midlife crisis wrote:I went recently and had a good time. Only discordant note was the cask Arkell Bitter, which was not good at all. Not sure if this is a comment on the pub or the current state of Wellington Brewery, but the beer was thin and unpleasant. We quickly switched to Fuller's Chiswick. Hope they'll consider perhaps changing to a Durham cask ale. Everything else was great!
The Arkell I had there wasn't good. The next closest thing to water (and frankly, if the Chiswick is anything like it was when I had it at Volo, I could say the same about that). Oh well. Luckily the Denison's Weissbier was as good as ever and hit the spot perfectly on a really hot day.
I didn't go there for the food so I can't say much about it, but I did get an order of chips to snack on which came with a really nice ketchup that had some kind of cardamom thing going on that was just fantastic.
I'd go back if I had a reason to be in the area or to give it a go for dinner, the atmosphere is great, but as a beer destination it wasn't my thing. To be fair, though, the beer selection is appropriate for what they are going for. Just, as I said, not my thing and there are a bunch of places higher up on the list for me.
