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The Water Tower, Reading
Tilehurst
Postal town: Reading
RG31 4DU
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Quinno _ left this review about The Water Tower
Oh my word, what a remarkable descent into squalor and applling beer. Vinegar should go on chips, not in a pint glass. And the furnishings are shot to pieces. Do chimps usually frequent this place?
February 2013
Now refurbished, re-opened and called the Water Tower. Inside looks quite neat in a modern, chain-pub way (it's an M&B place). A couple of mainstream ales on offer at competitive prices. Quality has been fairly good so far. Main focus is on cheap-end food. Staff are friendly and seemingly on-the-ball; the Roland from Grange Hill lookalike who served me the other week actually seemed to have a bit of knowledge about the beer he was serving.
Reviewed as The Bear
Semi-famous in Reading as the Western terminus for the 17. Place was turned into a Thai pub and failed (they didn't know what they were doing with the beer!) and it now stands idle. Wetherspoons aren't interested (too far away from the shops), so I guess it'll end up as housing. Made the Good Beer Guide a number of times in the 1980's.
On 22nd April 2017
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- Accommodation : No last updated 04 August 2014 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 06 October 2014 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 06 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 25 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 24 May 2019 by hondo .
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 26 June 2015 by Dave McNally
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 October 2014 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 25 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 26 March 2017 by Komakino .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 24 May 2019 by hondo .
- Real Cider : No last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 October 2014 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Quinno _
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