Goose Walthamstow Reviews Summary

Category: Pub London

Address: 264 Hoe St, London, E17 3AX, United Kingdom

Phone: +442085204751

Rating: 4.0
based on 148 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were lovely couldn't do enough for you also nice and clean 5* for me would 100% go back."
  • "Always great atmosphere, nice staff and good drinks!"
  • "Actually had the manager Rafal tend to us. He was funny and friendly definitely made us enjoy our time there."
  • "The lovely team went out of their way to make sure that my small group could watch the Wales V New Zealand Match."
  • "Lovely staff - Patryk, Natalia and Ilona - friendly, polite and professional."
  • "Rhianna is always one of the kindest bar staff. She is very friendly and always goes above and beyond for me and my friends ;)"
  • "The service was quick and friendly."

Cons:

  • "Absolute garbage, terrible customer service, very little variety available due to broke machinery."
  • "Terrible service from lady behind the bar. Rude, uninterested, unhelpful and should not work in the hospitality industry."
  • "I highly suggest this rude, aggressive 'girl' is advised to go on a customer service course. We visit the area 5 times a year to see family and will never frequent the pub again....."
  • "Some of the staff didn't seem very engaged in serving customers."
  • "Staff didn't seem to know basic things like what size a medium glass of wine is."
  • "The service with people not speaking English and mixing up my children's food is ridiculous."
  • "One of the bar staff was rude (girl, dark brunette hair and grey/cream cardigan)."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

  • "We highly recommend visiting the pub."
  • "The pub's atmosphere is relaxing very multicultural chilling music."
  • "It's very convenient to meet with friends there. It has undergone renovation several times and they brought up to the good standards. It has a very friendly workforce and I like the atmosphere there."
  • "The place is bright and breezy with a lovely atmosphere."
  • "The Goose is a really nice, not too busy pub with very good prices and special deals."
  • "As a vegan, I was happy with the choice of meals available."
  • "A lovely big pub right next to the underground so, easy to find."

Cons:

  • "Would never visit again."
  • "Inside is very cold and there are too many TV screens around all the time with some sport on it."
  • "The sunday pub quiz is a bit underwhelming with not many people taking part and it being run on smartphones therefore not recommend that!"
  • "Real shame family reunion spoiled as my 17 year old son was not welcome after 7pm."
  • "There is no atmosphere as such, usually just blokes watching football."
  • "Would the overly-loud ambience-destroying music make you leave first or would that be caused by the bad mobile-disco lighting blinding you?"
  • "The place was running alive with mice! Saw just the one, which ran in between a lady's feet."

Cleanliness and Facilities

Pros:

  • "Nice clean environment, available tables to sit down and have a drink."
  • "Spotless toilets and regularly cleaned tables."
  • "Nice clean establishment with a welcoming environment."
  • "Fairly decent pub with a good amount of space, and generally clean with plenty of staff."

Cons:

  • "Nobody seems to clean the tables ever, so you're left with a sticky greasy mess on the table which you can't lean on or you'll get filthy."
  • "The facilities I have to said very poor tables very sticky no clean and the toilets wasn’t any paper."
  • "Absolute garbage, terrible customer service, very little variety available due to broke machinery and a complete dump especially in the bathrooms and overall cleanliness."
  • "Place wasn't that busy but it was filthy, every table with spilt food all over it."
  • "Bars were also dirty and still had discarded drinks and cloths on them."
  • "The pub had a pretty strong smell of bleach. We noticed a couple of pretty nonchalant mice cleaning up the crumbs on the carpets."

Food and Drink

Pros:

  • "Reasonably good value for money."
  • "The food was done to perfection and the drinks were spot on."
  • "The offer of a beef burger was served with possibly the best chips I have ever had."
  • "Food and drink prices really reasonable."
  • "Couldn’t fault food or drinks at very good prices."
  • "The food was freshly cooked and everyone enjoyed their meals and drinks."
  • "Great selection of lagers, crafts and casks."

Cons:

  • "Its a lot more expensive than it used to be."
  • "We tried to order something but there was a lack of steaks so most of the choices were cancelled."
  • "Food not cheap and there are better pubs with cheaper drink."
  • "Tiny portions of burnt but cold food."
  • "But the pie was not very good I had to say it was very poor Food."
  • "Food was a disappointment. Microwave mash and peas dry and leek and chicken pie very average."
  • "The fish that I was served was very overcooked not what you expect to pay for."

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