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3.9

Based on 304 opinions finded in 2 websites

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Nº 227 in 378 in Watford

Nº 26 of 36 Other cuisines in Watford

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Great drinks with great people in great spirits(excuse the pun😂)

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Harry Feenstra . 2024-09-24

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Barman was really friendly, not too busy for a bit of gossip. Lovely big easy chairs to sink into and (not) fall asleep

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Vikki Carter-waller . 2024-07-30

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Probably the worst pub I ever been… staff rude don’t even say hello… beer taste funny.. toilets with no locks…. Not suprise was empty

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Juraj Gunda . 2024-07-02

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Fantastic pub with a great atmosphere. Good beer. Beer garden is lovely.

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mark howell . 2024-05-28

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Oldest pub in Watford, had bands playing out the back nothing to complain about.

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Andy Brown . 2024-05-07

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Proper old pub. Allegedly the oldest in Watford. No real ales available which is a shame.

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Norman Mitchell . 2024-02-08

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Friendly atmosphere, draught pints very good. A superb pint of Guinness 😃

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Ian Spoon . 2024-01-25

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Great friendly pub, great prices for the area as well 👍

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Joshua Harford . 2024-01-15

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What an amazing barmaid Lucy . From the second we walked in to the minute we left she could not of made us feel any more welcome

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Gary Young . 2023-07-09

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Excellent place with friendly bar staff and great beers. Locals are friendly as well

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Paul Knight . 2023-06-09

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Had a great time karaoke was fantastic

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danny mortimer . 2023-05-29

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Just when you think a pub can't get worse, and my oh my, those toilets truly smell awful, nit sure if they're ever cleaned

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James Nightingale . 2023-04-14

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Just walked in and the girl on the bar was on phone, looked at another member of staff and laughed at me. Never felt so intimidated. Poor atmosphere and and environment. Not professional at all

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Zeluika Carter . 2023-04-04

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Nice space with limited collection.

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milan vyas . 2023-04-03

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Friendly little pub, with TV screens for Sports

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Balwant Singh Bhogal (Bali) . 2023-03-15

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It is a very pleasant place to have a drink. Staff are very friendly and polite. I do enjoy coming in for a lemonade when in the area.

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Martin Shirran . 2023-01-14

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Went there late afternoon on a Saturday. Very quiet and cosy. Just at the bottom end of the main shopping area so not as busy as some of the other bars in the town centre.

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mitchell morris . 2023-01-04

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Perfectly acceptable older pub, with traditional decor and decent selection of beers. Some of the draft ales were off (mid afternoon on a bank holiday) Landlady welcoming and efficient. Pub ideal for a quiet pint while waiting for the shoppers. Gents cubicle out of order at the moment but shopping centre loos are within 2 minute walk if you are stuck

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stewart peter . 2022-08-29

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Looked interesting so went in for one before the match, unfortunately my neck oil was off. Only one bar staff on a match day so massive queue at the bar.

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Tim Andrews . 2022-08-09

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Always busy after a home game for Watford but still good service 👍👍 Been closed for a few weeks for repairs but as of the 6th August 2022 open from 12 as usual.

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brian scott . 2022-07-30

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Great traditional pub, as tourists we were made very welcome, great recommendations by bar staff for restaurants to visit which were excellent.

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Sharon Birch . 2022-05-17

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Oldest pub in Watford shame they don't do food anymore but a good pint of guinness

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bryan . 2022-05-12

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Great friendly staff in the oldest pub in Watford, good selection on non generic larger from around the world to tantalise your thirst , Whilst having a few screens to keep track of any sport being shown ( uk) One of the only real boozers in town bar the wine bars.

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TheCloudyChef . 2022-04-22

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Better than it has been over the last few years. There was always problems with the drains which caused a stink but air fresheners strategically placed have helped. Needs more English ales though.

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Paul Wiles . 2022-03-16

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Nice feel. Good selection of beverages Need more staff on match days

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steve lee . 2022-02-13

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Came in here for a beer Saturday, great selection of beers and had sport showing on the tv. Pub is a bit small though and some drinks weren’t available but they weren’t visible e.g. cup over the tap. Seating was decent, pub is cozy.

