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If you like to watch football this is the pub but forget having any ale if that is what you drink as having tried this a couple of time recently it would seem that they cannot keep any beer properly and best go for a cider Guinness or lager. Does get packed out with Chavs and Towie type undesirables who seem to use the loos for recreational purposes. You can get a better pint in the pub next door which has a good range of ales.
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watched west ham game here. There was a short annoying TOWIE style bloke called josh who couldn't hold his booze mouthing off in there but otherwise it was alright.
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Too many kids in there for my liking
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If it is a choice between this and the sour puss women in the Travellers Friend ( the name alone is Ironic), then give me the Horse and Well any time.
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I quite liked it.
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Yet again I found myself inside the four walls of hell, lying in the squalid rookery of Woodford Wells. Generously remunerated working men climbed the walls with their tales of basic wit, pawing at the pumps like unrestrained hounds.
And like the captives of Plato's cave they gawped hopelessly at images of men kicking a football, thrust upon one of the walls. And they filled this hellhole to the brim, striding back and forth to the toilets in agitation, like animals addicted to a working-class ethic. For these men they did drink the establishment's lager and then imbibed, told many a dull story, interspersed richly with irrelevant laughter.
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To further my previous comments I visited his pub for the Champions League semi-final 1st between Manchester United and Arsenal. The patrons were made up largely of Woodford Green's most stereotypical males; men whose attendence is not only to watch football but also to impose their loud, working-class intonation upon other drinkers.
The service was terrible but this was not the fault of the over-stretched staff of two, rather it was the fault of the deliberately obstinate customers, who felt the need to provocatively obstruct the bar, whilst holding a wholly predicatble discussion about how much money they make.
The atmosphere was more a kin to Chingford's 'Greens Gynasium' where handsome, well-toned insecure young men stand around eyeing up other angry young men both admiring and envying their identical haircut. If the Horse and Wells were to intorduce a set of weight machines, fenced in by a wall of mirrors then the clientele would not change but they would arrive with even tighter t-shirts.
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Essentially two breeds of drinker. The aforementioned 'Builder' and the barely legal 'Sixthformer with girlfriend'. Both groups are harmless enough, adding a certain expected Essex character to this pub. I went here to watch a game of football and was impressed by the cheap and tasty menu. Didn't drink anything so wouldnt be able to pass a comment on the beer.
Do not be put off by the scary looking men sat outside, they are merely tradesmen absconding from their employment in a self-imposed 'lunch hour' which lasts the whole afternoon. And yes, the transit with a barking fighting-dog in it does belong to one of them.
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Essentially a creche that serves beer
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Lovely boozer, does a fantastic carling top, and the flavoured peanuts are a must.........clientel is fantastic, with students, locals and the odd silly haircut brigade turning up. seafood stall at the back is excellent in the summer and serves a nice bacon butty if you ask. Overall the pub is great, can be intimidating during a big football match as myself and my friend terry have noticed on many occasions which is the only downside. Its Bonjour Geez..........
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great pub, slightly expensive for my liking but nice beer, great for a game of golf too!
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Had the cheapest steak and chips in East London. Lovely pint to go with it! Pleasant warm welcome and down to earth people unlike the Travellers Notfriend down the road. Well worth a visit.
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Great pub for sport,good value meals,and well run by stewart and haley.
anonymous - 29 Sep 2007 13:32 |
Annoying landlord and chavvy coke-taking publicans make for an uneasy night out. Best avoid the 'worse than hell'.
anonymous - 20 Sep 2007 03:42 |
Used to be a good pub full of lively youngsters. Barneys, the seafood stall, is a great place for a bit of sea food at the weekend. Unfortunately, the landlord stifles the life from the bar-staff and the customers.
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I was in this pub when John F Kennedy was shot.
Sowas John Barnard and Steve Collins . I now live in Brisbane Australia and would love to hear from the mates of 30 years ago. Great Pub - fell in love with Andrea.
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nice couple running this place, one of the best pubs around. watch out for dennis murphy though, he's a right pest!
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Matt and his assistant Stu are the nuts, keep up the good work
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Message for Ray Bentos, I currently work with the nasty ex-landlord Ross, and I have to say that he is the most miserable b*stard I have ever met.
Cheers,
Mike Foy.
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Great pub - pool table, quiz machine, jukebox and big screens for the footy. Large beer garden, with a good crowd during the summer. Also do a good Castlemain XXXX on tap, hard to find anywhere else locally.
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this is one of the nicest pubs around. music, pool, really good priced drinks and wicked bar staff. it's immense around christmas and summertime. well done them
anonymous - 30 Mar 2006 14:25 |
This place used to be run by one of the nastiest landlords (Ross) who thankfully moved on. The new landlord is a true gent and a Hammers fan, that makes the Orson Wells a mighty fine boozer
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