The Palmer Tavern in Reading

** "Have you ever experienced a venue that seemed to have all the ingredients for a great night out - excellent band, affordable food and drink deals, unique atmosphere - but still left you feeling underwhelmed? What do you think was missing at The Palmer Tavern that night, and have you ever returned to see if it was just a one-off experience?

I was rather inebriated after being at the Palmer Park, House and garage orchestra Festival gig. So can't comment on a night there bit the time I was there was good.Staff were friendly, music was good and an outside seating area was very much appreciated. 🙂🙂

Its OK, spots orientated and a typical pub - its not a bad place but has nothing to set it aside from a thousand other pubs around the county. Interesting burger & dogs menu.

Lovely pints and beautiful beer garden

Great place for students if your looking for a pub off campus. Fantastic pool table and community. Not as cheap as campus pubs but still reasonably priced and affordable. Food is fantastic!

Nice pub with a hidden but very spacious beer garden at the rear. Decent pool tables too with a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.

Terrible ale, bad atmosphere, very clicky, with staff and a few locals eating domino's one end of bar. No mention of protecting paying customers with parking fine. It's usual in other places for staff to let paying customers know if they have a car to follow "the signs". Avoid. Better places around.

It's OK. Kind of a sport pup. Has 2 pool tables and a darts board. Not too many tables.

Proper pub, decent pint and good atmosphere

Good drinks for good prices. Pool and darts and a rather impressive beer garden. Food has been good when I have had it.

Strange pub that looks like it should be a student pub but seemed to lack students. There are several pool tables Special deals on large quantities of beer and burgers. Not your usual pub at all. There seems to be a thing about the car park being a parking fine trap. If you're driving, check carefully. We were there to watch The Nine Mile Riders, a local band. I used to see them at The Broad Street Tavern in Wokingham. They played to packed houses there. But The Palmer Tavern on a Saturday night was quiet. No more than thirty people in a huge barn of a pub. The band were good but the place lacked any atmosphere. But I've only been there once. It could just have been a quiet night.