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This is now called The Royal Oak. There are two ale handpumps but only one is ever in use, the other always has the pump clip turned round. I went in here on Cup Final day and they were both turned round. The beers unavailable at the time were Fullers London Pride, widely available elsewhere, and Greene King IPA, also widely available elsewhere to a consistently poor standard so if it had been on I would not have bothered. If keeping ale is too much of a chore for the pub they may as well not bother.
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On the central shopping street of Harrow, this place always seems to have customers, even before midday. Cavernous interior with several screens so useful if you want to watch live sport. Only thing approaching a non fizzy beer is John Smiths. There is another handpump but it's always turned around. Toilets are minging. Probably the cheapest pub in Harrow but there are definitely better choices.
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No longer the rat and parrot!!
Have been in there for a swift one when shopping with the boyf. OK in the day- looks like it's lively in the evening but haven't been there after dark so can't comment.
Beer (lager) and food both nice. Clean, well run, friendly - again though bear in mind this is in the daytime when it's less crowded.
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Popped in there with a dozen or so mates recently. Bar staff are pretty useless, twice and with 2 different bar starr they got the drinks wrong. They were clearly asked for Vodka and Diet Coke and they gave normal coke and when they were corrected they said the wrong drink still had to be paid for. As there were so many in our group and we didn't want to be thrown out for arguing with thick and hard of hearing bar staff, we paid what they asked, only for the same thing to happen again and be stiched up again with another member of staff. Now when you say DIET COKE it means DIET COKE and not normal COKE, it sounds very different it's two words, if they make a mistake, why should the customer pay for it? They even did this when just a DIET COKE was ordered within the round, they gave a coke, when it was returned to the bar, they asked us to pay for the incorrect drink. Not setting foot in this place again and neither are any of my mates. Considering we spent over �250 in there they can be happy to lose our business... They are getting a 1 out of 10 as opposed to a 0 as the music was ok. Average age of customers seemed to be about 15, even though the stroppy looking doormen who think they're Gods gift to women (they certainly are NOT) seemed to be checking everyone for ID and we saw several very young looking girls throwing up in the toilets and I hear the men's toilets were absolutely soaking wet and stank to high heaven!
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Went past this pub yesterday & some work was being done to it & now sports a Royal Oek Pub sign outside.
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This place could be very Hit and Miss. I had spent a great New Years Day lounging on the Sofas with friends. On Other occasions the service was terrible and the smeel from the awful toilets permeated through the bar area.
Walked passed in the week and a 'Closed Until Futher Notice' sign on the windows. Maybe yet another refurb ? Could be a great place whcih Harrow is desparatley in need of.
juwwi - 12 Apr 2007 10:40 |
Went to this pub a few weeks back. Must be the grubbiest and filthiest (in terms of dirt) pub in Harrow. Felt the urge to have a shower when I left..
never again...
anonymous - 5 Feb 2007 17:42 |
Still have a bruise on my arm from the "bouncer" who "threw" me out in 2001. Teach me not to accidently knock a pint over ever again on a Tuesday evening. Is it still crap?
anonymous - 31 Aug 2006 17:14 |
I walk past this place every day on my way home, it looks and sounds(Loud, very loud music)bad and has equally sinister door security staff. No thanks, I'd rather go to the off licence at the back of the pub and drink at home!
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Ok so not my sort of pub and have only just been let back in. Its dark, dingy, smelly and the toilets are even worse. Wouldn't go back in there even if i was dying of thirst. Beer garden (if thats what it is) is in the middle of Arra, so every can see ya. Nice big pub, has great potenial tho.
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rite! i think the rat'n'p, aint all that bad, it aint great but its not as bad as ppl make out, the prices of the drinks are ok, & there is proper good music on friday nite, i think its ok 2 get drunk in on friday nite & sumtimes good eyes candy, SUMTIMES!....LOL
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Stinking and ratty decor amidst a Godforsaken ambience.
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Haaaaa Haaaaa Haaaa. This pub is so f**king bad it is actually funny. In fact, I suggest anyone reading this really goes there to see for themselves how Darwin got it SO wrong. People at the bar where actually De-volving as they tried to make sense of their meaningless lives whilst waiting to be served by eastern-european bar staff who thought a "shot" only came from a gun. The toilets a reminiscient of Feltham Young Offenders centre after a riot and the whole place is pervaded with the stench of failure, c*nt and stale sweat.
mikez - 13 Dec 2005 16:01 |
Not been here since 2000. Looks like the unbelievable has happened and its got worse!
