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The Gloucester Arms, SW7
SW7
SW7 4RB
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Taylor Walker (Spirit Pubs)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
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Tris C left this review about The Gloucester Arms
Grade II-listed, Philip Carter can rest assured that his photo is correct, taken when this place was briefly known as the Irish themed Finnigan’s Wake.
It’s well described below, along with the annoying high tables, though perhaps a little modernised since, the main focal point being the curved front. There’s a games machine to the rear and music played at a reasonable level. Customers were mainly quite young and of indeterminate origin, as this place is in quite a touristy area. Three TVs were showing the football, which unsurprisingly, no one was watching, a giant megavision screen above my head; unattractive sauce bottles and menus are on tables.
Aside from the four unused pumps, the ale department comprised Abbot (reversed) and GK IPA (reversed), so yet another Neck Oil it was, £3.30 the half.
This isn’t a bad place, in fact it’s probably better than the other pubs round here – marginally – but a decent ale choice would get the score up, as would ditching the poor ambience created by all the TV screens. And of course, the Queen’s Arms is tucked away behind here.
On 5th December 2021
- rating: 4
[User has posted 1985 recommendations about 1951 pubs]
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Graham Coombs left this review about Gloucester Arms
A proper pub on a corner, with one large room in traditional style retaining a few original features but in the typical Greene King mixture of ceramics and grey panelling. A fair range of beers though, with Sambrook's Pale, Twickenham Smilers Ale & Naked Ladies, and Portobello Star joining the IPA and London's Glory.
On 12th June 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3339 recommendations about 3276 pubs]
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Nick Davies left this review about Gloucester Arms
It's now received a Greene King rebranding, which sadly hasn't really improved matters. There are even more tables where you are perched four foot up in the air - the few usable height ones are at the back - service is with a smile, it says here, and the beer range is as uninspiring - a couple of GK regulars and an example from Sambrooks which was in such poor shape that they'd cancel their supply contract with GK if they caught them in the act.
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July 2010
Almost indistinguishable from the Stanhope down the road this is a bog standard Punch "City Metro" format pub. It spent a couple of years in recent times as a Finnegan's Wake fake Irish bar but they got over that fad and it has since reverted to an average London boozer. Its main function nowadays to to provide the vast number of package tourists who stay in the many local hotels with the Genuine Olde English Pub Experience which I guess it does, sort of. Lots of wood panelling, far too much furniture to eat Traditional English Fish And Chips from and some of those horrid high tables, but decidedly pubby, no attempts at gastrification here.
Usual Punch suspects on the handpumps, Pride, Young's Ordinary, St Austell.
On 24th May 2017
- rating: 4
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Gloucester Arms
Standard-issue Taylor Walker outlet in terms of appearance, with the usual traditional-looking furniture and decor. The bar is irregular in shape, with one of the seating areas located up a couple of steps. Only three handpumps, and one of these was off to just leave Pride and Bombardier (£3.95). With its limited beer choice, this is one of the chain's poorer outlets.
On 29th October 2013
- rating: 5
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hondo . left this review about Gloucester Arms
Beers from camerons, greene king and young's.
On 5th October 2011
- no rating submitted
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Philip Carter left this review about Finnegans Wake
Hope this is the right photo, took it a while ago.
On 25th December 2006
- no rating submitted
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