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Beer of the Week (w/e 27th April 2025) with Thuck Phat
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Pig & Whistle, W10
W10
W10 6UG
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David Walton left this review about Pig & Whistle
Tris captures this place perfectly below but I am going to notch the place up a bit as I expected the place to be exactly as it was. For the avoidance of doubt (FTAOD) I like a venue that has racing on the screens (it’s a plus one for me for that component) and I had no complaints about my pint of Guinness. Also the landlady was delightful and I happily uplifted my use of card to £10 for my pint and a packet of Tayto S&V as I regard it as a stupid tax on me for not having cash in this type of pub. This was definitely a high testosterone venue with constant male affirmation on every shot on the pool table. I had a couple of nice winners at Hereford and Wincanton during my stay but even that never got me to the excitement levels of sinking a long red.
On 27th March 2024
- rating: 4
[User has posted 631 recommendations about 631 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about Pig & Whistle
Apparently named after former local piggeries, this is a modern estate pub with no obvious antecedent, nestled in the immediate shadow of Grenfell Tower.
A first into this pub the other night, an utterly characterless split level venue. There’s an overall grey paint scheme, jukebox, sports commentary, flashing games machines, horse racing on the multiple TVs; some man on the lower right-hand level was shouting into a mic, the whole amounting to sensory overload, in what is something of an alcohol fuelled bear pit; I’d almost go as far as likening it to the Cantina in Star Wars. There’s food, but it amounts to boiled bacon and cabbage, otherwise Sunday roasts. Customers are resolutely local, young and old, some a bit chavvy.
There’s no real ale of course, me opting for a half of Carlsberg (£2.30), served by a taciturn landlady who was more interested in chatting to regulars than serving outsiders, slapping my change (minimum £10 for card) onto the wet bar top without uttering a word.
This is an exceptionally poor pub indeed and not feeling comfortable from the outset, I was very glad to leave. It’s a shoe-in for Worst Pub of 2023 and a strong contender for Worst Pub Ever; the Garden Bar down the road couldn’t be more different.
On 4th March 2023
- rating: 2
[User has posted 2207 recommendations about 2164 pubs]
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Kensington (Olympia), 1.23 miles, 23 min walk (show)
Kensal Green, 1.69 miles, 32 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes - Garden only according to CAMRA. - last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Function Room : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Karaoke : Yes - Sundays. - last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes - Saturdays. - last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky Sports/ESPN/GAA. - last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 04 March 2023 by Tris C
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