The Royal Arms, Heath End

jon paul and toni have done an amazing job on this pub !!! with a real family spirit with jon pauls dad and mum (tim and denise ) working hard in the back ground !
10/10 for the real ales
10/10 for the selection of beers
10/10 for the great home cooked food
always offering live music, kareoke, darts and pool !
if your lucky enough try to get to the beer festival in the summer ! i went to the last one and didnt want it to end ! it included a paul weller tribute band, 15 real ales, a bunking bronco and lots of other games and lasted for about 4 days in total ! saturday night it had around 1000 peaple coming though the doors !! lucky there was an outside beer tent !
well done jon paul, toni, tim and denise keep up the hard work.

29 Dec 2006 14:59

The Albany, Guildford

As a local to guildford pubs and bars i always enjoy it when a new one opens ! gives me a good excuse to go out for a beer and also to get out of cooking ! I have to say that the albany is a great place to go ! ona friday and saturday the atmosphere is amazing ! on tuesdays they have gavin in and we all know gavin is like the elvis of guildford ! beers are good, lets face it most pubs in guildford have the same beers, theres a few odd one here and there and some places do stella and some dont but theres not that much in it ! but the albany has a good selection ! with a couple of real ales that are always pleasing ! and then theres the amazing wine list ! most pubs dont have this ! my wife loves them and it made it a perfect place for us to take the inlaws for sunday lunch ! but dont get me started on the food ! sunday lunch is out of this world and you wont find another like this ! the weekly lunch menu is very pleasing and on a short lunch break you should go there ! i even sometimes phone my order though before hand. The evening menu is very delightful always changing with a good selection, tiger prawns are 10/10 as so are the scallops,soup, and pate ! if your man enough go for the T-BONE steak for main course ! at 20oz of real british beef you wont taste another like it ! the sirloin is equally good and my wife would recomend the tuna,sea bass and salmon and her veggie mum would highly recomend the strudel, mozzerella mushrooms all the soups and the goats cheese.
a HUGE well done to the man that turned this grotty little pub into to a world class place, good luck in the new year and i hope all enjoy the good times i have had there !!!! 10/10

29 Dec 2006 14:52