The Wellington

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  The Wellington

  81-83 Waterloo Road London SE1 8UD uk
  

  More reviews by rich42uk
  rich42uk

  28th August 2008

  If you're really stuck for a place to go...

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  ...then that would possibly be the main reason to head here. Whilst not an awful place to visit for a pint, there are a couple of factors that keep it from reaching the giddying heights of other nearby drinking holes such as The Windmill or even The Camel & Artichoke on Lower March.
  
  The main one is that it's on a busy main road and is more or less the first place you see when emerging out of the Undergound street entrance to Waterloo. With that in mind, it gets uncomfortably busy and is filled with all manner of bad-tempered suits grabbing a quick one before heading home so at times it is standing-room only.
  
  The drinks on choice are bog-standard and the wine list somewhat limited. Food seems to be quite middle of the road cook-chill stuff whilst again, not bad, is a bit unremarkable.
  
  On the bright side though, it does have quite a nice layout with a good mixture of comfy tables, seats and bar tables (when you can get them). Bar staff are efficient if a little icy at times and the live sports can be a bit oppressive.
  
  Whilst there's much to detract from, there's a lot that could be improved quite easily given a bit of effort. The question is whether you can be bothered with that when there are other, better, places within a short distance?

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  The Wellington

  81-83 Waterloo Road London SE1 8UD uk
  

  More reviews by robcarter
  robcarter

  13th November 2006

  We like to watch

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  Rugby watching; a saturday sin in winter.
  
  We go to many pubs/bars/homes/Dixons on a Saturday in the dark months. A lack of planning and adventurousness leads to a glacially slow exploration of new places to watch.
  
  Returning to an old haunt, The Firestation at Waterloo, revealed that they had turned it into a trendy eatery and ditched the TVs. Sh*t. We needed somewhere else and fast. On the other side of the road, just past the 'Sainsburys-Smaller-But-Irritatingly-More-Expensive", loitered The Wellington.
  
  We had no choice.
  
  We had all been here before whilst using the station as a meeting place. This time we had gone in 'for a reason'. It owed us.
  
  I had horrific memories of this place but it has been redone. You cant change geography however and its still full of crazies, rentboys, drunks, wierdos and foreigners. Mostly arriving or leaving via the station, which is all too close to this establishment. We fitted right in.
  
  Drinks not cheap, some of the beer smelled funny. Lots of TVs and staff willing to up volume and change channel as you wish; useful for watching less mainstream games. Chips were nice.
  
  I'm not sure I'd bother again. A nice to know when you are in a hurry.
  
  PS See attached for cryptic loo sign above the basin in the gents'.
  PPS Forgot to take a picture of the quite tasteless fresco of the battle of waterloo, complete with Napoleon and Wellington. What a great thing to have as the first taste of british welcoming pub culture as you step off the Eurostar...
  PPPS They are also a hotel at a frankly outrageous 70 per night. God, I dread to think what occurs up those stairs.

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