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Now under major refurbishment, and the All Bar One sign has been taken down so I guess it's going to re-open as something more useful. Or more probably another bland chain.
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Poor selection of Beers and Lager. Two off on the day we visited. It seems they have a different menu for different days of the week. We went on a Sunday. The waitress was lovely and helpful but when we found that 3 out of 5 meals we wanted to select were off finish our drinks and leave.
I will give it a couple of points for where it is situated and two for service but for the ales food and ambience nothing.
Far better pubs in the area than this.
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A friend and I popped into this branch of All Bar One for a bite to eat and were pretty disappointed with what we received. First of all, there were a lot of dishes missing from the menu, though to give credit where credit's due our waiter gave both explanation and apology for this, and the staff don't normally offer table service there so he was going out of his way to be helpful to us. Yet it was the food itself which was lacking. We ordered flatbread with two types of houmous - plain and caramleised red onion - and the latter just turned out to be a bowl of houmous with some red onion dumped on top of it. Not sure what we were expecting, but they could barely be classified as exotically as two different types of houmous! We also had some prawns, which had supposedly been marinated in chilli oil but were completely tasteless and served, rather oddly, in a bowl of olive oil; and some sort of tempura chicken with was served with a dip of....olive oil. It wasn't the worst food ever, just there was nothing special about it; it had clearly been made without care or thought; and the weird garnishes and sauces again showed this lazy lack of care or concern. It did the job but I wouldn't recommend it.
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If you're a spectacular c*nt (and you like taxpayer funded bonuses you sh*tbuscuit) then you might like it here.
If not, avoid - and don't think of going to the pitcher and piano either - also a bad call.
Unless you're a c*ntbucket.
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Beer to cold if they have any to serve. Takes forever to get served, It's a pub to pass through on route from the river to the high street.
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I've been working here for 3 months now, and from what I've been told, it's doing a lot better. There has been a almost complete staff turnover, under new management, which has been proactive to improving the bar's reputation. Brunch is on offer at the weekends which seems to be popular, and we have a new menu launching 13th Oct.
I think it deserves another chance, and perhaps if it still doesn't appeal to people, you can comment on it and we can see what we can do!
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I'll rate this place slightly higher than the 2.2/10 average it currently has. Whilst I've been to a lot worse places for a drink, this is a typical example of a chain pub with a fairly raucous atmosphere in the evenings. The interior is bland and uninspiring. Service was the worst aspect. I waited nearly 5 minutes to get served initially whilst one barman walked backwards and forwards trying to look busy but doing nothing at all. I assumed he was the glass collector and didn't push for him to serve me. But he later served me another round. The other member of the bar staff was more interesting in serving one of the 'regulars' (Lord knows how they have any) who still had some left in his glass, rather than serving somebody who had been waiting 5 minutes. So very poor service. London Pride was kept far too cold. The only plus points for me were the convenient location and the draught Aspalls and bottled Weston's Organic cider. I'm sure I'll be dragged along here for another work's do at some point in the future. But I'll do so with reluctance.
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If you fancy a quiet sat/sun afternoon reading the paper and drinking excellent imported lagers then i'd definitely recommend all bar one in richmond. Also the food's not bad.
On the other hand I'd never go there when its packed full in the evenings - slow service, crap atmosphere and yuppy crowd!
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Do you know the bonus I get is criminal? Oh the housing market is great/awful at the moment. My new company car is huge.
If you like conversations along this line then please feel free to go along otherwise avoid like the plague.
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A complete waste of time. The service is really bad, There were 3 of us at the bar and 2nd in the queue said to me, "you could die before you got served here," I waited another 3 minutes then left.
ixion - 19 Nov 2007 12:58 |
My colleagues refuse to drink anywhere else and so like a lemming, I follow. Service is slow, rude and indifferent. Wines are nice and cold when served, and I mean when...
Luckily I opened the bap of my burger that I ordered, to find the lettuce was 'off', slimy and congealed. Obviously left in water and not refridgerated. Was offered a replacement (did not accept) but fair play, no hassle getting my money back and the toilets are clean.
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All Bar one is the kind of pub where you know what you're going to get, we go there from time to time as you always know there will be pretty decent food, and a gopod selection of wines.
However I was 'shocked' and 'furious' when I arrived into this pub on Saturday night and asked the bar man for a Pinot Grigio Blush to drink, which happens to be my favourite drink, recommended to me by a dear friend and now i'm hooked! This drink was the 'drink of the summer' in the city and canary wharf, sold in all the good bars and pubs, so I was a little taken aback when the bar man gave me an extremely odd look and replied that he didn't know what i was talking about....
To be honest I would expect better from all bar one staff! surely as bar workers they are paid to know what is popular? and i also do not expect to be made to feel like an idiot when i ask for a particular drink!
