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Tap on the Line, Richmond
Kew
Postal town: Richmond
TW9 3PZ
Served areas
Tap On The Line, Kew
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Reviews of Tap on the Line (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about Tap on the Line
Occupying an impressive old station building, this is a smart Fullers pub that fits in nicely with the local clientele. The pub has a two room interior, with a sizable front patio space out the dront, which i found a nihhtmare to navigate thanks to the densely packed seating and lack of an obvious entrance. The main bar area is to the left, in a spacious room with a very high ceiling, bare floorboards, plain painted walls with a few exposed brick sections, and the servery down the left-hand wall. The bar has a pleasant counter with brightly painted wood panel frontage and a grand bar back with two high pillars supporting a decorative capital with a large London & South West Railway clock as its centrepiece. The rest of the bar back is white tiled with a large mirror in the centre and a row of keg taps beneath. High table and stool seating fills the ample space opposite, with more conventional options to the front and a long banquette along the back wall, under some Fullers branded windows that look across to the platforms. A door to the rear right leads through to the dining room with a high skylight ceiling enhanced by decorative banding that looks like an original feature. Button backed banquettes extend along the end wall, but otherwise it's basic tables and chairs ideal for diners throughout. Large windows to the front and rear allow plenty of light in, whilst the end wall is covered in an eclectic selection of drawings. Elsewhere, old photos, railway bits and items linked to Kew Gardens line the walls and there are enough potted plants to keep your average horticulturist happy. Bland tunes burbled along in the background and there was a nice buzz from a busy Thursday night crowd.
As a Fullers pub, the ale range was perhaps a little less predictable than you might otherwise exect, with London Pride clipped twice alongside lesser seen options of Olivers Island and Dark Star Starlink IPA (£6.35 a pint). Two pumps remained unclipped and I had a long wait to get seeved as the staff didnt seem to be the sharpest tools in the box. The Starlink was in decent shape, but not one of Dark Star's finest efforts.
This is a very smartly presented pub with an excellent location and some well thought out interior design. The service was a bit of a letdown and the clientele were pretty aloof, but the beer was okay and I generally enjoyed my time here.
Date of visit - 28th November 2024
On 10th March 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3350 recommendations about 3350 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Tap on the Line
First re-visit for ten years, and little seems to have changed in this Fuller's pub. The high-ceilinged bar area is housed in one of the original station buildings, but the conservatory-style infill section is laid out as a dining room. Refurbished with gastro-pub furniture, and some of the décor has a L&SWR theme (but also look out for the two unusual wall lights made from brass taps). Can have background music, but the patio beer garden in the small front courtyard was a very pleasant spot in the late autumn sunshine on this visit. With three of six handpumps in operation, we found Pride, Oliver's Island and Dark Star's Starlink IPA this time, along with five craft beers from keg taps on bar-back and a selection of more mainstream interesting offerings from the normal shiny founts on the counter.
On 1st December 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 8679 recommendations about 8678 pubs]
Old Boots left this review about Tap on the Line
Previous railway building repurposed to a two room bar, the main bar being the long thin part to the left, the smaller part to the right, an extension cum conservatory appears to be exclusively for dining. I see where the toilet tiling reference comes from, it certainly looks that way, white with green banding, perhaps a nod to the Southern Railway who ran this line at one time. The counter is finished in a garish pink with green/yellow banding, again maybe a railway reference as the London & South Western Railway used a less obvious pink on its carriages. Otherwise the only railway porn are the letters L&SWR painted on the tiles and a clock with the same inscription, the L&SWR built the station. A copy of Firth’s Paddington Station painting and some poster repro’s add to the slight railway theme and there’s a couple of railway related illustrations in the large melange of images on the extension’s wall. Six hand pumps on the counter with doubled up ESB and Pride plus Oliver’s Island and Hophead on the others, quality pretty good, especially for London, even so £6.05 for 3.8% beer brewed up the road is outrageous. Two low T-bars and five craft taps complete the beer selection.
On 20th October 2024
- no rating submitted
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North Sheen, 1 miles, 19 min walk (show)
Chiswick, 1.73 miles, 33 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Beer Garden : No - street tables - last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Car Park : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 04 December 2013 by hondo .
- Darts : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Function Room : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 04 December 2013 by hondo .
- Jukebox : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Karaoke : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Live Music : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by Pub SignMan
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 03 April 2019 by paulof horsham
- Pinball : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Pool Table : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 17 January 2013 by Alan Hurdle
- Real Cider : No last updated 17 November 2021 by Graham Coombs
- WiFi : Yes last updated 04 December 2013 by hondo .
