The Albany Pub & Dining Room

Sunday afternoon and the sun is shining what better place to have a quick bite to eat but my old favourite the Albany Tavern, well I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Firstly it never helps when you are dining in the Mary Celeste, however having eaten at the Albany several times before I encouraged my guest not to be put off. Another mistake as it turns out. I started with the Half a Pint of Fresh Atlantic Prawns, well I would most certainly dispute the idea that they were fresh, the prawns were warm as if they had just been defrosted in hot water, as was the dirty glass they came in. This would have been bad enough but they were small Prawns which are always fairly tasteless and normally full of prawn eggs. My guest went for the Thai Pork rolls which were greasy and over cooked, and just to complete the taste sensation they were served on a deep-fried bed of Savoy cabbage which was unnecessary and burnt, anyway like there wasn’t enough lard on the dish already!

So after having the offending dishes returned we shared a plate of mediocre humous and char grilled toast, evidently the traditional compliment of lightly toasted Pitta Bread was a step to far.

And so on to the true predator in this crime on food the main course. As the restaurant was adverting Mussel Madness and being a sucker for a good bowl of Moule Frites I gave the order for two bowls of mussels in cider. When the food arrived and we open our bowls the aroma was somewhat funky to say the least and after trying three it was decided that enough was enough and that we may well end up in some difficulty if we continued with the meal.

I have to say the one redeeming feature of the unfortunate experience was the Staff, genuinely concerned that our menu had been below par and were very good about the whole thing. Sorry Albany Tavern but I rate you a big fat 0 out of 10!
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Adrian Walker
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Food 0 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Monday, June 09, 2008

Popped down as heard about it through a friend. The set up is very laid back with comfortable couches and heaps of tables and chairs. The menu has something for everyone with good size portions and prices. The staff are really friendly and overall we had a great time. Was a little quiet for a week night but maybe that's because it's Twickenhmas best kept secret. Would recommend it to anyone.
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Monday, June 25, 2007

Twickenham's best kept secret. Excellent pub with good food.
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Anonymous - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Monday, October 02, 2006

a real hidden gem in twickenham! great food, friendly staff and great value for money! thumbs up!
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, June 30, 2006

Went here for a meal recently and had a great time. The staff were friendly and the service good, they even do cocktails!. I had a duck salad to start followed by the steak and both were excellent.My girlfriend (who's vegetarian) said hers was good too. Will definately be going back again
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speedy - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, June 23, 2006