Was lively Saturday afternoon, full of people laughing and enjoying, music blaring and very friendly and happy barman!!! Fully recommend to anyone venturing near Reading West station area!!!
Dean Scowcroft
True locals pub created from an old shop premises on the Oxford Road. Limited seating but attractive pricing with frequent specials and attentive staff. Can get high energy in the evenings (for good and for bad) but it's a well run pub that's worth dropping by, where locals are happy to chat. Likeable place that I pop in when I'm nearby.
Hugh Patton
Lovely time with nice people
Karlene Casserly
Was good 24 years ago when Martin and lenny ran it
Andrea Stoute
Great place friendly people great laugh decent great laugh decent drink
Bishwajit Aich
Good for spending time with friends and few drinks.
Didn't barely notice the place as I went past but popped in for a quick pint and ended up there all day, chatting to anyone and everyone. Really shocked as it is only a small place but it was so friendly and welcoming I will be drinking there again soon!
Beswetherick
For some reason, I didn't know there was a bar here. The Wishing Well is an inconspicuous little one-unit drinking room in a row of shops. It has just a few generic taps, so it's a micropub in size and atmosphere but not in ales (no casks). I bought a bottle of Bud to drink on a pavement table outside. The lady behind the bar offered me some kind of deal for 2 bottles, something I haven't come across before in a pub--but I wasn't stopping. Various convivial drinkers in the small bar room made the Wishing Well seem convivial. It was the same outside, where I sat chatting in the Easter sun with friendly, interesting locals as the pedestrians and busy traffic streamed by. Though the pub's not one of the old traditional ones, it sits in the heart of what I'd call "real Reading", a densely populated area where you still hear the distinctive local accent. Will return, for sure, next time I'm in town.
Was lively Saturday afternoon, full of people laughing and enjoying, music blaring and very friendly and happy barman!!! Fully recommend to anyone venturing near Reading West station area!!!
True locals pub created from an old shop premises on the Oxford Road. Limited seating but attractive pricing with frequent specials and attentive staff. Can get high energy in the evenings (for good and for bad) but it's a well run pub that's worth dropping by, where locals are happy to chat. Likeable place that I pop in when I'm nearby.
Lovely time with nice people
Was good 24 years ago when Martin and lenny ran it
Great place friendly people great laugh decent great laugh decent drink
Good for spending time with friends and few drinks.
Great intimate atmosphere
Sound pub. Good prices.
Very good
very friendly pub like going here
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Didn't barely notice the place as I went past but popped in for a quick pint and ended up there all day, chatting to anyone and everyone. Really shocked as it is only a small place but it was so friendly and welcoming I will be drinking there again soon!
For some reason, I didn't know there was a bar here. The Wishing Well is an inconspicuous little one-unit drinking room in a row of shops. It has just a few generic taps, so it's a micropub in size and atmosphere but not in ales (no casks). I bought a bottle of Bud to drink on a pavement table outside. The lady behind the bar offered me some kind of deal for 2 bottles, something I haven't come across before in a pub--but I wasn't stopping. Various convivial drinkers in the small bar room made the Wishing Well seem convivial. It was the same outside, where I sat chatting in the Easter sun with friendly, interesting locals as the pedestrians and busy traffic streamed by. Though the pub's not one of the old traditional ones, it sits in the heart of what I'd call "real Reading", a densely populated area where you still hear the distinctive local accent. Will return, for sure, next time I'm in town.
What's not to love, the place sells beer.
Excellent pint for Guinness
Great place to people watch