Based on 162 opinions finded in 1 websites
Based on 162 opinions finded in 1 websites
Nº 219 in 347 in Vale of White Horse
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Great sports pub in the centre. Very clean, open until 1-ish on Fri/Sat night, can watch football/F1, has pool, darts, jukebox, owner is a good lad. Doesn't have the hipster ales but who cares.
Zsolt Lauter . 2024-11-10
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Top local pub in Abingdon run by a professional landlord and team.
Andrew Carr . 2024-07-01
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Friendly atmosphere, good place to watch the footy
Eric R. Contreras Fiesco . 2024-04-28
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Quiet until around 10pm on weekends. Good for a later drink.
J M . 2024-04-04
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They don't do food, but they have live music events, great staff, a decent pool table, and a smile for you too 😀 Park in the nearby multi- story car park and it's a short walk.
Toni Hunt . 2024-03-12
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Always made to feel so welcome, Eimon and his team are exceptional will definitely visit again
Martin Cousins . 2024-03-12
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Friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. Played darts with one patron. Would definitely visit again.
Derrick Tebusweke . 2023-09-10
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2pm just me 1 other £4.10 p for john Smith's don't think the place is worth paying that cheaper places 😉
Martin Ponting . 2023-06-25
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Very friendly staff, gave a good vibe, felt very welcoming! This is definitely a pub I'll be making my local pub.
Sean Steyn . 2023-06-06
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Fantastic pint of guiness I've had in oxfordshire. Served by a proper Irish man and the best pub in abingdon for atmosphere
Robert Hamilton . 2023-02-26
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Great pub, great beer, only pub in town for a game of pool
Adam sanford . 2023-02-16
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Spent many a night in this proper pub back in the day and it's nice to see looking back it's still going 👌Not many pub pubs left 😔
steve walker . 2022-09-05
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Great pub with a friendly bar man. Good range of beers.
Brian Baxter . 2022-08-09
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Absolutely smashing night, staff are amazing and I always feel welcome.
Charlie Lane . 2022-05-22
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Good.pub good beer very friendly 👌 Spot.on buddy
Roy Goodey . 2022-05-19
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Always good pint, great bar staff.
Mark Manning . 2022-01-03
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More door staff than punters, who only wanted to check the contents of my wife’s handbag. Doesn’t seem to matter what I had in my pockets !
Steve Owen . 2021-09-20
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If I could give Zero I would I finished work joined my girlfriend in another establishment who went to grocery shopping. I Popped in to the Black Swan to watch the last 20 minutes of the football and was told I wasn't welcome quite abruptly to be honest.. I exited straight away because I felt quite humiliated to be honest.. and I'm.hoping Management see this.. I'm sorry to leave a bad review.. I got pint elsewhere and watched the game and went home.. dreadful
Leigh Butler . 2021-08-07
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A true boozer apart from no cask ales or bitters
james rolfe . 2020-10-15
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Good pub good staff and very welcoming my fav pub
Tammy Redford . 2020-03-18
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You have to be 21 years old to enter if your under 21 witch my friends were they will fully neglect and treat you badly so not worth going bad atmosphere awful bartender / owner
Jamie Kershaw . 2019-11-22
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Nice pub. Has a dartboard & pool table beers good and nice bar staff
Patrick Rheeston . 2019-11-12
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Look. It's a bit of a dive but you are going to have a good time.
Alec Richardson . 2019-09-14
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Lovely pub. Friendly staff always a laugh when I visit.
davina dunn . 2019-08-05
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More of a local pub for the town, I don't recommend going here for special occasions
Ryan Forster . 2019-03-16
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Good place to watch live football ... good pint and pool table to play on 👍
Craig Marson . 2019-03-10
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It's ok , a nice small pub with good service
Anna M . 2019-02-07
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It's ok. Didn't feel very friendly, felt like I wasn't welcome.
Ray Stimpson . 2018-11-11
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Terrible welcome from the manager. Didn't let me in because I had a shaved head and assumed I was gay. Homophobes
Alex Kelly . 2018-07-10
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Rough and ready but good pub to watch the football. Wouldn't go otherwise. Gets noisy late and there's quite often trouble at chucking out time. Burly bouncers
Ewan S . 2018-05-27
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The black Swan I knew back in the day had a nick name of the mucky duck. Since returning it looks as though it is finding it hard to survive.
