear such complete and utter rubbish written about this pub, it is a friendly pub which is easy to part of whether you are a person drinking on their own, a group out for a good night or a family looking for somewhere to eat that is value for money. You get a wide variety of people using this pub but bad behaviour, language and under age drinking is not tolerated, believe me it is not worth the risk for the employees. Its simple if you don't like w'spoon pubs then stay away cos at the end of the day thats exactly what it is!!!
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horrible pub full of chavs who can just afford the �1 a pint after they have bought their fags from their dole money. Rubbish microwaved food and the fruit machine has still not paid out!!!
anonymous - 31 Jan 2006 00:34 |
Sorry vandal31, but, although some of your points are valid; the most pertinent ones are certainly falsehoods.
You will not find any under 18's in this bar. In compliance with recent law changes and the fact that individual landlords can be excessively fined, anyone who looks under 21 (including my 27 year old ex partner for example) gets ID'd - BIG TIME !
Granted - you get your shave of chavs; but with the Dukes Head having closed and the Plough intermittently shut, and the old Sports bar gone - they have to go somewhere. And as long as they are well behaved - which is usuually the case at the insistance of the management - then all is okay.
Table cleaning and lack of staff is an unfortunate consequence of JDW shareholders wanting to see good profits an margins - this is forced upon the individual pub managers who can only do the best with the resources they are allowed.
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Good cheap beer, but the tables are always filthy at night, and the polic presence on friday nights is not very comforting.
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Yes it is a Wetherspoons, but didn't seem to have quite it's local quota of toothless chavs and alcoholics that Wetherspoons usually have.
Seemed OK, and ate a perfectly acceptable meal here too..
TheGP - 15 May 2005 20:37 |
Used to go to this pub week in, week out, very good for meeting school friends as they used to serve to under age kids all the time. But now, nothing like that, quiet pub, full of friendly locals. Good fruit machines, but very tight!!! How can you beat �5 for food and a pint!
anonymous - 13 May 2005 17:11 |
Much of a much pub. if another chain like yates get this pub, the only difference will be higher prices behind the jump!
If it's convient for me i'll pop back in.
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Usual Wetherspoons pub cheap beer that isn't all that. Never mind the word is that this establishment is closing shortley.
anonymous - 2 Mar 2005 22:42 |
I have heard that The Regent is to close for six weeks and will be re-opening as a Yates establishment. Not sure when though.
anonymous - 28 Feb 2005 14:11 |
Heard this pub isn't getting it's license renewed - must be bad place to have that happen
anonymous - 14 Feb 2005 09:26 |
Great pub on a friday night if you like fighting, but get there early and bring some mates
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Used to be a great pub, but the recent closure of three of the worst pubs in the area have meant a lot of changes, which has made this place a lot less friendly, also the cheap beer tends to attract the nastier local elements.
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"Why bother writing that it's not a good pub"
Simple these comments are mini-reviews, reviews can be both good and bad dependant upon experince.
My view happens to be that there are much better pubs in Walton, and that this pub IMHO lacks atmosphere.
Also Wetherpoons as a chain buy beer at cheap prices by buying late, and by using their massive reach to squeeze the small brewers.
Mike - 18 Oct 2004 20:42 |
why bother writing that its nto a good pub , surely if you didnt like the atmopshere you wouldnt have stayed for a drink,Get a life , if you didnt enjoy it your obvoiusly too old to be going out! a friendly pub with a wide range of friendly people.thanx for many great nights
sophie - 30 Aug 2004 11:24 |
Went in at lunch time there was no food, apparently the kitchien was too hot for the chef to work in. Downgraded to a 4
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As long as you don't mind alcoholics, teenagers and oddballs, there is a fine selection of well priced ales combined with great meat based deals. Great for a night out with like minded gentlemen who appreciate such pastimes. Not a good place to take the wife for a drink, try the Anglers or the Swan by the river for that.
vulture - 17 May 2004 16:26 |
Cheap and cheerfull but devoid of all atmosphere. It reminds me of a big unfriendly city pub. But of the good side they do have a good selection of ales, I counted 12 tried 3 and have no complaints.
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This is a great pub, be in no doubt. I have supported it for several years and it has gone from strength to strength, apart from a little recent hiccup, which is now sorted. If you are concerned about the bad reviews, read them carefully, and spot the undesirables. Only criticism is more non-smoking area is needed.
Chris - 24 Dec 2003 12:47 |
I can't believe that anyone could say that a Wetherspoons provide excellent quality beer!! This pub is bleeding small brewers dry. The reason it can chjarge so little is that it squeezes its supply chain to tha maximum, it uses it's presecence in te market place to drive down the cost of purchasing the beer. It has mangers rather than landlords. The Regent itself with it's high roof has no atmosphere, and is full of 17 year old, who go in for the cheap beer. The food is shocking, pre-packaged - heated up on sight. I am shocked that anyone with any taste would ever go here.
anonymous - 15 Oct 2003 18:30 |
Thank God for the lack of TV and music! Also there are very good prices. Not the most comfortable seating (I wish there were more old-fashioned soft bench seats) but you can't have everything.
Peter - 15 Oct 2003 17:03 |
Easily the best pub in Walton in terms of food, beer and value for money. There is always an excellent choice of well-kept beers and the occasional beer festivals go down very well.
Anyone whose idea of a pub is loud music and a TV (!!???!) should steer clear; but anyone who understands that the main point of a pub is to provide excellent quality beer in a good atmosphere - this is the only place in Walton to go.
Rob - 12 Sep 2003 08:00 |
Someone managed to nick the lifesize Laurel (of Laurel and Hardy fame) at the top of the Stairs. Allegedly last spotted by a speed camera on the M1 in the back of a car - could be an urban myth though.
anonymous - 28 Jul 2003 16:46 |
Absolutly rbbish pub, Any pub without Music, a TV, or a pool table is gonna be poor aint it? As for the Manager (Jeremy) he's well pushy when closing time is within 2 hours.
They chuck you out @ 11:15 in rather a rude manner.
would recomend the Dukes head (formerly the Dog and Donut) It's not rough anymore, They got entertainment, lovely pool tables, Music and TV is ALWAYS on, and the beers are cheap for comapred to the other pubs round here (appart from the wetherspoons, but thats crap)
Spence - 18 Apr 2003 15:13 |
Boring boring boring. Wetherspoons really are the spawn of the devil.
Angus - 7 Apr 2003 11:44 |
Typical Wetherspoons. Shaped like an airplane hanger and with a lack of music the place lack atmosphere. Cheap beer attracts some very scarry people.
Mike - 19 Mar 2003 13:39 |
A cheap Wetherspoons pub with great beer prices, lack of music can make the atmosphere strange, one for big groups
Simon - 29 Nov 2002 12:52 |
