Nowhere, Richmond

Been here numerous times so thought I should review it.Nice busy pub.Young night time crowd .Good food.Good atmosphere.My son likes this pub.3 cask beers from Trumans,5 Points and By The Horns.Keg beer selection has improve since the last review inc a great beer from the new Breakwater brewery (dover).

You enter into a wooden floored bar area with wooden tables and chairs and a large banquette to the front,further back opposite the bar there is a rank of high tables by a mirrored wall,with a seperate square dining room to the side.The open kitchen is in one corner ,with the chef turning out decent food.There are lunchtime specials at £6.50 which seemed great value,there is a shortish menu with small bite and main meals (£10-£15) and the lunch I had was very decent,it deserves it's gastro label. On the ale front there are 3 handpumps drawing on my trip Doom Bar,Sambrooks Wandle and Twickenham Grandstand (murky but drinkable).An unexciting range.The 10 keg taps had a lot of the usdual dross,but some craft beers from the likes of Siren Craft and Harviestoun but I wasnt convinced that much care was being taken here on the beer front. Not a natural for a real ale visit,but decent food if that's your market.My lunchtime visit did not allow the views that previous reviewers enjoyed.

January 2015:- "The Duke" serves 'Meantime Brewery' beers, I'm glad to report! :o)

THE DUKE: an old traditional pub, with a funny extra restauranty bit added on the side, if you like that sort of thing. Quite empty some afternoons, but patrons seem to crawl out of their office woodwork at the magical 5 o'clock hour, and the place springs to life. The sort of pub that you might ignore, or wander passed on your way elsewhere to some more pressing engagement! But could I just mention, one time, "Meantime"..!! The very reason to re-route, re-schedule, and call in on the DUKE, and sup some real London ale for a change. And ask for a taster of the London Pale Ale, or the London Lager, or even the Meantime Pilsner (if you're a lager fan). And even if you're a real ale fanatic, you may like to try the "London Lager" by way of a pleasant change. Not all pubs along the River Thames provide the 'Meantime Brewery' fare, but Richmond Green does, and I'm rather glad they do! I'm going to have to upgrade my rating now... 6/10 :o) TJ

"The Duke" - the nearest pub to Richmond Theatre, so some nights (especially weekends) you may find a lot of "luvvies" in the bar, or the place full of theatre-goers. At other times, ie:lunchtime, the place may be deserted, and you might feel lonely as you stroll up to the bar. Until a couple of years ago this pub was known as "The Racing Page", and you could watch the horse racing 'live' on a couple of t.v. screens, or other live sport. But the 'life+soul' of the place seems to have gone now, and its less a traditional pub and more a soul-less restaurant with a bar beside it! Sorry staff, you do a good job, but this is just a strange pub now, and there are SO MANY other good pubs nearby that sap you of custom. I will still drop in from time to time, en route to those better pubs! Competition is tough. :o)