Walkabout, Reading in Reading

Excellent staff and great atmosphere

Very good experience cheap drinks

Good afternoon playing pool with my son

Didn't eat. Atmosphere was poor. Music was loud compared to how empty the place was for a Friday night.

Smell of smoke feom smoking area inside due to emergency doors open.

Nice bar, good selection of sports on tv's around the place. There's a really strong smell of cigarettes from outside as the doors are left open, this needs to be rectified as its very off putting.

Staff, Mia, Elton, Koko and Elisha were great hosts, couldn’t recommend more! A perfect day out for the whole group! 5/5!

Best place for karoake on a Wednesday. Won't go anywhere else! Staff and security are amazing and there's no where else has a better atmosphere for karoake!!

Great night out for karaoke best place in town by far

Had a great night at karaoke! Highly recommend!

the BEST bar for karaoke and staff!!!! nowhere better to be in the week!

Hard to find as it's down an alley on the main street but well worth a visit. It now has 2 pool tables, outside seating with heating, and a brand new menu. Drinks are reasonably priced and staff are great plus has all sports at request

Really nice staff and always welcoming. The pool tables have definitely added to the place and it provides a great backdrop to a night out

Very friendly staff, great atmosphere

Good atmosphere, good food and good beer. Plenty of choice.

Recently been back to walkabout after a while. The new menu was a nice surprise with a lot of variety. I enjoyed the new loaded fries and the doughballs were to die for. Drinks were cheap and refreshing. Would highly recommend

Had a good time watching the Rugby while enjoying a couple of beers.

I had a very nice drink that went with the name of the drink, also nice cocktails 👌. The atmosphere was good for a date, and it was also a clean environment. I can only say it was quiet by 5 pm😀.

Looks like a nice sports bar, but the bar staff said they were not showing the Springboks vs All Blacks rugby, despite having the match listed on Fanzo.

Kaloyan, one of the guys on the bar. Lovely bloke. Helped me bring my drinks out and proper friendly. Good smoking area as well

Insane atmosphere! Saff gave me to courage to sing for the first time in my life.🍸🎤🎙️

Friendly staff and cheap drinks

Beer pong is great. Would recommend, great service as always.

Amazing experience and Tia is absolutely lovely, give her a pay rise!

Good service, decent atmosphere. Really good prices on weekdays and Wednesday night. Also decent events.

Amazing experience, will come again! So much fun! With Beer Pong and Pool Tables!

Great place! Tia was amazing! Ot’s a place to be for a weekend! 👌🤩 only one in Reading

Amazing ; highly recommend! Staff that were so lovely are Lisa and Saff!! Cannot wait to come back staff made me feel so welcome and the vibe is so good

a lovely little bar, staff are friendly and polite, was a lovely spot to have a few chilled drinks with friends and a catch up deffo go again soon

Coco and Elton were amazing! Lovely staff and definitely going to come back!

Had a great night. The service was excellent!

Super fun night in walkabout! Cheap deals on shots and drinks!

Very nice place to visit, Definitely approve 👍🏼

Amazing atmosphere loved coming here with family

Great sports bar and cheap drinks!!

Great service! Sorted us exactly what we needed

Very friendly place staff very present and also have pool table and ping pong too food very nice and good prices

Good place to go for pool and ping-pong and the food is awesome great and good prices management and bar staff very friendly

Grate vibe, good place to play pool and fantastic price on food and drink

We love walkabout! Great vibes! Memories made! ❤️

Abit hidden away down a side ally. Loads of screens for the boxing tonight. Staff were friendly and helpful

Staff are amazing and accommodating, with fast service! Will come again!

Service was very poor. Got upset that we had a laugh playing beer pong, weirdly sober people don’t play beer pong. If you ask me the staff need to grow up.

New door staff are absolutely brilliant. We felt safe and secure with the body scanners and bag searches, tbh every club should have them! The atmosphere was back to how it used to be; fun, relaxed and friendly. My love for walkabout has returned!

First time there, decent night.

Came for England game, great atmosphere, Anika was great

Anika was fast and helpful great service

Lovely service, couldn’t complain!

Loved coming here amazing sports bar

amazing sports bar and excellent service came for the England game

Anika was quick with my drinks order and served with a smile. 10/10 service

The venue is grim these days. Must have been absolutely years now since it had a facelift and everything is chipped/peeling/falling apart/sticky. The toilets, in particular, are awful. General seating inside is awful, food is somehow even less fresh and tasty than a wetherspoons. No problem with the staff, they were all nice enough - just a shame they have to work somewhere so sticky and shoddy.

I can't believe this! The cricket finals are happening, and management switched to Italy versus Switzerland in football. There are around 30 people here for cricket, but only about 10 for football! This is infuriating! It's absurd that management would make such a decision. They clearly have no idea how to run this place! Absolutely disgraceful and outrageous! I’m beyond disappointed!

Attended the England v Slovenia game last night and was asked if I would like to leave a google review. The young lady took my phone and wrote the review herself, giving 5 stars for everything. I can confirm the atmosphere was awful, the numbers were low. O'Neills has a much better atmosphere for the football. The group I was with ordered food, which took a while. The quality was poor. Really disappointing and desperate they're having to write their own reviews on customers phones.

