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The Iron Horse, Sidcup
Sidcup
DA15 7AB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 3½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about The Iron Horse
Right by Sidcup station on the ground floor of a modern building,this bar has a low ceiling ,rectangular with a small stage at the far end which seems to be it's raison d'etre as a live music venue some evenings,open mic Mondays.There are high tables in the middle,more traditional tables elsewhere but a dark atomosphere not helped by lots of Halloween tat everywhere.Food seems available from a short menu but possibly after 6pm.There is a patio outside right by a busy road and station carpark.
Needless to say no real ale and a half of Neck Oil set me back £3.05 which seemed usury.
The lack of atmosphere was only broken when the barman got the juke box working .It's an awful pub unless you like live music.
On 18th October 2024
- rating: 3
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David Walton left this review about The Iron Horse
Visited 12/08/24
Quiet venue on my visit with just some old timers chatting to the lady behind the bar and the manager / owner who was sitting at one of the tables doing some pub admin. The venue is a long rectangular pub, nice and shady and a welcome respite from the heat outside today. The bar is on the left-hand wall towards the middle to back as you enter via a small reception-like structure in the front right-hand corner. Some old style wooden bifold type doors run along the right-hand side with some church style benches in front thereof with a small patio outside facing the station entrance. There is also a small patio outside on the main road next to the M&S. Seating in rest of pub consists of half a dozen lime green leather armchairs around a large table in the left hand corner and then tall tables and chairs along the middle of the boarded floor. There is a stage at the back of the pub (with an upright piano against the back wall) and there was a board showing the upcoming live music.
Cask Doom & Bexley's Own Beer from Bexley Brewery again didn't spot initially. The latter was absolutely fine. Lots of keg options with lagers (Moretti, K1664, Madri, Cruz), Guinness, Neck Oil & Inch’s cider
Thought this was a perfectly pleasant pub and I wouldn't hesitate to pop in again when in Sidcup. Obviously visited at different times compared to some much earlier revies but the area around the pub seems to have been developed quite a bit over the last half dozen years or so.
On 19th August 2024
- rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about Iron Horse
This pub was handily placed for a final drink before catching our train home from sidcup Station. We had a much better experience than the previous reviewers who visited it during its Metro Bar incarnation. It really doesn't look much from the outside, and on entering this opinion was confirmed as we couldn't see any handpumps, but on closer examination at the far end of the counter I spied a couple of pumps hiding behind a gang of bar blockers. They were dispensing a pair from the local Bexley Brewery - Five Arches and BOB (Bexley's Own Beer). A half of Five Arches and a soda water was £2.15 which seems quite good to me, as long as you don't have to drink the soda water! There was no sign of any food on a Wednesday afternoon; it really didn't look like a foody place. The barmaid was a chatty and friendly soul who offered me a taster of the BOB.
The pub itself is a new build affair, with none of the architectural merit of pubs built a hundred or more years ago. It's basically a concrete box. There are tall tables with tall stools in the centre of the room, with settles in booths along the side. There's also a bit of outside seating, mainly for smokers I guess. Inside again, there's a stage at one end of the room, and regular live entertainment advertised. There's more music themed decor in the couple of guitars on the wall behind the servery, rock posters (e.g. for the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin) and album covers for the likes of Deep Purple (In Rock).
I didn't find this to be the sort of pub where you would want to while away an hour over a pint (or two, or three), but the prsence of a couple of well kept real ales gets it few plus points.
On 19th September 2018
- rating: 5
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Strongers . left this review about Metro Bar
This is a forgettable bar, across the road from Sidcup train station, where I received the worst Guinness of the year so far. It was badly poured and undrinkable so I ended up leaving it on one of the many café style tables that run along the outside of the pub before making a beeline for the train. Before I left I noted that there are two flat screens for showing Sky Sports and signs up around the sparsely decorated building advertised Karaoke on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, ‘pick and mix’ (whatever that is) on Fridays and Karaoke or a DJ on alternate Saturdays.
I visited early on a recent Sunday evening and there was some inane chart music playing in the background and I was one of two customers.
I did note that Hobgoblin was available on hand pump, but I wouldn’t touch it with barge pole after the Guinness I received.
On 15th August 2010
- rating: 2
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Roger Button left this review about Metro Bar
Convenient for the station but that’s about the only redeeming feature for this rather nondescript den of little merit. A horrible soulless interior with a couple of TVs for Sport (Arsenal v Man Utd was being shown when we called in and there were barely a dozen people there). It’s an ale free zone with keg beers, lagers and alcopops to the fore. Putting its recent violent past to one side (this is where the Harry Potter lad was stabbed to death), I really wouldn’t want to venture here at peak times when all the local pond life appear to gather but if you just want a quiet Sunday afternoon to watch the footy and aren’t fussy about what you drink, then you may find it worth a quick look. Other than that, forget it.
On 30th April 2010
- rating: 2
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