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1. Went there yesterday, next to the bar it smelled like piss.
2. Tables were filthy, 5 people behind the bar with not much to do, well done!
3. Ordered Kronenburg, got some sort of Cider! Beer tastes like water.
4. "Music Policy" is sh*t, no style at all, just boring, not sure if they have a DJ or if bar staff is changing CDs.
5. Tables next to the speakers, so people really cant talk, great!
6. Finally, one of us was to drunk and deported to the door by the blond, female bouncer. No problem, we are leaving. Easier said then done, I found myself in a discussion with another bouncer who could not remember his name and the company he works for does not exist! One more was with us, she was not luckier then the rest, when she picked up our jackets on her way out she was grabbed by the biggest bouncer and dragged of the "premises" (on her way out anyway). It looked like being dragged in front of the inquisition, that sort of behaviour is definitely not professional conduct.
7. The only positive thing I could think of is that by making us leave they prevented us from wasting more money. Thanks.
8. Their motto should be CUSTOMER BEWARE or CUSTOMERS NOT WELCOME, they are really doing everything to get rid of customers and I hope they are succeeding in their efforts.
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Crap pub with shit beer and no atmosphere - only go there coz it's handy for the cinema.
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A while ago (before the refurbishment) I went into this pub with my boyfriend, it was around 6pm on a weekday and there was only one other couple in there.
I went to order some food and drink, paid by card and asked for �10 cash back. I took the drinks back to our table and realised that the bartender didnt give me my �10. So i went back, he wasn't there, i told another baretender what happened and she told me that she'd just get the money from the till and bring it to our table. about 10 minutes later the manager came and said he couldn't give me my �10 because the first bartender said he had already given it to me! He said they checked all their tills and they didn't have any extra cash so he must have given it to me. Well I know i'm not lying which makes the staff and the manager at this pub complete liars as they STOLE my money. I refused to go back in there for about a year and when i was persuaded it was as crap as it was before anyway. So unless you want to get your money stolen off you DON'T GO TO THIS PUB!
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Crap pub....dirty, smelly, boring....it really needs a refurbishment...p.s and the toilets are yuck!
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The Rat and Parrot, three words.....KNOCK IT DOWN. This truly is a horrible place to be. Anywhere that states "no baseball caps to be worn", should be avoided. Dirty, scummy, dingy, smelly rot invested pub, with bar staff that can not understand English to be able to serve you, then serve you flat (3/4 of a pint) larger and have the cheek to charge you stupidy expensive prices. Tables are never clean (don't want to know whats on them)only that you manage to go home covered in crap. The toilets are disgusting, again, they are never cleaned. Toilet sets smashed and missing, goes to show what sort of a***h***s drink there, and Im talking about the womens loo's. Full of rough short skirted girls and sovreign wearing pikeys who drink anything that has alcohol and looks like ribena.......yuccckkkkkkk.
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What a grade 1 sh1thole. It really is terrible, A small glass of cheap rubbish wine costs more than a half-decent bottle in any supermarket and the prices differ by up to 60p depending on who serves you. The beer is disgusting and watery, the tables filthy and the staff vary from very sweet but overworked to total lazy, arsewipe depending on when you go, you can never get served. Its full of chavs the music is absolute cack and I'd rather go for a pee in the rat infested yard than use the putrid faeces stained toilets - get a cleaner - or close down. In fact just close down and give us the Royal Oak back.. more commonly known in our circle as the tw4t and carrot
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The Rat & Parrot chain of boozas is a funny one-some great, some appalling. This is truly awful. Watered down beer, slow service, disgusting bogs & full on 19 year old kids smashed on Breezers. AVOID.
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What a Hole! Bad overpriced beer, rotten toilets, bland music & stupid dress code at weekend nites( ie no hats but there ok in the day!? ).
