The Chessington Oak, Chessington

Chessington Oak page at the Sizzling Pubs site - www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk

The Chessington Oak is a Sizzling Pub Co establishment that specialises in cheap food and there are plenty of promotions to bring down the cost of a pint. Two hand pumps were unused when I visited just before Christmas, but Pride and Marstons EPA were both available alongside a sea of standard draught products. It was very busy with a young twenties crowd who all seemed to know the bar staff on duty. This presented me with a bit of a problem as the staff seemed reluctant to drag themselves away from their conversations and one female member of staff was standing behind the bar chatting to a couple of locals whilst knocking back a pint. I was stood directly in front of her and after three minutes I walked around to the other side of the pub to get served. If this wasn’t the last pub on my crawl of the area I would have walked out and gone to the next one. I think that the icing on the cake was the scowl I received when I asked for my ridiculously short measured pint of Guinness to be topped up. Anyway, this is a large pub with a pool table and dartboard at the rear and also a large toy grab machine next to the bar. There is an advertised terrace garden that I did not see and there is a covered smoking area outside the front of the pub alongside some picnic tables and plenty of parking. There is a quiz every Wednesday evening and Thursdays host the poker nights. Mondays have happy hour all day where the costs of the already reasonably priced drinks are reduced. I was disappointed with this pub and I would walk past if in the area again.

Chessington Oak page at the Sizzling Pubs site - www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk

Chessington Oak,was called the Blackamoors Head.