BITE user comments - werner_von_braun
Comments by werner_von_braun
For those of you who don't know this pub used to be the Red Cow. Locals closed it down in the late seventies. Re-opened as Latymers much later.
Pub is clean & pleasant, beer is fine, as is the food. But the Red Cow is so sadly missed. First pint of Fullers I ever had.
31 Aug 2008 04:20
The Crown and Sceptre, Shepherds Bush
Dear Mr Fuller. Why so close to the brewery, do I have to drink lukewarm ESB out of a bottle. Fix the fridge, stock it earlier OR perish the thought, put it back on the handpull.
Such a shame!
31 Aug 2008 04:13
poshpplhater. I can't agree more, but why does my mate complain that every time he goes there without me they are all munters?
Away from that. The beers are generally top notch. Much better than Mabels around the corner.
31 Aug 2008 04:00
The Drapers has closed. Best bet nearby is the Duchess of Kent on Liverpool Road for a decent pint & a good bite to eat.
31 Aug 2008 03:29
Whoo Hoo hoo. We have stirred up a hornets nest.
iamwhoiam? Really. Get the Danny La Rue quote right.
I am WHAT I am!
You obviously are too close in and not close enough to what this place is.
Once upon a time, this place was actually quite a good shop. Serving the community. Now it's a blight, which despite your verbal diarrhoea really doesn't try hard enough.
These reviews shining a bright light on this place, really seem to be contrived.
Can I suggest that as a public service that every person in the locale, visits this establishment, spends their �3+ on a beer & lets us know their opinion.
Should clear this up pretty quickly.
BTW Merry Xmas Biker. Sounds like we are similar types of cycleopaths.
24 Dec 2007 05:06
Biker, sorry, you're right!
Main criticisms. The place is dirty, in a very bad way.
Service is appalingly slow & obviously over preferential to "regulars". Many of whom don't seem to part with money over the bar.
But most of all the beer is foul! Judging by the other standards on show, the beer lines are cacky dirty.
Hope that clears up any confusion.
Regards, Werner
28 Nov 2007 01:00
The North London Tavern, Kilburn
Beautiful, but miserable barmaid/manager?
Exspensive.
Also a very strange bloke in the bog obsessively drying his hands until it became embarrassing to wait behind him any longer.
Don't make me stand when I'm paying that much for a beer.
23 Nov 2007 03:47
Does anyone else get the feeling that "anonymous" could possibly be a barman called Pedro?
3 reviews within 10 minutes on the same night.
If it looks like bullshit & smells like bullshit, then well.... It's probably...?
My review. Avoid if possible. Went into McGoverns on the other side of the KHR. Since the smoking ban, very civilised. Good pint of Guinness too.
23 Nov 2007 03:37
The Duchess of Kent, Barnsbury
This place has certainly freshened up since the last time I was here. Clean, bright & a massive heated umbrella for smokers out front.
Understand Arsenal home games make this the place to be, with a BBQ outside to avoid crushes for food.
Fullers & Sharps on tap. Good condition too.
Worth a punt if you feel like getting off Upper Street. Even worth a punt if your not.
1 Nov 2007 19:13
The Lord Palmerston, Dartmouth Park
Just been into the Palmerston. They have a mini Cornish beer & food festival going on, starting from the bank holiday. Lovely pint of Cornish Jack from Sharp's along with a very tasty Pasty. Turns out the chef is from Cornwall & it's revolving around his food, matching it with beer from around there.
Well worth a look in.
24 Aug 2007 19:19
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King's Arms, Chelsea
Now re-opened under its original name, The Kings Arms. Finches no more. I heard more than one person referring to it as such though.
Was there on Saturday before the Arsenal match. Opened by 10am for bacon butties. 4 ales on offer, Sharps, Purity, Bombardier & Sambrooks. Purity in excellent shape. Large selection of lagers too.
Place has been slightly gentrified, but then so have the Chelsea footie fans.
All in all a big improvement.
31 Oct 2011 12:36