No. No. No. State your opinion and stand by it. If I am wrong I wish to be corrected (or at least influenced otherwise). The two establishments that I am not keen on are a product of their management which has not changed in the past few years. Internal politics (between area management, senior management, and board management within the Fullers oragnisation) have kept these pubs going in spite of rafts of complaints. The staff at the sharp end at the bar are often unaware of the nature of their employer and are generally doing their best. They leave fairly quickly. It is the long-termers that call the shots and are the problem.There are many excellent pubs in Ealing, however, like good shops they do not need active marketing and publicity - word of mouth is often enough.Ealing has only one gastropub in my opinion and that is the the Ealing Park Tavern on the South Ealing/Brentford border (I believe it is still privately owned). Pubs that do food that are good, in my opinion, include the fairly recently re-vamped and re-managed Forester at the top of Northfields Avenue (which has an excellent Thai restaurant attached to it), and the New Inn opposite St Mary's Church.My definition of a "gastropub" is one where the food orders are taken by a waiter/waitress and not placed at the bar, while a "pub that does food" is one where the order is placed at the bar. I almost forgot to mention the legendary Wetherspoons pubs which are unbeatable for value - the Sir Micahel Balcon on the Mall (Ealing Broadway) and the Red Lion and Pineapple (Acton).
Kieren A Wroblewski ● 4569d