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This pub is one of the worst in Harrow. Grotty bar, attarcts rough customers, you wouldnt want to go here unless you were desperate. Stinks around the back and watch out for all the rats jumping around the backdoor from all the overplied rubbish. If this is all Harrow has to offer, its very sad. Watch out for all those men wearing baseball caps with no teeth.
anonymous - 17 Dec 2004 12:05 |
I think it's one of the most over rated pubs I've ever seen. When I moved to Harrow, I couldn't believe that this was the 'Centre' or 'Attraction' of the pitiful Harrow town center. Cocktails suck, beer tastes rank, decor is painful to look at, toilets are vile and to top it all off the drinks are ridiculously expensive. Do not go to the 'Rat and Parrot'I fondly call it the 'Rat and Sick'
Pamela - 5 Nov 2004 14:31 |
I regularly drink in Harrow and think the Rat and Parrot is a great pub. The music at the weekend is good and the prices are now really cheap as well. Great cocktails etc. and as for the girl with half a can of red bull ive never had that problem. Staff are quick to serve and friendly. Nice for mid week drinks al well. Good food and clean though they could do with filling toilet roll more. not as good as O'Neills
Catherine - 28 Sep 2004 17:56 |
I WENT IN TO HAVE A DRINK WITH MATES ON MONADY AND ASKED FOR A LARGE VODKA AND REDBULL WICH WAS ADVERTISED FOR 3.50 BUT YOU ONLY GET HALF THE CAN OF REDBULL WHICH I THOUGHT WAS STUPID AS THE NEXT PERSON TO ASK FOR ABOVE DRINK WOULD END UP GETTING HALF A CAN OF FLAT REDBULL. NONE OF THE OTHER PUBS IN HARROW DO THAT PRACTICE. WHEN I ASKED FOR THE OTHER HALF OF THE CAN I BOUGHT THE BARSTAFF SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY EXTRA. ON THE FLYERS FOR THE DRINKS IT IS PICTURED WITH A WHOLE CAN OF RED BULL.
STEVE HOGARTH - 1 Sep 2004 14:46 |
What a dump, not clean, over priced, full of yobs, rude bar staff. Really let it's self go you could say. Yuckkkkk
anonymous - 29 Jul 2004 14:44 |
I think this pub is great! good service nice food and a excellent DJ!
Marky b - 22 Jul 2004 19:23 |
Great Pub, Great Location, Great Long Island Iced Tea's. Worth a repeat visit or two. Good for eye candy and music...........A Must See!
Andy - 20 Jul 2004 14:37 |
if you think �5 for two cocktails is expensive...�5 for 3 shooters is too expensive... the coolest music around is too loud and you like little hood rats wearing caps and hoddies dont come to this bar. wereas if you like cool drinks, cool music and cool people this is the place for you!!! i work and play and the rat and parrot and i cant say i have ever met a non english speaking member of staff...so what on earth are the rest of you sad oldies going on about... wake up!!! its 2004!!!!
anonymous - 2 Jul 2004 11:23 |
Too expensive,too much attitude and not enough english speaking barstaff which is kinda a must. Only go there if you wanna bad pub experience.
Greg - 1 Mar 2004 20:01 |
terrible pub. Bad bar staff, bad food, bad atmosphere and very expensive. �4.50 for an egg cup full of wine!!!!!! in harrow. Forget it, it's a dump
anonymous - 22 Dec 2003 17:25 |
The worst pub in the world, crap loud music, crap barstaff very docile and unattentive even if there is noone else waiting at the bar there will be 3 staff wondering what to do - serve the customer.
Def...a kids pub and a bad one at that.
Amanda - 17 Dec 2003 12:12 |
contrary to what everyone else has said about the rat and parrot i think that it is the best pub in central harrow, their is a decked area out front where you can sit in the sun all day, nowhere else in central harrow has this, the staff are really friendly the atmosphere is good, they have a good range of drinks and cocktailsand often have fun theme parties. they had a beach party recently with a BBQ and steel band, its quite a chilled little pub.
carol - 6 Aug 2003 23:33 |
A townie hellhole of the lowest order! What Harrow needs is a few Camden style bars. The closest thing we have is Trinity and that place is just too small
Meister - 4 Aug 2003 10:09 |
The absolute, absolute pits. My mate got told he wasn't allowed to wear his baseball cap inside.
Hungry? Forget it - by the time you get served by the "table service" you'll just be reduced to a skeleton.
Why oh why does Harrow not have any decent pubs, for a town its size? Can't wait to leave the joint...
Rob - 11 Jul 2003 16:36 |
an expensive pub..over rated but and full of townies..bar staff and bouncers were friendly though and the cocktails and shooters v nice...
fran - 29 May 2003 14:35 |
kids pub.
why do teenage girls wear make up and perfume?
cos they're ugly and they smell.
seriously..its OK lunchtime for food but like kindergarten at night.
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this pub is quite good, relaxed crowd all the TIME!, open till late drinks bit expensive though.
Mr.KGB - 19 Mar 2003 17:08 |
