Old Ash Tree, Chathamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A nice large pub with a good range of beers. Can be a little busy at times and loud but well worth a visit
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Great pub with a mix of ages and mainly locals. Food and beer are very cheap and there are often disco's (St. George's night was unreal).
The Bar Staff are friendly and work hard to make sure you are served quickly. They also don't mind you having a few drinks and a laugh, which some pubs tend to worry about!!!! A couple of the girls who work in here are very tasty, which helps to get us back in time and time again.
We were also allowed to put our huge 'Hartlepool United- Kent Beer Boys' flag outside on the wall after we beat Gillingham 1-nil. Much respect to the manager for this.
A top pub that some of the Kent Beer Boys walk from Rainham to visit on a weekly basis. Just a shame we live too far to use this place more often.
Oh and they have a well stoked dukebox wirth the Rolf Harris Classic 2 Little Boys on it.
Up the Pools, KBB and 2LB.
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Bland but acceptable John Barras pub. Nothing offensive - clean and decently run pub, aimed mainly at younger drinkers.
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I frequent The Old Ash Tree every once in a while as it is probably the nearest half decent pub to where I live. It is part of the John Barras chain and as a result, lacks the individuality it may have once had, but I have always found the place to be pleasant enough. The regulars are seemingly friendly and the prices are reasonable. There is a decently stocked jukebox too, though the one quibble with this would be that volume is always a little low. To sum things up, it�s a decent enough local and okay enough to eat a cheap meal or have a drink or two, nothing more though. This pub is also currently listed on the Gillingham section on this site. Chatham however, is its correct location.
HTM69 - 31 Dec 2006 18:24 |
I'm sorry to say, but in the last few months this pub has become a little unfriendly. On my last visit there was a new face behind the bar, and he wasn't very welcoming. Also although the sign outside says that food is served all day, and John Barras themselves indicate the same this simply isn't the case anymore at this pub. Having visited on a Saturday for an early lunch at 11:15, which we had done on a number of before to avoid lunchtime smokers we were told that food is at 12:00. I have no problem with this as most people eat at this time, but there is no indication that the times had changed, and quite frankly the way we were told was a little rude.
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I frequent this pub occasionally and I have to say, it's not too bad. The drinks are reasonably priced and there never seems to be any trouble. The downside is that it's a bit boring and the music on the jukebox never seems to be loud enough. It's one of those pubs, which is okay for a midweek drink, but you wouldn�t necessarily want to spend your Friday and Saturday evenings there.
HTM69 - 26 May 2006 19:13 |
The Ash Tree is my local staff are nice always chatting to somebody bit slow on serving though,they do quizzes which is a good laugh on a Thursday and Sunday,can even take your kids up there which goes down well with some of the people who come to this pub.They have dart board , big screen for the old footy etc....but no pool table if they had a pool table think it would ruin the pub as such a nice place to sit and have a chat! Dont know about the beer as dont drink it! but the bacardi is good!Worth a look.
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formerly big hand mo
anonymous - 1 Jul 2003 14:08 |
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