The Grange, Ealing Common

Awful!

I spent 2 happy years attending the Grange on a regular basis, the staff were friendly, the food was excellent, the wine selection was extensive and good, the beer was even ok, although a little over priced.

Then Youngs took over and since then it's been down hill ever since. The d�cor is now dark and oppressive, they have decked over the patio area and installed nailed down benches and chairs so if you have more them 4 people you can't sit together. The beer if grossly over priced, they don't know how to serve some of the beers they have in, the wine list has shrunk leaving a collection of average bottles at inflated prices. The food is still mostly good but the menu seems much less variable.

However these failures are nothing compared to the worst change, the staff. Once the picture of helpfulness, knowledgeable about the things they served and friendly. Now rude, arrogant, lazy and seemingly unable to serve the drinks they are trying to charge �4.20 for. It's frankly shocking that this Kiwi couple have been put in charge of a pub as they clearly have no ability to hire competent staff.

Youngs has simply ruined what was easily Ealing's best pub. For shame!

19 Jul 2007 16:20