Bull, Romfordback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This was the pub that made the front page of our local paper because it refused to serve squaddies who had just received the freedom of the Borough, so Ruben 123's unpleasant experience with the staff can be believed! For my part, I went in after work to watch the Poland v England qualifier. There was a good selection of reasonably priced real ales on and what food I saw being served up looked quite good. It being Romford market, there were a number of dodgy looking characters in there: a shaven headed 'bruiser' with what I assume were two loud, scouse 'toms'. The staff were pleasant enough to me though. I wouldn't take my maiden aunt, or even my wife, in there.
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Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.
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My wife and I visited Romford Market on Sunday 3 June, for the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations. We took our son and two teenage daughters into the pub for some food and non-alcoholic drinks, and were refused on the basis that the two girls did not have ID. The fact that they were supervised by two adults (us), and that we did not want anything alcoholic cut no ice with the bar staff. Eventually, we were able to get some food for our son (who happened to have his provisional driving licence on him), but the bar staff would only put the order through after the girls had actually gone out of the door. Even then, it took nearly half an hour for the food to materialise. When we checked with the bar staff, no-one was able to tell us how long the food would be, or even if the order was being processed.
Whilst this was going on, I stood in the porch by the front doors, and was absolutely gobsmacked by what happened next. One of the bar staff had come into the porch to tell customers that they could not take their glasses there. The customer did argue that they were still on pub premises, so they had not taken the glasses away from the pub, but this again cut no ice. He was told to take his glass back inside.
Now this kind of attitude would be unacceptable in everyday life, but there was a major celebration going on in the market. One would expect the pub to open its doors and join in with the party atmosphere, as they would do anywhere else in the UK and in the world.
We did not let the pub's unreasonable and outdated approach ruin our day, but it would be safe to say we will not be visiting the Bull again anytime soon!
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Great Pub... Fridays are the pick of the nightlife thanks to their DJ.. Plays some real retro stuff but it works a treat and the place is packed. Think the same guy used to do the Thursday Karaoke, he has good voice on him and it's takes the piss if your rubbish, Very funny. Don't know why they stopped it as it was always well busy??
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Good food, frequented by chavs and there is drug dealing in the toilets but somehow there is rarely any trouble.
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This pub has now become my local. Since trax got raided by the drug squad and the customers flooded to the goose and didnt leave i decided to.
Good pub.
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Always busy. recently they've got really hot on i.d to, which isnt a bad thing but my driving licence picture is slightly embarrasing.
Can be extremely chavvy!
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Pretty good pub, decent prices and a fairly good atmosphere. Its definatly one of the better chavish pubs in the Romford area.
great for the Football, and playing pool. Even though i am usually being beaten by my mates. Shame theres not much room to move around the pool tables though.
Staff are always friendly and most are up for a laugh.
Gets very busy on a Friday and Saturday night..
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nice pub
gets very busy when football is on and on friday and ssturday nights
occasional live music/kareoki
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An alright pub, drinks aren't extortionately priced either.
I only really go in here when the footie is on though. most of the time there is no trouble here.
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Spent many of my days here during a period of teenage unemployment (accompanied by similarly jobless mates). But that was The Bull of old featuring �1 per pint on Sundays, a separate 'restaurant' area, and (hang on while I visualise) at least 6 pool tables. It was also an excellent venue for watching the footy, and with its torn seating and sticky floors, The Bull held on to a quality many pubs in Romford have lost: charm.
But it didn't last - it was when we went in there to watch England vs Lichenstein some time in 2003 we got to see for ourselves the rumoured makeover we'd heard about. The Bull had changed into a crap & tacky American-style sports bar. There are now only two pool tables, with contricted space around one of them, requiring use of the comedy short cue. It's heartbreaking to see character stripped from these pubs, especially when the clientele is largely the afterwards as it was before.
It's still good for watching the footy though.
duffy - 10 Feb 2006 15:15 |
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