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Spartacus20863 . 2022-02-06

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A nice old school pub with a nice pint. Staff are friendly. However the toilets are rancid!

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Dean . 2022-02-06

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Fantastic place very friendly staff good 🍺 beer

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michael buckley . 2021-10-14

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Lovely staff and nice beer garden

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Matthew Glossop-Freebody . 2021-09-23

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One of Watford's oldest pubs. Nice little pub. They do need new toilets to make the pub that bit better.

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Matt Roberts . 2021-08-29

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Local British Pub,small & cozy. Nice place for a pint.

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Avi Koenig . 2021-08-23

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The pub used to serve some real ales. Sadly now nothing available so had a lager just as needed a drink on a hot day. Next time will wait to get to a suitable venue

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malcolm holmes . 2021-08-15

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Been coming in here on and off over 15 years, used to be a haven for a quiet pint away from upper High Street, now loud music played at ear damaging levels and no real ale. Hope it gets better, as the pub is full of character and has real potential.

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M O'C . 2021-08-06

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Quite a nice place to chill, and you can finally pay with card, which is a plus! Be aware when you read this reviews that this place change management way too often, so older reviews might not apply.

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Ángel Barragán . 2021-07-17

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Nice little pub friendly staff nice beer selection

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paul forrester . 2021-07-17

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Atmosphere and service was amazing!!!

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Mursa Igor . 2021-04-24

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Staff are really friendly. Beer is good.

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Martin McGovern . 2020-12-19

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Lovely pub, good selection of drinks.

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Aaron Cummings . 2020-09-02

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Nice and clean place, friendly staff, nice and spacious beer garden ☺

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Katerina Nemcova . 2020-07-30

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This is a beautoful old pub ( the oldest one in Watford). The staff ( recently taken over) are friendly and efficient. prices are very reasonable. The place is clean. If I could fault anything it is that food is not available. Maybe the new owners will get around that in time,

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J19des . 2020-03-10

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Good beer 🍻 nice atmosphere. I recommend

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Raluca Ioana Cărăbineanu . 2020-03-08

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Great pub, and they welcome dogs!

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Jeannie louise Mcconnell . 2020-02-19

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Never been there. You are wrong again Google.

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Mikki Mu . 2020-01-28

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Changed hands, some staff not as attentive as they were.

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Ziggy Genie . 2020-01-22

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Nice pub, good selection of beers on.

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Jack Bodell . 2020-01-20

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For the town's oldest pub, every visit to this place has been enjoyable

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Elodie Mayo . 2020-01-17

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Lovely pub in watford high street, looks great since a refurb a few years ago, and has a great atmosphere and good range of drinks

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Erin M . 2019-12-21

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real ale rarely on and not that clever if on!!! Need not have closed if owners had spent some money doing it up to attract better clientel, now Watford has lost yet another pub!!!

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Peter Cousins . 2019-12-11

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We were made very welcome by all the Staff ,whom were very polite ,friendly and most of all ,made us feel at home. Reasonable prices as well. I strongly advise visiting this pub. We have no hesitation in recommending it .

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Monika Monika . 2019-12-04

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Oldest pub in Watford lovely cosy atmosphere

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Sheila Harris . 2019-11-19

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Cozy atmosphere, friendly staff, delicious strawberry cider

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Isabell Müller . 2019-10-31

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It's okay, expensive, but okay.

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Clive Weaver . 2019-10-17

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We were delighted when the One Crown re-opened. The interior is fab, great drinks selection and food really good and reasonable. But then the bar staff changed. One lady in particular has the personality of a drain and downright rude. The place is really let down by the ladies toilets, broken seats, filthy dirty and clearly not cleaned regularly. A real shame as this pub is in prime location.

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Local . 2019-10-03

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Ran out of real ale. Unbelieveable!

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Martin Thornhill . 2019-09-16

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Nice place to chill and get your drink on :)

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Danny Ryan . 2019-08-31

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A nice pub with read garden. Service was good, although the glasses could have been cleaner! Drinks were okay.

