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A little cafe bar, with the cafe in the glazed entrance section, and a cosier cocktail-style bar in the original building to the side. It is mainly furnished with wooden-topped tables and metal chairs, with further tables in the street outside under an awning. A couple of mainstream craft keg brews of the Goose Island/Camden variety were much as expected, but the place is friendly enough and perfectly happy to serve drinkers. It also seems to act as the front for a club behind.

Recently reopened after a spell of closure, this has also been extensively renovated and is now largely unrecognisable from it’s previous incarnation. In many ways it feels as though it’s more of a cocktail bar now, although there was nonetheless still a small selection of draft options available.

It some ways it felt as though it had a bit of a gangsta vibe to it, with a doorman who had clearly been smoking something other than tobacco, and a DJ playing reggae music at far too loud a volume for easy conversation. In fairness to them, it was quite basic before and they’ve done a decent enough job of making it feel more upmarket with sanded wooden boards on the floor and dark green and blue paintwork on much of the walls, as well as some art deco style wallpaper in places. Seating was a mixture of padded banquettes and coordinating chairs. Lighting levels were quite low with more art deco style shades on the walls, and small rechargeable lamps on each table. A few pot plants were dotted around, but otherwise there was little of any note.

Unfortunately, there were no real ales on tap, or in fact any beers at all come to that. Ciders fared marginally better with a duo from Cornish Orchards, Gold and Cherry & Blackberry, although not being a fan of theirs I went for a bottle of the Kicking Goat which actually went down very well. Overall though, with the lack of any beer and the loud music, it’s not somewhere I’ll be in a rush to return to.

Clearly an old building amongst the srawling office complexes nearby ,it's a Chef & Brew from Greene King and is set back from the Grand Union Canal,so doesn't offer boating views.
The low ceiling give some character although the wooden beams look faux,there is however a clear drinking area around the L shaped quarry tiled front section,while the dining area is along to the right side in a seperate section.The drinking area has mainly higfh tables,there is a door to a large decking area outside but unattractive as the traffic on the Oxford Road thunders past.The large car park seperates the pub from the canal,but you need to book your car in at the bar,or face a fine.
The muzak was mindless and there is a corporate feel here.Two ale GK IPA and Old Golden Hen (dull brew,clear,instantly forgettable NBSS 2.5).
The Uxbridge pub scene is dull and this one therefore fits in very well.No need to revisit despite the cheery welcome.

The old Ribblesdale has been opened again by the Black Edge Brewibg Company,and is now quite spacious with 8 handpulls and 8 interesting craft beers. The prices varied from 3 50p to 5 80p. I tried the Treacle Stout (4.9) which was spot on.

This pub has a very misleading name as it's not a tap at all really. We called in on a Thursday early evening and couldn't get a seat anywhere as the pub was full of diners. A pedestrain range of Moorhouses White Witch and Wainwright didn't help the "tap" idenity either. My pint was in reasonable nick, but it's just a middle class dining pub really.