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The Travellers Tavern, SW1
SW1
SW1W 9RB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Travellers Tavern
A relatively business-like pub set in between the two halves of Victoria Coach Station so you can guess at the transient clientele. The one long room is fairly dark with traditional furnishings. There are also a few tables out the front where you can watch your coach depart without you. On handpump were TT Landlord, GK IPA and Old Golden Hen, with a selection of boxed Lilley's ciders also. Not really worth a visit unless travelling by coach or meeting someone who is.
On 6th April 2022
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Travellers Tavern
Once the Bricklayers Arms, rebuilt in 1939 with the current name applied in the 1970s and now a Greene King outlet, with all the baggage that entails. It's described on the website as being a 'Waterside Pub' - really??? Multiple screens showing the footie, boxing and rugby simultaneously even though no one was watching, customers being almost exclusively foreign tourists and a noisily gurgling baby; the interior can be gleaned from my photo.
The only plus point here is that GK beers (IPA and London Glory) were outnumbered by guests: Tribute, Sambrook's Junction and Twickenham's Naked Ladies at £2.85 a half and ok.
This is not good by GK standards, but it's better than the awful Shakespeare and terrible Victoria, so we must be grateful for small mercies.
On 7th November 2021
- rating: 4
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Travellers Tavern
The Travellers Tavern is very handy for Victoria coach station,so i have been in quite a few times for a quick half rater than waiting on the very depressing coach station.
Once inside there is a single oblong shaped room which runs to the rear,the bar is on the left side,there is a small raised area to the front left,the seating is mainly normal tables and chairs.
There are normally three real ales on the bar,on my most recent visit i had a drink of Black Sheep bitter which was a decent drink.
The pub was packed with most in the same boat as me waiting for a bus home.
Pub first visited 11/1/2008
Recent visit 14/5/2016
On 12th June 2016
- rating: 7
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E TA left this review about The Travellers Tavern
This traditional pub has been somewhat degraded by Taylor Walker who currently run it. Sited right next to Victoria Coach Station, it attracts an itinerant clientele of the less pleasant kind. It is also very expensive, around 20% more so than other Taylor Walker pubs in the area. The foreign bar staff have a bad attitude, argumentative and unhelpful, and it needed the intervention of the manager, who was actually quite sensible, to resolve the smallest of issues. There were three ales on, I had a pint of the 1730 which, apart from the price, was OK. The clientele and staff attitude put me off so I doubt I'll be travelling back here.
On 16th December 2015
- rating: 5
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hondo . left this review about The Travellers Tavern
Large L shaped Taylor Walker pub very handy for Victoria bus station. Does what it says on the tin and to be honest not as bad as I feared but I was absolutely fearing the worst so it's all relative.
On 14th October 2015
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Travellers Tavern
Desperate for a pint of something decent to drink after a couple of hours in the nearby fizz emporium of Rileys Sports Bar, we chose the Travellers Tavern for a few beers as it was the first decent looking pub on the way back to Victoria station from the south side. Well, we won’t be making that mistake again.
On the face of it a not too bad formulaic paint by numbers Taylor Walkers boozer well described by previous reviewers. But in reality, due to its location dead opposite the Victoria coach station, this place functions as a canteen for the poor desperate wretches who have just spent the last few hours of their lives on a National express Coach, or about to, who don’t have the strength or inclination to find anywhere else. Therefore it addresses a transient population who will probably never return.
Unfortunately they also appear to employ a transient collection of inexperienced bar staff and I witnesses nearly every cardinal sin of pouring a pint, from woefully short pulled pints to leaving part pulled pints in the drip trays when they had got the order wrong and filling them up when the next punter ordered it. So every round request had to be accompanied by “No, I would like fresh ones please and yes I did order a pint so please top those up...”
For the record the three available beers on were Hobgoblin, London Pride and TT Golden Best and in fairness the London Pride was a decent pint when we got a proper one. But I don’t know what was coming out of the Timothy Taylor badge pump, but it clearly wasn’t Golden best..
I was is a fairly foul mood after having to drink Budweiser in Riley and The Travellers Tavern just made me worse.
Suffice to say Hell will need to freeze over before I return here..
On 29th September 2014
- rating: 3
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Steve C left this review about The Travellers Tavern
The Travellers Tavern is an L shaped Taylor Walker branded pub that had a handful of people in during my lunchtime visit last Thursday. The furnishings are all dark wood to give a traditional London pub feel and there is a plasma screen at either end of the pub. These were both showing muted rolling news and I didn’t spot any sport advertisements. There was some background music playing which I thought was very loud for the lunch period. Food is available from the ‘Great British Pub Menu’ and the mains start at £7.50. One of the four hand pumps was unused leaving Old Speckled Hen, Hobgoblin and Young’s Gold as the ale options. There is also a standard draught selection alongside Estrella and Stella Black. The barmaid was friendly enough, but the barman seemed to be wandering around the pub looking busy, but not actually doing anything. There was a table full of dirty glasses and plates next to me and he walked past it several times before deciding to clear it. He dumped the dirty plates on the bar where they were still sitting when I left. I could understand if the pub was heaving, but it really wasn’t.
If I find myself hankering after the Taylor Walker experience in this part of town again I’ll opt for the Victoria around the corner.
On 1st February 2012
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Travellers Tavern
Taylor Walker pub, which is rather larger inside than one might expect from the facade. 'L'-shaped bar with rather sparse and anonymous decor but an open layout with plenty of seating. Four real ales on handpump - Directors, Bombardier, Pride and Youngs Gold (reasonably priced at £2.85, and in good form).
On 14th March 2011
- rating: 6
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