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This is a nice riverside pub, ideally situated for viewing the Boat Race. It's towards the end of the course, and is recommended on the official Boat Race website. So unsurprisingly it gets horrifically crowded on the day of the race. Get here ten minutes before opening time, bag a table, and be prepared to turn lots of people away from it if your friends aren't all going to be there on time (most people are polite, some don't seem to grasp the idea that they should have been there two hours earlier if they actually wanted a seat). Yes, I know that giving this advice means that next year I have to get there fifteen minutes before opening :-)

Disclaimer: I've only been here once, on Boat Race day, so the stuff below is a little sketchy, being limited to what I think probably still applies on ordinary days. --Kake

Drinks

A bottle of what you get when you ask for "white wine" is �12. I didn't try any, so don't know how good it is.

Layout

Downstairs: one large room with a 360-degree (I think) bar in the middle. The front of the pub can be opened up (pull-down wall thing) onto a narrow balcony looking out over the river. This room and the balcony also lead out into a beer garden with a couple of small round tables and some larger bench-table combinations. There are also bench-table things down on the riverbank, but beware — they get flooded at high tide.

Very pretty and relaxing river views from the beer garden.

Upstairs: another room, not been in this.

Facilities

The toilets are downstairs. The ladies' has real taps but nasty (although reasonably competent) hot-air hand dryer.


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