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The George, Twickenham
Twickenham
TW1 3SN
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Eating Inn (Greene King)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about The George
This Greene King pub, on the main road through the centre of Twickenham, looks pretty appealing on approach thanks to some colourful hanging baskets, and has a large open plan interior that is much bigger than initial impressions would suggest. The room is bare boarded throughout and has a raised seating area directly opposite the entrance, hidden slightly by some sections of wall and skirted by the walkway that leads you into the main part of the pub. To the front left, tables and chairs had been cleared to make a small performance area for acts playing as part of the Twickenham High Tide festival, so there was a real pinch point here as customers arrived and had to fight their way through the crowd, past the stage, and on to the bar, which is sited halfway down the left-hand wall. The bar has a simple wood panelled counter and a bare brick bar back lined with modern metal framed shelving units and blackboards detailing various food and drink options. The room really opens out beyond this point, with plenty of vertical drinking space and some partitioned seating areas along the right-hand wall with a mix of furniture. The décor is mostly corporate in feel and becomes sparser the further into the pub you go, so that the front has a typical homely pub look to it, whereas the rear comes across as quite spartan and uninviting by comparison.
The only cask beer available on this visit was Greene King IPA, although this proved to be so lively that they had to temporarily take it off as they were wasting so much trying to pour each pint. This left me facing a relatively run of the mill keg selection, although I spotted a Greene King craft IPA called Level Head, which was actually a pretty decent stab at a session IPA and certainly a lot nicer that their usual IPA. The staff were generally quite pleasant and there was a good atmosphere thanks to the festival crowds, who came here in good numbers, partly because of the terrible weather that wiped out some of the outdoor stages.
This was a pub of two halves, with a nice front space, decent bar area and bland, dark rear section, so enjoyment varied throughout the day depending upon which part of the pub I found myself in. The lack of any ale beyond Greene King core staples is of concern and there are plenty of other better pubs nearby, but I came away feeling generally more favourable to this place and wouldn’t moan if I found my way back here again one day.
Date of visit – 30th July 2023
On 28th December 2023
- rating: 6
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Moby Duck left this review about The George
Having obviously visited a day or two after Graham below, it is exactly as he describes also being empty whilst I was there, I couldn't be tempted by the cask offerings of IPA or Abbott so amongst the twenty or so keg taps lined up along the bar ,featuring mostly premium lagers I spotted three craft options , Koona Big Wave, Beavertown Neck Oil and Punk IPA, I settled for half a Neck Oil then moved on , never to return.
On 17th November 2019
- rating: 3
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Graham Coombs left this review about The George
One of those pubs which you feel is geared up for huge crowds on matchdays, but is rather empty and soulless at other times. A large hall of mainly high tables, with a dining area down one side, and a large patio garden to the rear with its own bar. Labelled as a Sports Bar, which seems to translate as numerous TV screens, but with no other attractions like pool or darts and the beer range restricted to IPA and Abbot, small wonder it was completely empty.
On 12th November 2019
- rating: 4
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custodian 42 left this review about The George
Not a particularly good pub with very little in the way of decent ale. Not one to return to.
On 7th December 2016
- rating: 4
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hondo . left this review about The George
Long narrow bare boarded interior with numerous televisions. 3 real ales and food served. All in all a bit rough round the edges. Walking distance to twickenham station and stadium. Plastic glasses post NFL visit.
On 23rd October 2016
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Moby Duck left this review about The George
The signs were not good on approach to this pub,the only building in the street with dead or close to death hanging baskets.Upon entry I found a featurless ,long single plainly (and badly)decorated room,three tv screens were spread along the wall to the back of the bar,each one showing something different sportswise.There are four hand pulls on the bar, I had the choice of Greene King IPA or Twickenham Sundance,unsurprisingly I went for the latter which was nowhere near as good as the same beer I had just drank in The Three Kings just down the road.I was interested to see the remaining two pumps hosted two Ciders, Thundering Molly and Devon Mist, but came to the conclussion they were aimed at pissheads rather than Real Cider afficionado's given the state of the two punters stood at the bar and the elderly lady sat down with two glasses of wine on the go. I'd say its a fair bet this is the worst pub In Twickenham town, I dont expect to return.
On 25th July 2016
- rating: 3
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Rex Rattus left this review about The George
According to the small print at the bottom of the menu this is a Spirit pub with the John Barras branding. I've been in a number of John Barras pubs, and this is easily the least good one that I've visited. There were just the two ales on - predictably London Pride and Doom Bar (£1.62 a half). I had already bought my beer before I realised that I was in a Barras pub (I didn't notice any of the usual branding signage) and thus could have got the 10% CAMRA discount. Of course the usual large glossy pubco menus are everywhere offering the usual pubco stuff, including all manner of meal deals. Buy a burger and get a drink for a quid - overpriced at a quid as the only bitter available in the deal is John Smith's.
This is a low-ceilinged gloomy looking place. It's got the usual mix of tall tables/tall stools and normal tables and chairs; TVs are all over the place; and I saw at least four one-armed bandits cluttering up the place. I guess this pub would be fine if you wanted to watch TV as there are enough of them in here, but it's not the sort of pub to which I'm likely to return.
On 2nd May 2015
- rating: 4
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Steve C left this review about The George
I watched the first half of the Man U(re) game in here on Saturday afternoon and didn't really come out with any complaints other than the lack of and positioning of the seating. The match was on the projector screen and the TVs at the back whilst a rugby game was being shown on the plasma at the front of the pub. The pub also shows sport on Setanta and there is a pool table towards the rear.
I found the staff to be friendly enough and the prices to be very reasonable. Landlord and various bog standard lagers were available from the bar. It's a fairly large pub that i'd imagine lacking atmosphere when no sport is being aired.
I would pop in if I was passing by and another match was on.
On 21st October 2008
- rating: 6
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