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Requested be closed with reason - Other: Reported closed 13/03/2014
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The Bantam, Reading
Burghfield Common
Postal town: Reading
RG7 3HJ
Served areas
Reviews of The Bantam (Average Rating: 10 of 10) see review guidelines
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Quinno _ left this review about The Bantam
UPDATE - reported closed.
July 2012
Popped in again the other day. The place smells of old fags (surely Arkells can afford to give all the fabrics a professional clean?). They had two Arkells ales (3B and Kingsdown) on that were average.
May 2011
This has been recently refurbed and looks a lot better for it. The token ale is now Arkells Kingsdown (a higher abv!) which came out fairly well. The music has been turned down too. Discovered that there's two rooms, the left hand lounge is a fair place to drink your pint. It's still no world-beater but has certainly turned a corner for the better.
25 August 2008
Rough and ready 70's new-build estate boozer, with blaring music and permanently-barking pub dog, who can sniff out a non-local and stay on their case throughout their visit. I thought Judgement Day had arrived when the quizzer swallowed our money and promptly crashed with the satanic dog still barking at us, but landlord was good about re-booting the machine and giving us another quid. One ale on (Arkells BBB) which was a bit below average. To be honest, I think I'd struggle to find a reason to return outside of being a local CAMRA member...
On 13th March 2014
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