On our way to the first match of the season against the London Tigers we popped into The Railway Hotel in Greenford, which holds a Cask Marque and is part of the Flaming Grill chain.
On arrival we had to pay to park in the pub car park (1 GBP). This may be the norm in London, but seemed unusual to us from leafy Dunstable. We were reassured by the locals that we would get our money back when we ordered at the bar.
Froggy was in the chair and had ordered the drinks. Five drinks came to £11 which must have been wrong, but we're never one to knock a bargain. The young bar steward must have been confused as he forgot the change from a £20 note despite the cheap price.
Just time for a quick slurp whilst Dad's not looking.
A quick look at the menu and the food was ordered, which was all reasonably priced. Whilst no longer a hotel this pub has got character but the choice of background music left a lot to be desired, even more so as I do find background music annoying in pubs.
Anyhow, the grub turned up on sizzling plates and was very impressive. The mixed grill was superb and others had BBQ spare ribs and cheese and bacon burgers all of which met with approval.
Mixed grill on a sizzling tennis racket.
As we were running a little late, thanks to traffic issues in Dunstable, we only had time for the one drink so had to rush off to the ground. We arrived at the ground just in time for kick-off.
All in all, our away day was a success (despite having to change a tyre on the way home) and we aim to return to the Railway for our FA Cup tie against North Greenford United in a couple of weeks with enough time to sample it's range of real ales.
Rating 3/5
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