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lestamunda . 2019-08-22

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They have Blue Moon, so enough for me to be good.

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Katarzyna Smaroń . 2019-08-02

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Great place for a quiet relaxing drink with a wonderful lady friend for my birthday.

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Lee Milnes . 2019-07-13

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Very friendly, welcoming atmosphere, live music in the back garden

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Fadia Ramminger . 2019-06-23

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Not bad no English beers all foreign beers somewhere to have a drink before going for a meal.

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Diane White . 2019-05-30

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Seems to be an okay pub. I would have given 4 stars if the pint had been topped up. (Typical Vicars Collar) Barmaid went away before l could ask it to be topped up & it wasn't a over sized glass. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I will give it 4 stars as a reply to my comment was sent from the owner. √

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Riach Riach . 2019-05-26

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Lovely outside area. We went for the (quite difficult) quiz 😊

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Beryl Gale . 2019-05-15

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We opened an office in Watford in the last year and I have visited a few times in the last 4 months. They have changed the menu recently so you only have the option of a number of small plates as opposed to more conventional food. That said the food was very nice and the service was friendly although rather clunky. The food took 45 minutes to arrive despite the place only having 9 customers including us. Lovely beer garden outside and a decent choice of beers. Will happily visit again soon but the service and the kitchen need to speed up.

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Martin W . 2019-05-14

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This place has had an upgrade. Rather nice now

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simoncolvex . 2019-04-19

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Been there a couple of times, nice and coozy, not too crowded

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Marco Scavuzzo . 2019-04-03

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Good place to have a quiet drink with friends or partner

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Silvia Maguire . 2019-04-02

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A traditional pub or a boozer as they were once called .Food is available to buy.

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Thomas Walters . 2019-03-22

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Nice querky pub, friendly staff, good selection of beer, reasonably priced

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paul hanna . 2019-03-17

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Popped in on the off chance, fancied a quick drink in the oldest surviving pub in Watford,very cosy, very friendly, would highly recommend their Ferrero Rocher shots!

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Dean O'Field . 2019-03-04

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Honestly, you don't want such a story in public. So I spare you the details. Will not come there again, nothing you can do to improve this. Because some things you can't apologise for.

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Sarah Herder . 2019-02-26

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Well ran pub, good selection of drinks and some great looking food also. Cosy and quiet, very comfortable.

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Bob Colossus . 2019-02-25

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Not a bad little pub off the beaten track

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Rob RCS . 2019-02-15

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Authentic A typical British pub with authentic decor and a good selection of beer and cider Any time Cheers

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Bernd Demel . 2019-01-01

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Seems to have had a much needed partial facelift. On my visit it was open mic which had a friendly crowd.

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scott wagstaff . 2018-12-30

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Cosy pub with a nice atmosphere and good beer

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Andy GARDNER . 2018-12-02

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Nice seating area and the food is amazing

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Tariq Skandrani . 2018-11-30

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What a great surprise, been a long time since i have been here , wow great selection on beers & fab food . When you are next in watford it's a must visit.

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alan whelton . 2018-11-24

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Even better since 2017/18? refurb. Top music playing always, too 👍

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Philip K. Meadows . 2018-10-19

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We enjoyed the music and the counter service was very kind. We liked the lovely attitude customers sung the old songs from the 60s-90s along with the player. You could have more selection on craft ciders/beers.

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Gábor Birta . 2018-10-01

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Under gone a complete make over since my last visit, very good.

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Peter Fry . 2018-08-07

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Proper old school pub! The locals were freindly! Nice beer garden. The staff seemed to favour the locals! Enjoyed the night all the same. Would return if I was in the area again!

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Richard Chambley . 2018-08-03

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I've only recently been coming here, but it's quickly become my favourite pub in Watford. They used to sell Blind Pig cider which first drew me in. I love the dark atmosphere inside, it feels very snug and I'm pretty excited about coming here during winter for some kind of mulled beverage! The beer garden has recently been refurbished, with the outside bar still being worked on. It's lovely to sit outside with a pint, and dogs seem welcome. Open mic night on Thursdays is fun and I need to go to it more regularly. They also have regular live music from bands, but I'm yet to go to one of these nights. The food is pretty good. I normally stick to the 3 for £10 small plates, but the burgers are nice too (£8.50 with a pint on Wednesdays) Staff are always friendly and chilled which is good. It's only a short walk from Watford High Street station, or the bus stops at Water Lane, so it's easy to pop in while waiting for a bus, or get the last Overground train at night!

