The Firecrest, Aylesbury - pub details
Address: London Road, Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 6QG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 22171) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Wendover (1.8 miles), Great Missenden (2.9 miles), Little Kimble (3.8 miles)
Chain: Vintage Inns
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating, Smoking area
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> Current user rating: 5.9/10 (rated by 31 users)
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Rising Sun, Little Hampden (1.4 miles), King and Queen, Wendover (1.4 miles), Shoulder of Mutton, Wendover (1.5 miles), Red Lion Hotel, Wendover (1.5 miles), White Swan, Wendover (1.6 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Firecrest, Aylesbury
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| My family and friends have used The Fire Crest regularly for the last fifteen years; so I thought it would be a good place to take my daughter for a birthday treat. The restaurant was very quiet and we stood by the bar waiting to be seated. A regular male waiter said, "bear with us guys". Five minutes later a miserable looking waitress then shouted out "who's next?" - although there was only my daughter and I stood at the bar and we were quite clearly together. I said, "I'd like a table please". The waitress then replied, "a table?" I said, "yes, a table for two". She then walked around the bar and said, "Would you walk this way for me?" The main area was empty but she walked us around to an alcove that was tightly packed with diners; in the centre of which was a small table for two. "Would you like to sit there for me? she asked. "No, I'd like to sit somewhere else" I stated, pointing towards the entirely empty main restaurant. "It was only a table for two wasn't it?" she replied. I said, "I would like to sit somewhere else". She then said,"You have completely the wrong attitude sir!" I said to her, "if that is YOUR attitude I will go elsewhere" and I left in total disgust. My daughter left in floods of tears! This woman ruined my daughter's birthday and I am exceedingly angry about that! I will never go back to The Fire Crest and I will tell all of my family, friends, the people of the local communities of Wendover and Great Missenden and everybody else I can reach on social media about this disgraceful incident. Goodness knows how much money this woman has been losing Vintage Inns! The waitress was thin, small headed with collar length black straggly hair aged about fifty to sixty. We visited at 17:30 on May the 17th 2014. pedantnic - 17 May 2014 19:05 |
| it'sa harvester, or a toby carvery or one of those chain type 'pub themed' restaurants. and if its not, it certainly feels like one. th bar area feels exactly like waiting area for a restauarnt, becuase thats what it is. not condusive to a nice relaxing pint. two good positives though; firstly on a sunny day the garden is a great (road nosie yes, but nice veiws), and does feel like a pub garden. secondly, the beer was suprisingly good. Ubu ale and others. CHELSEA_on_tour - 9 May 2014 09:04 |
| Very much a faux-Harvester. Brakspear Bitter and Purity Ubu on tap. Komakino - 13 Feb 2013 20:15 |
| Yes it is a chain pub (Mitchell and Butler) but it is definitely one of the better ones. The food is varied and good and sensibly priced, it is comfortable inside and the service is efficient, you may have to wait for food but why rush. 3 real ales on, the Brakespear I was served was off, and was changed immediately I complained. Overall a good food pub serving decent real ale, meets my needs. Randyray - 23 Oct 2011 22:12 |
| Not bad for what it is, a large chain eatery with standardised meals and spray-on interior. I guess though your overall experince is likely to depend on which of the hundreds of transient staff served you. Surprisingly had a decent range of beers on my last visit but hardly a place for the commited beer drinker. Has been known by a variety of names over the last few decades; originally The Halfway House, the only one of its names which made sense as this is approximately half way between Amersham and Aylesbury and the pub was used as a coaching stop. Then for no known reason the name was changed to The Office and finally The Firecrest. Why, I haven't a clue. Usually heaving which just goes to show that nobody ever got rich by over-estimating the good taste of the British public. Campanologist - 21 Jul 2011 12:19 |
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