The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 12 and Version 11 of Star Tavern, SW1X 8HT

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The previous Landlord and Landlady retired on the 27th of September. Its goen downhill since.
 The previous Landlord and Landlady retired on the 27th of September. The pub is currently in the hands of a capable-sounding Irish(?) lady.
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Full range of Fuller's beer. ESB, London Pride, Chiswick Bitter and the seasonal ale. This will be Summer Ale in the summer, Honeydew in the autumn and spring and Jack Frost in the winter. They aslo will have the [[Fuller's]] autumn monthly beers. Such as London porter. The beer is still of a high quality.
 Full range of Fuller's beer. ESB, London Pride, Chiswick Bitter and the seasonal ale. This will be Summer Ale in the summer, Honeydew in the autumn and spring and Jack Frost in the winter. The price of the real ales goes between about �1.80 for Chiswick to �2.20 for ESB and �2.30 for Honeydew. <small>[Prices as of October 2002]</small>
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Food at lunchtime is provided by a buffet style arrangement - although the staff do the serving; Don't order food at the bar. Quite a selection of light lunch things, ranging from jacket potatoes to huntsman pie. While the menu may suggest a dish comes with chips and stuff they are quite happy to provide vegetables and salad instead. All in all it was very nice. Just what you need for lunch.
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Food is served all day till 21:00. However they can have issues when havign to deal with large groups upstairs. They will only do a limited menu and it might hold up orders elsewhere in the pub. You can also get a buffet if you book upstairs.
 Lunch is served between 12:00 and 14:30; the evening menu is then served from 14:30 till 21:00
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The steak is no longer any good and possibly a bit pricey at �10.95. Mine was overdone and was thin. (See older version of the page to see what a tragedy this is.)
 The evening menu is very good and quite cheap. A very well prepared steak can be yours for �9.95. Alternatively if you go for the sausage and mash (�6.50) you'll get three very nice sausages with onion gravy and some really stunningly good home-made mash. I have yet to be able to manage to eat all three sausages, though I am only small. Vegetarians are relatively poorly provided-for with one option: pasta with sundried tomatoes and cream (�6.25). Order at the bar.
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<i>"The pasta is not particularly creamy; I'm not sure there was any cream in it at all. This is a good thing! The pasta was al dente, fresh tasting, and with just the right amount of a very tasty sauce made with sundried tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, and black olives. It came with coleslaw, a bit of lettuce, and two pieces of garlic bread." --[[Kake]]</i>

All in all the food is of a high standard at all times.

There are rumours of a new menu with more veggie options and a higher price for the steak. tbc - [[bob]]
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The staff are mostly friendly. Its location means it can be quite full early in the evening but never too full.
 The staff are always friendly. Its location means it can be quite full early in the evening but never too full. The Landlord and Landlady are most amiable as well. They run a tight ship and everything is done very well.
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One of only 2 pubs in london to appear in all editions of the good beer guide (less than 16 nationally). Was used as the launching place of the 30th edition of the GBG - including serving the special Young's made anniversary beer, even though its a Fuller's house.
In my opinon it might lose its good beer guide status this year --[[bob]]
 One of only 3 pubs in london to appear in all 30 editions of the good beer guide (17 nationally). Was used as the launching place of the 30th edition of the GBG - including serving the special Young's made anniversary beer, even though its a Fuller's house.
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Just been refurbished. Didnt ruin anything. :)
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News

The previous Landlord and Landlady retired on the 27th of September. The pub is currently in the hands of a capable-sounding Irish(?) lady.

Drinks

Full range of Fuller's beer. ESB, London Pride, Chiswick Bitter and the seasonal ale. This will be Summer Ale in the summer, Honeydew in the autumn and spring and Jack Frost in the winter. The price of the real ales goes between about �1.80 for Chiswick to �2.20 for ESB and �2.30 for Honeydew. [Prices as of October 2002]

Also the normal range of lagers and stuff.

Food

Food at lunchtime is provided by a buffet style arrangement - although the staff do the serving; Don't order food at the bar. Quite a selection of light lunch things, ranging from jacket potatoes to huntsman pie. While the menu may suggest a dish comes with chips and stuff they are quite happy to provide vegetables and salad instead. All in all it was very nice. Just what you need for lunch.

Lunch is served between 12:00 and 14:30; the evening menu is then served from 14:30 till 21:00

The evening menu is very good and quite cheap. A very well prepared steak can be yours for �9.95. Alternatively if you go for the sausage and mash (�6.50) you'll get three very nice sausages with onion gravy and some really stunningly good home-made mash. I have yet to be able to manage to eat all three sausages, though I am only small. Vegetarians are relatively poorly provided-for with one option: pasta with sundried tomatoes and cream (�6.25). Order at the bar.

"The pasta is not particularly creamy; I'm not sure there was any cream in it at all. This is a good thing! The pasta was al dente, fresh tasting, and with just the right amount of a very tasty sauce made with sundried tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, and black olives. It came with coleslaw, a bit of lettuce, and two pieces of garlic bread." --Kake

All in all the food is of a high standard at all times.

There are rumours of a new menu with more veggie options and a higher price for the steak. tbc - bob

Service and Ambience

The staff are always friendly. Its location means it can be quite full early in the evening but never too full. The Landlord and Landlady are most amiable as well. They run a tight ship and everything is done very well.

Layout

Room on the ground floor can seat about 30 people. Tables can be reserved. There is also an upstairs room which seats 30 that can be booked out for free. They may also open the bar for you.

Facilities

The Men's toilets are clean if not a little cramped. The women's are fine too; two cubicles one of which is a little short on space but the other is fine. Wheelchair access but not to the toilets.

Other Facts

One of only 3 pubs in london to appear in all 30 editions of the good beer guide (17 nationally). Was used as the launching place of the 30th edition of the GBG - including serving the special Young's made anniversary beer, even though its a Fuller's house.

Supposedly a hangout of East End gangsters in the 60s. The great train robbery was allegedly planned here.

Just been refurbished. Didnt ruin anything. :)

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