The Anglers, Teddington

Situated round the corner from The Tide End Cottage, is The Anglers, a large family orientated bar and restaurant that has now come under the Fullers umbrella. In common with The Tide End Cottage, there is a pub sign on each road, Ferry Road and Broom Road but, whereas the main entrance to the former is on Ferry Road, the main entrance to The Anglers is on Broom Road, although there is a back entrance through the pub garden by the end of the pedestrian footbridge over the river. An attractive Georgian style exterior leads into a deceptively large pub which, following a major refurbishment by Fullers, has a number of different seating areas with contrasting styles and furniture, all serviced from one long bar counter on the right hand side. At the front is an area with an old Bass mirror over a fireplace, but, apart from that, there’s little that is specifically noteworthy or original. The main bar area leads through to an airy conservatory, which is clearly an extension to the original building. With the tables laid out with place mats and wine glasses, this is clearly a dedicated restaurant area. Through the conservatory is a massive pub garden, which extends down a long way towards the river bank. There’s an outside BBQ food bar selling various types of burgers and, on the day of my visit, a hog roast was coming on at 2 pm. This outside food bar is in addition to the main menu which is not gastro food, but a clear step up from normal pub grub ( eg – Brixham Crab salad and fries - £ 12.95p, Organic Honey Dew beer battered cod and chips with minted pea puree - £ 9.95p ). In the middle of the garden is a childrens’ play area, the size of which would put many local authority recreation grounds to shame. Unfortunately, the sunny weather had brought out the family trade and something of a chaotic noisy atmosphere was starting to develop, with hyperactive kids screeching and running around in all directions. In common with many large family orientated establishments, The Anglers is intending to cash in on the Royal Wedding frenzy ( which, for the benefit of those of you who’ve been living in a cave the last six months, is between Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April ), and was advertising that, on the big day, there would be a BBQ all weekend, Royal Wedding brunch, Pearly Queen seafood stall, hog roast, face painting, Pimms tent etc. The full range of Fullers beers was on. The London Pride - £ 3.20p – was pretty good. There’s the inevitable impersonal feel of a place this size and, in addition, it’s probably best avoided on sunny summer weekends as I gather that service, for both food and drink, can leave much to be desired at those times.

The Anglers is a large pub that is very close to Teddington lock. There is a long beer garden at the front of the pub which gives good views of the Thames,the pub has got a large conservatory added onto it and once inside the pub had been opened out and had one large room with lots of different drinking areas. There were two real ales on the bar i had a drink of London Pride and this was a decent drink the other beer was Bombadier. Pub visited 13/12/2003