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Craig M . 2018-08-02

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Nice boozer. Great food and beer.

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david mcgovern . 2018-07-31

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This is the oldest pub in Watford but is lovely and clean. Has a garden area at the back and does food too but not having had any can't say how good. Beer selection seems to be from the Czech republic but has others as well. They have live music on Thursday plus other events as well.

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Robert Parkin . 2018-07-30

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Just been refurbished very plesant

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phil carragher . 2018-07-09

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Recent revamp means it's very different than before which is a good thing. The beer garden out the back is coming along nicely too.

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L Putts . 2018-07-01

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Claims to be modern but is far from this. We had some leaving drinks for a colleague but were unable to sit outside as apparently it was undergoing a refurb... I guess this was the same day as the fire at Woodies. Anyhow, good ales and an average atmosphere even after a Watford match...

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domidge . 2018-06-19

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Before a WFC match , you'll find a cracking pint and atmosphere with both sets of fans. Recent refurb is great. Everyone welcomed.

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Ciran Stapleton . 2018-06-11

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At first glance, the restaurant appears cozy and inviting. The food was very tasty and typically English such as fish and chips. The staff was also very friendly and understandable but not very attentive. Maybe we're used to being served and it's different there. Overall, a recommendable restaurant.

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Kris . 2018-06-07

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Das Essen war sehr lecker und typisch Englisch wie z.B. Fish and Chips. Das Personal war ebenfalls sehr freundlich und verständlich aber nicht sehr aufmerksam. Vielleicht sind wir es auch gewohnt bedient zu werden und dort ist es eben anders. Im Ganzen ein empfehlenswertes Lokal.

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Skeggi92 . 2018-05-31

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In Watford on business, thought I would try a local pub for a drink and a pint. Ordered a Sunday Roast, the only option available was Chicken. What arrived looked ok but it was clear that the chicken was deep fried, not roasted. The rest was just bland and disappointing. Next time I will stick to one of the many chain restaurants in Watford.

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granthar . 2018-05-20

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Very lovely pub with friendly atmosphere in a good location. Good drinks selection and live music on the night we went was excellent. Will definitely go again.

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Kathryn Williamson . 2018-05-19

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Over priced pint. But good pub overall

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Craig Wisher . 2018-04-08

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Great Pub in the high street of Watford. Popped in on a SAT afternoon after a match @ Vicarage Rd. Friendly service and good selection of beers. Not far from Watford Junction station. ALl round would recommend.

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pmurphy2016 . 2018-04-05

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Always come in for a pint before going to watch the mighty Hornets. Nice little pub, good service, reasonable prices. They do food but never tried it.

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Martin B . 2018-04-02

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As we were unable to get an alcoholic drink at Meat and Shake up the road we visited here for a quick drink before heading back to the hotel. This was a very ‘classic’ kind of pub and more of a place for locals rather than for people visiting the area. We happened to visit here about 20 minutes before open-mic night started which was a bit much for us so we didn’t stay for long after that started. We had one drink each and they were pretty standard prices... nothing too exceptional about this place but it did the job

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Worldtravel1992 . 2018-03-29

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Welcoming. Very reasonably priced menu. Nothing fancy. Burgers, fish and chips etc. Enjoyed our visit last night, so called in for a livener after shopping.

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Edina Adams . 2018-03-24

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Decent pub with a wide selection of lagers and an interesting menu.

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Allen Howard . 2018-03-19

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Hardly any chicken on leg. Frozen (hard) veg, pud & potatoes. Watery gravy with onion in. No stuffing. Shame cos pubs ok!

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SmithyLes . 2018-03-04

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Lovely bar, listed building and craft beers. £5 stew on a Saturday is to die for!

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Damien McGrath . 2018-03-03

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