please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Closed again. At least Fullers fans can now go across the road to the Three Guineas, but it would be good to see someone manage to make a go of the Corn Stores. Been underperforming for years now.
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Despite the buildings around it being knocked down, The Corn Stores is still there! Very handy for the station (like, directly opposite). Good range of ales. And extremely friendly, conversational, welcoming staff.
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After a series of temporary managers The Corn Stores is back! The staff are friendly, welcoming and attentive. The London Pride is as good as ever and is supported by ESB and Seafarers.
Snack type food is available, have a stockyard special if you get the chance, and is good value. I understand that a more extensive menu will be available in July.
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I don't know how this place has such a high rating.
For - great location, lovely building, nice to look at from the outside.
Against - absolutely no atmosphere, the only other people in there when I was there (a Friday evening) were a couple who were crying in each others' arms. The TV showing some god awful "modern pop" musak channel was blarring out. The barman served a really terrible, expensive pint of ESB and then disappeared out the back not to be seen again. To be fair, I think it was the bottom of the barrel (I'm referring to the pint) and modern day prices.
This could be an excellent place, and I love Fullers ales. But at the moment it's somewhat lacking.
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They are obviously having problems here as the bar appears to be shut on a more regular basis now (it had been open now and again but there was never anyone in - not suprising really if punters don't know when it will actually be open!!) Hopefully Fuller's Brewrey are seeking a new and permanent licensee and the pub and upstairs bar can be re-opened - when it was first converted to a bar it was great with two bars; Fuller's beers and a very interesting interior with old corn-grinding machinery etc.
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Under interim management while Fullers look for a new permanent licensee. The place has been refurbished without greatly changing the character but it badly needs some customers! Hope it settles back to the good old ways under the new team when they arrive.
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No longer a restaurant, just a pub now with the first floor available as a function room. The usual range of Fullers beer with a guest ale all well managed. A quaint, quiet little place with various stone flag and timber flooring and old photo prints on the walls. Comfortable seating. A good meeting place to start the evening or after work. Deserves to be busier than it is but most people think it's still a restaurant which it hasn't been since at least April 2012. Perhaps Fullers will change the signs one day?
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Went in on Wednesday afternoon in December. Agree it is a long thin bar but this means when there's more than one person standing or sitting near the bar it's hard to get served without having to throw your money at the barman! Seating away from bar is comfortable. Had new Fullers beer for me called Mighty Atom. Not bad for a low alcohol beer.
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Usual Fullers range; had Seafarers & London Pride. Long thin pub. No problems, perfectly likeable place.
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This pub serves the best pint of Fullers Pride I've had in Reading.
It doesn't look likely to cater to discerning ale drinkers, since the pub makes up the ground floor of an Italian/Greek restaurant. But I've been here upwards of 10 times, and every time the beer has been perfect.
So, ignoring the restaurant, this is a small Fullers pub (with Gales Seafarers on as a guest ale the day I visited). There's one bar, no music, and a tv with the sound switched off. It's 2 minutes walk from the railway station and a great place to meet people before or after a rugby or football match, since it seems to miss the huge crush that is centred on the Three Guineas.
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The restaurant upstairs, 'Il Gusto' is Italian & Greek, haven't tried the food but plan to. 4 Fuller's beers ESB, Pride, Seafarers and Discovery. The pint of �3.30 London Pride I had was in very good condition. Largish and very convenient for the train station.
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Beer always good - sometimes the barman/waiter will bring your pint to your table! Worth a visit (have been told the food is good too).
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Reasonably sized Fullers pub/Italian restaurant. Worth a visit every now and then. Discovery, ESB and Pride are the ales on tap.
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I went to univrsity in Reading, 1997-2000, but i bevr went in here - did it even exiasit back then? Glad I paid it a visit last weekend, anyway. A very odd little place indeed - a proper Italian restaurant and a Fuller's pub all in one. It's lovely actually: great beers, really friendly and attentive barman, great Christmas decorations and warm, cosy furnishings. Could not work out why it was deserted on our visit on saturday afternoon. The barman said it would get busy later with people eating; I certainly hope so.
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Mystifyingly albeit mercifully deserted on most of my recent visits, this unassuming pub with an Italian menu (a rare combination and achieved with better results here than elsewhere) is a good stop off when waiting for a train although it can be said to lack character.
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I missed out on the hookahs when I used to go here I guess its gone back to the quiet little bar it always used to be now the ban is in. The beer was good here and it makes for a nice little chill out bar before the headonism of the rising sun on a busy night
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Great well kept pint of Fullers Discovery And Chiswick Was Quaffed here 12/01/2008, Cheers 8/10
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Interestinly styled pub/restaurant, thanks for the info Quinno that explains why it looks the way it does!
The pub area is a bit on the small side, but thats alright. The fairly usual range of fullers drinks available, though no London Porter.
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I went here for the first time last weekend. Wasn't overly bothered by it as a pub; good to get a sofa to sit in but it is small downstairs and I thought the beer was expensive at �3 for a pint of Pride. It was very smokey too and the smoking paraphernalia around no doubt didn't help. I think upstairs might be worth a visit some time.
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Fullers pub/resteraunt, that has been carefully converted from an old grain warehouse.
Run by guys of arabian descent, there are plenty of the old arab smoking devices to keep one preoccupied.
Excellent attentive service, with pasta served upstairs, with downstairs operating as a small (but good) ale bar. The usual Fullers fayre is supplemented by a welcome guest ale (Goddards today).
Tidy establishment.
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Cosy little place near the station serving full range of Fuller's ales that tasted well kept, BUT the bar staff were not attentive to the drinkers (preferring to serve the nargeelas/hookahs to others) and worst of all the pints were all short measures. I came for a PINT, not a half-litre! So Mr pub manager, sort out your service and this place will be a winner.
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