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The Bear Tavern, Twickenham

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26-28 York Street
Twickenham
TW1 3LJ

Phone: 02088437281

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hondo . left this review about The Bear

A mish mash off styles with a nice wooden bar gantry and Astro turf at the rear area. 2 real ales and food served.

On 22^nd October 2017 - no rating submitted
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Moby Duck left this review about The Bear

More bar than pub, standard shop conversion. Four pumps but only Pride and Doom Bar available with Twickenham Sundancer coming soon,usual keg stuff and three craft taps, I settled for a half of Brew Dog Punk IPA £2.30. I found the place to have an Identity crisis, a complete juxtaposition of styles,behind the bar was dark and ornate victorian wood spoiled by pimms flags and dangling bunches of plastic bananas,some walls has pale blue tileing,others exposed brick as well as battleship grey areas.Rubbish disco music was playing at the same level as cricket commentry from the big screen at one end of the pub.Far too much to take in or enjoy.

On 26^th July 2016 - rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Bear

The ales on here were London Pride, Doom Bar, and St Austell Tribute. Another pump was Twickenham Grandstand clipped, but it had apparently finished the previous evening - not sure why the clip was not reversed in that case. This is a Stonegate pub, and this is not a bad selection by their standards, as they do tend to rely on the usual suspects. There are various menus and meal deal paperwork in the wooden holders on the tables, but in essence the usual pubco pub grub menu is available. There are two meals for £11 or so; the Sunday roast is £9.95; burgers are either £8.15 (7oz) or £9.15 (9oz).

The pub looks to be a high street pubco conversion. There are large tables with backless benches, tall tables/tall stools, some normal tables and chairs (one of which I found tucked away in a corner), with a few armchairs as well. Being in Twickenham during the Rugby World Cup there are obviously large flags of all the participating nations hanging from the ceiling. Around to the left I saw a bookcase of all things, with a stuffed bear's head on the wall above it.

This looks like a very basic high street conversion pub. It was very quiet when I was in on Wednesday afternoon, but it looks the sort of place that would get busy in the evenings. On the plus side, the barmaid was friendly and welcoming. It's fine for what it is but it's not really worth going out of your way to visit.

On 9^th October 2015 - rating: 5
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