48 AMBIANCE 2/5 SERVICE 4/10 SELECTION 10/15 FOOD N/A VALUE 4/10 OVERALL 8/20 berkshirejohn (136) Bracknell, England | September 12, 2012 I wasn’t impressed - lousy service, loud music and poor lighting at the bar. The Rock Bottom in the Mall was a far better, and livelier alternative, even though the beer choice was more limited. |
70 AMBIANCE 3/5 SERVICE 8/10 SELECTION 10/15 FOOD 7/10 VALUE 8/10 OVERALL 14/20 Theydon_Bois (372) The ’Sham, England | August 31, 2012 Visited on Saturday lunchtime on memorial day weekend - 26/05/12 to escape the shops for an hour!
Given a 3 for ambiance, place was pretty quiet but I still had a chat to the guy next to me at the bar and the bartender.
Decent selection for a mall bar, 30 or so taps, nothing overly rare but solid east coast favourites, a few from the west and maybe 10 taps of crap. Bottled list was again decent for a mall bar, 50 or so in a well laid out menu. I ordered an RR Damnation from said list.
Bar tender knew his stuff, happy to give samples and chat, that said it wasn’t busy. Had some sliders on my visit - tasty enough. Wouldn’t come out of my way to visit, but if you’re in KOP this offers a lot more choice than Rock Bottom! |