Anika was super friendly!! Had a great time

an amazing venur bestbplace to warch the football!!!

Food came, cold! Said someone would come was told high demand and to get on with it!

Awful food stone cold and rock hard. Do not recommend at all…… terrible

Food arrived after an hours wait and turned up cold

This place was closed. We ddnt go there. At least people shpuld be told that they now open till 11.

It is an amazing venue to watch sports, eat good food & drink a wide selection of drinks.

Service was a bit slow, but good atmosphere, great selection of drinks. Also, despite the name, no bloody Australians in sight...that's a bonus!

Nice cheap drinks and good atmosphere. Highly recommend for anyone coming to Reading.

While waiting in line apparently I staggered. This was enough to deny entry. As soon as I tried to have a reasonable discussion, this was enough to say 'decision has been made'. Rediculus notion that slightly drunk people are not allowed into a drinking establishment.

Came for the karaoke, same as I have for the past year. Apparently this time I was too drunk, at the time of writing this. I was no different to my friends who were all aloud in. The recent events have made the staff too scared to allow normal people to enjoy themselves. A bar allowing tipsy people in? This is not allowed! Would not recommend at this current time, which is a real shame.

First time visiting The Walkabout to watch the rugby and celebrate a mates birthday! Staff are really attentive, regularly came over to check how we were doing and to remove any empty glasses, they have an excellent range of drinks and the Chicken Wings were amazing. High recommend and will definitely return. Thank you for a fab afternoon!! :)

Come here all the time and love it !!!

Changed a lot in a positive way over the years. Good crowd, decent dj (though changing genres were abrupt), ok drinks choices, but could still be cleaned more regularly - a spill early in the night was still there when I left

Love love love loved Jay! Amazing service from him. Praising him the most when the bar was incredibly busy but still managed to get to everyone. I come for Rangers games as well and he constantly has a smile on his face. If there is anything else I could say about him no words could describe how amazing he is at working at Walkabout. His kindness is definitely his strong suit!

Great sports bar/club to be in. Great staff and music as well. Definitely recommend!!

Fantastic atmosphere, great music. Highly recommend

No decent beer, toilets a mess, service sullen.

Love it! Great drinks great vibes

Really friendly bar staff always a great night !!

Great place to come bar staff are amaisng

Anika was very nice and helpful

Great night out and great bar staff

Very good place to watch football and grab a drink

Really friendly bar staff love it here

Great service really nice place to come out

Anika is the best bartender so fast and Efficient

Great atmosphere really nice place to come out

Never written a bad review before but feel people deserve to know our experience. We arrived purely to watch the Man United v Chelsea game which they had advertised on their Fanzo account. They then proceeded to show Liverpool v Sheffield United instead even though there are multiple screens. We asked them if they could show it on at least one screen as they were showing it downstairs however the man behind the bar said "I've asked another question to my manager and he's just ignored me" And showed little to no urgency to even bother to try and resolve our issue. They said once the game had finished they would show the game, but they didn't fulfil this. We then ordered Chicken Wings for the table, which arrived nearly an hour late, and arrived cold (and I mean COLD!) I asked the bar staff whether we could either have a refund or have some new ones cooked, in which he said I have to get the manager to approve this and he's ignoring me at the minute - again, he seemed very reluctant to do anything. I then asked if he could go downstairs to ask the chef himself, in which he decided to go outside for a cigarette for the next 5 minutes. The beer also went out in the bar above meaning we had to go downstairs each time to get drinks, which would have been absolutely fine is security wouldn't hassle you telling you to go back upstairs as theres a function on in the below room. They also decided to serve our beers in plastic pint cups which in a world where all companies need to focus on their sustainability, this shouldnt even be an option in 2023. Seems to be theres a real problem with communication in this place, on a Wednesday night in which usually the bar isn't that busy. The Duty Manager for that evening seemed very confrontational seemed to have a very bad attitude when we eventually got to meet him and ask if we can put the last 10 minutes of the Chelsea v Man United game on. Needs a lesson in proper customer service. I just want it noted when other staff have been in before they have been delightful, lovely to chat to and genuinely make you feel welcome - every one can have a bad day at work but the guys didn't do themselves any favours that night

Came here for staff party, great bar staff

My friend was taken out not even drunk . The security are not good people .

Jay was lovely amazing woman gave me the best Xmas experience

Bartender led me to believe that the £2 pints were included in the £25 birthday voucher tab, they weren’t, then proceeded to charge my £27 for all my friend’s drinks EDIT: Thanks for your response, I’m not happy that I was assured by the bartender that the £2 drinks were included, her words were “go for the included £2 drinks to get more for your tab money” - please provide an email address for me to discuss further.

Love coming out here always get excellent service

Great for a night out anf really friendly bar staff

Disappointing they mentioned free drinks on Mixer app ,but nothing available whatever mentioned on the free drink menu , I feel they did intentionally.

Cheap drinks and really good music

Love the atmosphere here came out on a Friday and the music was great

Made a booking here and received excellent service really had a great time

Had such a good night out bar staff were very polite and helpfull

Great music always love it here nice play to come out

Came here for a booking and had great service and a great night out

had an amazing night out here loved it!

Great place for a drink, good atmosphere and friendly staff!

love coming here great bar staff cheap drinks and amazing music

Made a booking here and was so worth it had a great time out