David Pattrick . 2018-04-13
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Nice pub, good music on a Saturday night ☺️
Andy Hyde . 2018-03-04
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This is a pub, not a restaurant or a creche. If you want a drink without being disturbed it's fantastic
Dan Ryder . 2018-02-15
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no pool table on a sat nite week after week
Julie Walsh . 2018-02-11
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Great place ..staff a great bunch ..I'd recommend it for a fun nite out
Tracey Smith . 2018-01-09
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Lovely. Really friendly pub. Dukebox can play any genre of music you want .
craig h . 2017-12-18
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Good coverage of football matches.
Bradley Costello . 2017-10-09
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Think it's one of those places good for locals. But visitors don't think they have often. Walked in had two sips of pint and left as two army guys were fighting in bar area. And girls behind bar were saying let im ave it. Quite funny looking back
Nick Stewart . 2017-08-17
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I found it very inviting and friendly.
Graham Davies . 2017-07-05
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It could be worse. Fairly priced but a bit of a "local" place ya know
Benjamin Lea . 2016-11-26
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Great pub, staff and atmosphere. Always good entertainment at weekends and never any trouble, which is Def a bonus. Well done, Dan, Stacey and staff, u get my vote every time x
Diane Goodall . 2016-08-06
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Good friendly atmosphere. Love to drop in for a game of pool. Open late at the weekends. Great place for a Friday or Saturday night.
Andy Hayes . 2016-02-25
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My husband and myself have been running this pub for the last 5yrs.we have a 5* rating for our kitchen and our customers are very friendly and welcoming. Obviously like any pub you may get a rogue customer who isn't a local, but we become aware of them pretty quickly. All the bad reviews are coming from a digruntled customer who the police are aware of. Please do not be taken in by his rantings. Thank you.
Allie de silva . 2016-01-31
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I first visited this pub 3 years ago. Not a lot has changed since. You feel under constant threat of abuse by staff and locals who mostly resemble what can only be described as deranged. They all look as if they've been dipped in a vat of cooking oil. One customer has a face that appears to have been stretched from his cheeks to behind his neck. There is an odour akin to that of rotting flesh and the locals all look on the verge of vomiting. Would make a great location for a dentist as most people are seriously lacking in teeth. The beer tasted decomposed and I'm afraid I wasn't brave enough to attempt the food.
Stomach Bug . 2015-06-28
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I rarely comment on these things but i feel the need to warn people what a terrible place this is. I went in with my son for a coffee and sandwich. The customers were loud, raucous and rude. I felt like I was a exhibit in a zoo. My son is 19 and there was obviously minors drinking. To be fair the food was edible but no better than Greggs in town. The table we were at was sticky, the glass my son had, had lipstick stains. I felt uncomfortable the whole time I was there, and was pleased to leave. It used to be a lovely place so friendly and welcoming, I wish I had listened to other people when they said it was nothing more than a dregs watering hole. I gave it a chance, but never again the slobs, old tarts and alcohol filled men are welcome to the seedy place. Not the place for anyone who has standards beyond the gutter.
Helen Newton . 2015-06-28
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Like something out of "The Hills Have Eyes"! I took my 70 year old mother in for lunch on Tuesday 9th December 2014 and immediately felt uncomfortable as everyone stopped what they were doing to turn around and stare. The pros..... the toilets were clean and the food was very hot. The cons.... the coffee was instant in a mug and you had to request milk and sugar which was added for you, drunk patrons swearing loudly and constantly while staring at us (and the staff did nothing), people walking in and out of the kitchen area without shoes on (were they staff or just random patrons?) and being told not to come back by one of the other patrons when we said goodbye and thank you as we left. Dont panic, we have no intention of ever going back!
Jill H . 2014-12-10
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Good pub for watching football or play pool
Mike Buckley . 2013-03-02
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nice place with a great atmosphere, shows a lot of sports and serves lovely food especially the Sunday roast.
Adrian King . 2012-12-23
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1015 Opinions
The drive through is quite good, never really have to queue for long. The helpfulness of the staff is a bit hit and miss though. There's a lad who works there some evenings, who is the proverbial chocolate teapot.