Lord's Tavern, St John's Woodback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I did a very considered review of this place some years ago which was removed by “de management” for some reason, so I am going to post it again as best I can remember it.
Thanks, Ruby for your comment about the fact that this pub is populated by upper middle class caucasians. I happen to be one of them, and I don’t think many of them would really give this place the time of day to be honest, so your review is pretty suspect from the start.
You seem to find the concept of there being a group of clever, hard working white people who contribute quite a lot to this country, a hard one to swallow. Perhaps you wish your husband was one of them? You’d probably have a nicer life if he was and wouldn’t feel the need to poke your long spindly fingers into the other ribs of other people who are eminently loveable, and have done you no harm, but just happen to have done a bit better than you in life, eh!
Now then, having fought the class war, let’s move it on to pubs shall we.
My rating for this place is a 2.
The Lord’s Tavern conjures up an image of old England, the parson, the squire and the doctor sitting round the fire over a pint of ale, a few dogs at their feet, the warmth of the fire, the rosy cheeked landlord and the common folk boisterously letting off steam at the bar.
This is decidedly not what you will find in this place.
It is the ground floor of a modern “office” type building and is basically a wine bar/restaurant style place, and not a good one.
The management will look you over with a keen eye before they let you enter. I was in jeans and combat boots when I came in and it was touch and go, (I think the fact that I was upper middle class and white may have swayed it :-).
Anyway, it wasn’t worth the agro, there is no atmosphere and the drink selection is rubbish.
Why the most sacred Cricket ground on earth has to put up with such a poncified pointless bar on its grounds is something worth considering, but not something I am willing to get to the bottom of, I am too busy watching the Cricket.
Jay28 - 20 Jan 2023 22:31 |
Depressing downmarket pub in an upmarket area. The place is like a bar at a railway station or airport. Dirty toilets with paper all over the floor and the lock was missing.
A dull interior, loads of TVs everywhere and a pint of Marston's Pedigree for £4.30. Drinkers seemed to come from the estates of Lisson Grove, not that there were many drinkers in here and who can blame them.
Best avoided.
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OK, BITE, you can chuck all of the 2004 reviews out of the window.
While the decor didn't exactly give me a sense of the history or cricketing significance of the place, the beer selection was small in quantity but high quality, and the food was out of this world. Prices aren't cheap, but much less than you'd expect, given its location, and very reasonable compared with its local competition.
We went there on a County Championship day which meant that we were probably the only non-cricket players/spectators/pundits in the house, but we felt out of place probably for a maximum of about 30 seconds, until I went up to the bar and was put at my ease by the very friendly and helpful staff. I'll definitely be back.
The burgers, by the way, were top notch.
koosh - 22 May 2011 17:46 |
embarrassingly bland.
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The pub is being refurbished and relaunches today- Friday 18th March. With fantastic decor and a new and improved traditional pub menu I am excited to try the new Lord's Tavern. It will be completely different from before, with new management and staff. It really is exciting to see how different this fantastic pub will be!
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The only cricket-mad pub I've ever been to, it's on the tv and everywhere you look, perhaps unsurprisingly, as Lords Cricket Ground is behind it.
Nice and clean, large and airy, tends to be full of Upper Middle Class Caucasians on test days - which wasn't when I went, hence all that room.
Drive past and check out how heaving it is when there's a game on. Only if you're that boring, mind you.
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