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Review by damo1977

Rating: 2.00
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What can I say? It's a Walkabout. A typical Australian themed bar.

All the staff seem to be Australian, however, so are most bar staff in London.

There are screens all around showing various sporting events, however, you can guarantee that the event you want to watch will not have the sound turned up.

The beer choice is pretty sparce, with exception of Stella, your going to try something new. Australian and New Zealand beers take preference. (Although there was not Castlemaine XXXX)

If you want a bar near to the District/Circle line then this is one for you, Temple station is behind the bar and the tracks run below the dancefloor. (See it wasn't that Heffer dancing!)]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:17:51 +0000 /review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1v4h781212219662 damo1977 51.510966 -0.113618 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1r2408
Review by t0m

Rating: 1.00
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It's a typical Walkabout - the place is full of TV screens showing sport, and not much else.

If you want a drink with your mates, don't go here because yo can't see for moving images. There isn't much of note here, either in the customers or the bar itself.

I'm told the food is average, but I won't be going to eat there in a hurry. ]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:04:10 +0000 /review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1r2408633363688 t0m 51.510966 -0.113618 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/197048
Review by robcarter

Rating: 2.00
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What my Norse friend here is missing out is that these places vary in goodness; admittedly they all languish between 0.1 stars and 2.3 stars but there are Walkabouts and there are Walkabouts. The Temple one for instance is well ventilated (essential for summer sport watching), keenly priced and most importantly of all has fricking LCD screens above the fricking urinals so you don't miss that Beckham freekick. I was as excited about this as Dr Evil finally getting his pimped-out sharks.

The Shepherds Bush Walkabout is truly a venue for the steely willed (or steaming drunk) especially at the weekend but having clambered across the carpet of sticking broken glass (seriously) to get to the bar (I was dripping with sweat by the time I made it), I met the Fijian under-21 rugby team and had an awesome night out. They don't go to the bar with an order, they go to the bar with all the spends they had been given by their coach (about £50 each) and say 'turn this into beer please' the beers are all piled at one end of the bar (there are no security issues when you are hanging with 20 Fijian rugby players- those beers just stay there and no one touches them - weird huh?).

Anyway you have to be in the mood but there is fun to be had in a boisterous, en masse kind of fashion at a walkabout.]]> Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:15:20 +0000 /review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1970481545475056 robcarter 51.510966 -0.113618 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1710i9
Review by NikoTheFinn

Rating: 2.00
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The Walkabout Inns, for the uninitiated, is a series of Australian themed bars. The one at Temple has numerous TV screens during the day, where you can watch whatever sports is going on at that moment in time. They serve, naturally, a variety of beers, and have a kitchen that fills your belly with basic bar fodder (nachos, chicken wings, potato wedges, etc). At night, the large open space in the middle of the bar is cleared of tables and stools, and it becomes a dancefloor. I have to say, the Walkabout tries to be too many things all at once, and thus doesn't really do anything at all particularly well. Best used as an emergency sporting event watching venue. Food middling. Beers are beers. Avoid night time dance action.]]> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:16:36 +0000 /review/uk/london/bar-pub/1t71r7e/walkabout-inn/1710i9219010038 NikoTheFinn 51.510966 -0.113618