The Turks Head — Restaurant in Reading

Rude manager and dead atmosphere ruins lovely pub.

Within 5 minutes of sitting down, I was asked "you getting a drink mate?" - by his chippy and aggressive tone it was obvious the manager was accusing me of using the pub without buying anything.

He walked off with an annoyed look on his face as if I, as a customer, was an inconvenience. I walked over to him and called him out on it, saying that no wonder there were no customers here if he made everyone feel like a nuisance. He looked sheepish and started to get defensive, saying "no other customer is complaining.." - ironically there were about 4 people in the whole pub - if you have no customers, they cannot complain! Haha. Pure comedy gold. I definitely won't be going back.

He ran off getting defensive and predictably shirty like people of his type do.

The lovely pub with wooden beams could be such a thriving, friendly community place, but unfortunately it is not thriving in the slightest and it is...

Nice pub, nice beer, go visit.

Popped in at lunchtime on a Saturday in February 2024 to kill couple hours. Not busy, just one barman who was helpful and friendly. Great real ale, two barrels on when we visited. Lots of seating. No food available but barman happy for us to get a Taco Bell delivery, prob didn't want to lose potential income from six of us buying drinks! Superb pool table which we monopolised until food time, dead level with lots of properly tipped & straight cues. Couple locals came in while we ate, politely queried bit of money we'd left on the pool table and returned it! Also an excellent dart board where two very good players were er, at it. Ceiling very low in places esp as you go from front entrance to games room at the back,...

I’ve been spending many weekends in Reading for the past 5 years while my wife studied for her Doctorate at the university across the road.

Being from Leicester, I enjoyed their Premiership winning season on many weekends with the Spurs fans, although rivals for the title, they were fantastic, the day when the Foxes received the trophy, the Turks was full of Spurs fans who were good humoured and generous.

The Turks is a traditional pub, a calm and lovely atmosphere in winter as well as summer.

Sadly, tomorrow, March 13, 2020, my wife performs her Viva Voce at the University when she hopes to become Doctor Beth, it marks my last day in the Turks. It’ll be...