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| - I love board games, I love good food, and I love pubs that combine both. I've been a regular at Randolph Pub for a while, and I kept meaning to try Colonel Moutarde, but somehow never got around to it until this month.
First, the good: The curry pizza was just delicious. OMG so worth it just for that! Also, the selection of board games is pretty decent, and the beer selection isn't bad.
Now, the not-so-good: The red shirts (i.e. the staff who are there specifically to give game advice) don't seem to know the games very well. Maybe I'm being unfair comparing them to the Randolph game staff, who know every game inside out and backwards. But here, they didn't bother to make recommendations, and when we asked them for instructions on a few games, they admitted they didn't know them and left it to us to read the instructions ourselves. Which we could've stayed home to do, to be fair, rather than paying the cover charge to come to a gaming pub.
Also, the pub is pricey. And they only have a food-with-alcohol license, so they require you to order food if you want a beer -- which they only tell you AFTER you've ordered. I wanted food anyway so I didn't care, but a few people I was with had just stopped in after dinner for drinks and games. Since they also charge a cover, it adds up quickly.
And finally, half the pub is very dark and the lighting is insufficient to see the games. We kept having to use the flashlights on our phones to see what we were doing. Not a great setup for games.
I wanted to like you more than this, Colonel Moutarde. And since you're close to home and your pizza is delicious, I'll probably be back. But I have to say I think Randolph does it better.
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