Pubs Galore Activity for Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Activity for 1^st December 2015

11 recommendations submitted on the day.

	The Catherine Wheel (JD Wetherspoon) Henley-On-Thames › Oxfordshire Recommended by Aqualung .	According to the JDW directory this place is a Hotel and a Lloyds. I'm sure the residents here must appreciate that a lot in the early hours of a Friday or Saturday night. It's a huge rectangular space with bars on the left and right as you enter. Th... [more>]
	The Bull Henley-On-Thames › Oxfordshire Recommended by Aqualung .	This is one of only seven remaining Henley Brakspear pubs from the eighteen listed on an old brewery produced list from the mid 1970s (one is still claimed as being their pub but is a Mexican restaurant). Of the six on the outskirts of Henley only on... [more>]
	The Three Tuns Henley-On-Thames › Oxfordshire Recommended by Aqualung .	This used to be the favoured morning haunt on Brakspear trips as it opened at 10:00 and did the Special and Bitter in top condition. The interior hasn't really changed that much with a red and black tiled side corridor leading to the public bar first... [more>]
	The Bear (JD Wetherspoon) Maidenhead › Berkshire Recommended by Aqualung .	This is quite an upmarket Spoons dating from Spring 2010. It's one of those that was originally a pub rather than a converted shop or office. It was covered in scaffolding on my visit but still open. This prevented any chance of a picture. It's a lar... [more>]
	The Moon & Spoon (JD Wetherspoon) Slough › Berkshire Recommended by Aqualung .	Given that Slough is a place that has been a target of abuse for as long as I can remember I wasn't expecting much from this JDW. It's an old school one that I managed to spot halfway through the walk from the station. It's a long narrow room that ex... [more>]
	The Colonies SW1 › London (Central) Recommended by E TA	A Taylor Walker pub previously called The Pineapple and well described below. Four ales on during this visit, we had Stonehenge which was in OK condition, slightly past its best. OK to drop in or include in a crawl, but maybe not somewhere to spen... [more>]
	Foley's Tap House Leeds › West Yorkshire Recommended by ROB Camra	We've visited this pub numerous times since my last review and it's always been top notch. Sadly, this time the staff were very poor, they seemed to have been so distracted by being asked to put up Xmas decorations, that they'd forgotten that their r... [more>]
	Becketts Bank (JD Wetherspoon) Leeds › West Yorkshire Recommended by ROB Camra	Totally impossible to get served on Sunday evening. About 20 waiting to be served and only 3 staff behind the bar. We walked out. 10/09/2012 Called in over the weekend. No problem getting served and the guest beer range was very good. It is a bit of... [more>]
	Archie's Leeds › West Yorkshire Recommended by ROB Camra	Interesting new bar on Granary Wharf, which is fast becoming "Ossett World" as there are 3 bars of theirs here now. Built in 2 arches (Archie's, geddit?) under the station, the left hand arch is more food driven and the right hand one has a VW camper... [more>]
	The Spicy Swan Braintree › Essex Recommended by ROB Camra	Now called The Spicy Swan which is an Indian restaurant, but part of the pub has been retained as a public bar according to essexchronicle.co.uk.
	Royal Oak Manchester › Manchester (Greater) Recommended by ROB Camra	A two roomed pub, the room to the right is a smart lounge with leather look seating and a dartboard. There's loads of United & City memorabilia around the walls, there's also lots of trophies and a big screen TV. The left hand room is also quite smar... [more>]