The Railway Hotel, Bromley

This pub is brilliant - my local. The staff there are great and remember you from the first look. It is rarely overcrowded and the transision from quaint lunchtime drink drop in to the lively evening buzz is smooth.

You can sometimes find local no-gooders boozing the day away in there, but the staff treat them with distain if they're anything by orderly which is reassuring.

Recently there has been inprovements regarding entertainment with weekly live music on a Thursday.

Definatley recommend this place!

18 Feb 2006 22:22

The Hog in the Pound, Bond Street

I visited this pub last night (17/02/06) and was very dissapointed. It was incredibly overcrowed and very smokey - so much so that I can hardly speak today. The clientell seem to be regular and my friends and I felt uninvited, given shifty looks by a particular group of students. There just isn't enough seating and he had to stand by the toilets for the evening. The staff were moody and barely cracked a smile unless for the regulars.

The drinks were reasonably priced though saying that none of the group drank alcohol - A round of four soft drinks came to just over �5.00. The entertainment, Karaoke was medioke despite the best efforts of the compare who did a brilliant job.

I wouldn't recommend this pub for nights out. I'm sure it would be quite charming the odd lunchtime drink with its tradition pub setting, but I would never go back to The Hog In The Pound.

18 Feb 2006 22:14