I will not be returning to this bar, unless they get in some Pinot Grigio Blush or some more knowledgeable bar staff!
FURIOUS
Neil B (drinker and lover of pubs in general esp, old man pubs)
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Oh, incase you're bored with the inside... that vine in the photo above, around the corner of the pub, was planted in 1840 !! And you can still see grapes on it today! Just think, Queen Victoria herself may have plucked grapes off that very vine years ago...!!
So, next time you're avoiding this bar.. checkout the vine outside!!
(There's a little history lesson for you!) TJ
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An interesting building, right on Richmond high street (or Hill Street, if your a local) on the up bit towards Richmond Bridge. Inside its clinical, if you gaze up while your sipping your drink, you might think you were in an industrial plant.. or your dry martini had just transported you to the set from "Dr No" !! (You're intrigued now aren't you..!)
Well the Czech beer & the weissbrau (German white beer) were good, but the atmosphere was a bit flat, no Bond girls anywhere! (Mind you, seriously now, I did see a Bond girl, Rosamund Pike, not far from this pub in the chip shop around the corner by D&J's earlier this year. She looked stunning all in black leather motor-cycle gear!) I'm drooling.. must remember which pub I'm reviewing..!? I wonder what pub Rosamund uses in Richmond..? Anybody know..? TJ
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Quite nice for an All Bar One, not sure why it gives me that impression as they all look the same, but it does.
However, again just like all All Bar One's. It's stonkingly jaw-droppingly boring.
I have now restricted my visits to just using the toilet when out shopping in Richmond. That's not bad though.
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Cramped... overpriced (clean i must admit).. but most importantly... it's BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!
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Avoid.Full of people trying desperatley hard to look cool.Much like most of richmond actually.
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Remember those TV adverts that say 'my local bank was turned into a trendy wine bar..etc'...Well, All Bar One in Richmond used to be the Natwest...and I would have preferred it to have stayed that way!
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walked in- walked out!!
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Just boring.
pinot - 24 Feb 2005 17:39 |
great!!!!!!!!!!!!
MICHAEL - 11 Nov 2004 13:39 |
This isn't a pub, it's an excersise in pretending to be a high-flying tosser who likes being ripped off with high prices because it looks cool. The bar staff, at the the best of times, look bored and don't seem to give a damn about who they're serving. And who could blame them? They're just saving up to travel round the world or pay off a student loan. Unluckily, I've been dragged here on several occasions as management at work seem to think it's a good place for business lunches. Will they ever learn?
Mr Tall - 8 Nov 2004 00:25 |
It's an All Bar One. Seen one, seen 'em all. YAWN! Souless atmosphere, but it does sell Leffe on tap, I'll give it that.
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Generally Good. Tap beer selection very good, compared to nearest competitive chain bars. Suggest some beer tasting events, maybe with Interbrew etc to spread knowledge. FOOD - expensive and modular form. If you like peanut butter; then try the chicken satay.
Mike - 1 Sep 2004 11:11 |
A soulless overpriced mess, I agree with whoever said it keeps the poncy morons out of the other pubs..
TheGP - 17 Aug 2004 14:26 |
All. Bar. One. Ignorant bastards! Olives? Chia-friggin-batta? Ignorance to the Rules and Regulations of Pub/Bar Etiquette to the highest degree. All All. Bar. One. s should be destroyed!
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old staff before crimbo 2003 where great, since then oh dear. Not quite sure what happened there but what an arrogant, dull (whats the point in re-furbishing) get new staff bar!!! P.S. Lorraine, you still rock!
WHATS THIS ABOUT BEN!!! YOU'RE PROB AN OLD STAFF MEMBER WITH A GRUDGE. GET WITH IT BUD, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE WITH GREAT STAFF. THE ONLY THING YOU'VE GOT RIGHT IS THE FACT LORRAINE DOES ROCK!!!
GO TO JD W/SPOONS AND GET A JOB THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU MISFIT!
MICHAEL - 21 Jun 2004 16:15 |
old staff before crimbo 2003 where great, since then oh dear. Not quite sure what happened there but what an arrogant, dull (whats the point in re-furbishing) get new staff bar!!! P.S. Lorraine, you still rock!
Ben #8 - 20 Jun 2004 10:43 |
�11.80 for a smirnoff ice and a coke. Complete and utter rip off and no atmosphere. The way the locals behave you would think they were in the City not a poncey suburb
anonymous - 28 May 2004 14:12 |
Ignore him, he's insane. As awful as you would expect from the All Bar One creed. It's good though becuase it keeps a certain crowd away from some of the nicer pubs in the area.
Good for: Groups of lads who like the fact that they all dress the same, right down to their haircuts
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I'm a fan of this brand, but this is the best by far. Been to 12 of them and this one is the mutts nuts.
Check it out, have a drink!
A great selection of beers!!!
DAVID - 6 May 2004 14:19 |
