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  • 020 8560 5658
  • 128 High Street, TW8 8EW (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • 11am-midnight Mon-Wed; 11am-1am Thu-Sat; noon-midnight Sun

Free house in Brentford, in the Good Beer Guide.

They serve interesting real ales, and usually a real cider too (Lewis M/D in October 2007, Happy Daze in June 2009). The handpull selection changes often, and a chalkboard above the door is kept up to date with details and prices of what's available.

The interior is quite traditional. They have a bar billiards table, and this page suggests they also have other games like shove ha'penny. There's a beer garden out the back (with a cycle rack) and a few benches out the front.

Kake first visited on a Friday afternoon in October 2007. There were a few other customers, but it wasn't exactly packed. Service was friendly. Piped music was in evidence (Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd), but it wasn't annoyingly loud. I had a pint of Leeds Eager Owl (£2.55), and very nice it was too. The other ales on offer were Grand Union bitter (£2.50) and Downton Brewery Black Knight (£2.55).

Kake visited again on a Thursday afternoon in June 2009. Around the same number of customers this time too, conversing about motorbikes with the chap behind the bar. No music, but the TV was on quietly. I had Sambrooks Wandle (£2.60/pint) this time; the other ales were Twickenham Grandstand (£2.60/pint), Blindmans Micro Magic (£2.70/pint), and Slaters Premium (£2.80/pint).

Thai and English food is served noon-2:30pm and 6:30pm-10pm Tue-Sat, and Sunday evenings until 9pm, according to an advert in the April/May 2008 London Drinker magazine. They also do posh crisps (Salty Dog, 80p/packet as of October 2007).

Accessibility: No step to get in (though there is a sort of ridge), and it's step-free to the bar, seating area, and toilets. Not sure about the beer garden.

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Last visited by Kake, 18 June 2009. Opening times taken from the 2007 Good Beer Guide and confirmed from advert in the April/May 2008 London Drinker magazine.
OS X co-ord: 517475 OS Y co-ord: 177320 (Latitude: 51.482133 Longitude: -0.308031)
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