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Eager Poet, Milton Keynes
Neath Hill
Postal town: Milton Keynes
MK14 6JY
Pub Type
Greene KingReviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about Eager Poet
A modern Greene King house in a small shopping arcade with a massive wooden clock tower.It's a large pub with a section to the left with seating booths,some high tables and a sports flatscreen ,while opposite the low ceiling bar,there are more high tables and two flatscreens.Both Sky and TNT Sports ,so expect different matches screened simultaniously.Further around to the right side down a wing are two pool tables and the whole atmosphere was laddish,even the women present had a nice line in expletives.
At least the volume on the flatscreens was low,the mindless muzak was awful although there is a juke box.I was kept waiting by a barmaid who seemed flustered by a problem in the kitchen and her colleague then instinctively went to serve a regular first,who (fair play to him),indicated I was first.I had a choice of GK IPA and Old Speckled Hen ,rebranded as Old Spooky Hen for halloween , but still the usual malty mess,NBSS 2 but cheap at £2.67,maybe it needs to be.
A few low lives lowered the tone ,I can see no good reason to return and it's a bit of a walk from the Grand Union.
On 26th October 2023
- rating: 5
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Eager Poet
An unremarkable looking, modern estate pub like many built in the suburbs of Milton Keynes it sits in the local centre surrounded by a small supermarket and a couple of takeaways. There is some landscaping at the front and a few picnic benches, although the noise from the main road makes it a less than relaxing spot.
Inside it’s clean and up together and does perhaps have a little more character than many pubs of it’s ilk. It’s a large L-shape pub with a generic red patterned carpet on the floor and exposed brickwork on the walls which has been painted in a shade of lemon yellow. The roof space is largely open and the rafters here have been painted in a contrasting black. A couple of pool tables are down at the far end of one leg and there were a few plasmas around showing a sports channel as well as a projector screen. Fortunately the volume was kept low so this was not too intrusive.
The menu consisted of a good selection of “pub grub” dishes such as Gammon & Eggs, Scampi & Chips, Sausage & Mash and a Steak & Ale Pie. Most of these were priced in the £4 - £5 range and there were also a number of meal deals available. My Chicken Tikka Masala was tasty enough although I’m not under any illusions about it being freshly prepared on the premises. At £4.49 it would be churlish to complain, although it was perhaps a little light on the chicken.
Unusually for a Greene King pub, there were no real ales available, although there was an unused pump on the bar so perhaps there are on occasions. Beers were limited to keg Ruddles Best or John Smith’s Extra Smooth, whilst the solitary cider was Strongbow, unfortunately. Overall this was an ok pub that no doubt serves the locals well enough, but I can see little reason why anybody from further afield would make a point of going here.
On 26th March 2014
- rating: 6
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