Lunch at the Honor Oak very poor lunch The Honor Oak great on Friday /Saturday Sunday but not mid week?
I go in the Nap now and again - never felt unwelcome at all. It’s a cracking little carpet pub
took them 50 minutes to make us a sandwich.
kinda overpriced for what it is too.
It’s my nearest pub (well, excluding the Chandos) and I haven’t had a decent time the five visits I’ve had. Avoiding until I hear better reports. I’m very sorry my adopted local The Railway Telegraph is going into new hands, loved it under the previous management.
Went to the Honor Oak two or there times. Food OK but put off by unsupervised children running round pub unchecked by both parents and staff.
Not the place for a quiet read of a paper.
The RT is open again and apparently nothing has changed…so far!
Oh that’s good news!
Picking up this old thread after a reference to THO in the discussion on the Chandos.
THO is my local pub but after a series of consistently bad experiences (service, food and beer all poor) I’ve not been back in a while.
It always seems quiet when I walk past. Has anyone had a good experience there lately? Would you recommend we try again?
I haven’t been recently either but have given it many chances over the last few years and like you found it lacking in many areas. I hope someone can report back positively as it is really my local, geographically speaking, and I would be happy if it turned itself around…
Reviews on tripadvisor are very mixed…
I’ve always swerved it and gone to the Nap or Chandos instead. Blythe Hill Tavern is only down the road as well.
It’s got better. We have been going on and off a bit over the last six weeks as we’ve had a new arrival it’s relatively baby friendly compared with our usual haunts. We had been avoiding it for the last year or so after some pretty bad experiences, and we found the service and food has improved, though we’ve only really been in at quieter times. It also depends who’s working the bar, some of the staff are still rather casual and you can be waiting a while for a drink.
Thanks for that - the waiting to be served thing always annoyed me and they could certainly learn from the Chandos (never had to wait) on that score but glad to hear it had improved.
I’ll pop in for a pint next week and report back!