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The George & Dragon, Reading
Swallowfield
Postal town: Reading
RG7 1TJ
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Reviews of The George & Dragon (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Moby Duck left this review about The George & Dragon
A lovely looking pub but as mentioned before, It's predominantly a restaraunt, the difference is that now, it's owned by Siren Craft Brew prompting my visit. The car park was full on arrival, not just with dinners but it was obvious drinkers as well were coming for the beer. Two handpumps were on , or so I thought, the two ladies behind the bar obviously knew little about barwork and less about cellarmanship as after lots of furious and fruitles pulling of both handles it took a local customer to go to the cellar and find out both barrels were empty, they were not replaced. still I was happy enough on the keg selection with a pint of Soundwave albeit not cheap. Overall a disappointing visit but I'm prepared to give it another go on the strength of the ownership, I'm just a little suprised what I consider to be a top Brewer leaves untrained staff in charge of their beer.
On 20th December 2021
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1872 recommendations about 1845 pubs]
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Ian Mapp left this review about The George & Dragon
Small, low beamed roof, setup mainly for diners.
Decent menu - at the top end of pub dining prices - Cheese and Biscuits was £8 to give you an idea. Good at table waitress service.
Ringwood Bitter was OK - nothing out of the ordinary.
On 16th July 2015
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The George & Dragon
Popped in again the other day, the entire pub was set out for diners with the only drinking space being at the bar. Three ales (Pride, Doom Bar and Ringwood) in decent shape but if you can't drink them in civility, what's the point?
August 2009.
Revisted the other week. Similar experiences as before except that the beer wasn't as good and the girl behind the bar was friendly but clueless - I've not seen a simple order for a pint and a half of beer take on such a surreal form before. Kafka would be proud.
19 October 2008
Only popped in for a beer so can't comment on the food, as pretty much the entire place was set up for dining with no real drinking area. The interior is quite pleasant though, imagine it would be nice on a winters evening with the real fire blazing away. Two ales on (Pride and Brakspear) both fairly good. Service was a bit of a let-down, the Kelly Osborne-a-like was pretty surly, guess she must be the landlord's daughter as it looked like she didn't really want to be there. Overall, I wouldn't bother if it's just a beer you're after.
On 30th June 2012
- no rating submitted
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- Accommodation : No last updated 22 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 22 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 22 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 22 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 22 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 07 May 2014 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 07 May 2014 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
