The Piston Club, Redhill near Stratford

[Alex Z]

This looks interesting, on the opposite side of Stratford to C&M, with a slightly more upmarket feel but definitely going to attract some of the same audience.

https://thepistonclub.co.uk/

I’ll be giving it a go I think

[FezSpider]

Alex Z said:

This looks interesting, on the opposite side of Stratford to C&M, with a slightly more upmarket feel but definitely going to attract some of the same audience.

https://thepistonclub.co.uk/

I’ll be giving it a go I think

Thanks for this, I have never heard of it. I wonder how long it's been open.
Of course it will attract some of the same, petrol heads are just that.
The days of tweed and pipes are probably gone
Its great that these places are opening up, gives us some great choices.

[davejf]

FezSpider said:

Thanks for this, I have never heard of it. I wonder how long it's been open.
Of course it will attract some of the same, petrol heads are just that.
The days of tweed and pipes are probably gone
Its great that these places are opening up, gives us some great choices.

Only been open a week or two now. Not visited yet but looks good from the social media posts I’ve seen.
Definitely an upmarket C&M although mostly the same crowd.

[Alex Z]

Yep, just a week or so. Going to take a trip over soon and check it out. The car park looks smaller than C&M but there’s room to expand.

[blueg33]

My cleaner is going on Saturday as it’s quite close. Will report back on Thursday

[FezSpider]

blueg33 said:

My cleaner is going on Saturday as it’s quite close. Will report back on Thursday

Let us know good man, and I will get my chauffeur to waft me over in the Rolls

[blueg33]

FezSpider said:

blueg33 said:

My cleaner is going on Saturday as it’s quite close. Will report back on Thursday

Let us know good man, and I will get my chauffeur to waft me over in the Rolls

I’ll get my secretary to brief yours.

[FezSpider]

Lol

[Alex Z]

We were heading past earlier on today so called in for a beer in the sun.

The interior of the pub and restaurant area look really very well done, with plenty of motorsport memorabilia on display. The seating area outside is nice with a kids playground across the way, and immaculately kept lawns.

I think it should do well, but it’s not a direct competitor to C&M with a lot less car parking and more upmarket food on the menu.

[24lemons]

This is just up the road from me. We passed it yesterday and decided we should give it a try. Hopefully we will manage to drop by for a drink sometime soon.

[Alex Z]

They are doing a Sunday morning bike meet, starting this weekend.

[Alex Z]

Alex Z said:

They are doing a Sunday morning bike meet, starting this weekend.

It was very good. Plenty of variety there, and lovely weather. Food not the cheapest but not stupidly priced. Queue for hot drinks was quite long but they admit they got three times as many people as expected.

[24lemons]

We popped in for lunch today. Very nice. There is an interesting selection of memorabilia and books around the place and the menu was interesting and varied. Prices seemed reasonable and we had a very pleasant lunch sat outside in the sun. I think we will be back

[PositronicRay]

I've just been reading through the trip advisor reviews. Some right wierdos, one fella complaining it had a motoring theme, another that his wife was acrophobic so couldn't make it to the upstairs loo.

I despair.

[Alex Z]

They’ve been very lucky with the later warm weather, but so far this seems to be a successful launch.

The Sunday bike meets are popular, and they are getting plenty of car groups either holding events there or calling in on the way through.

[itcaptainslow]

Looks like it could be well worth a visit. Thanks for the tip!

[FezSpider]

I was there yesterday and again today. One of my favourite places to be. I have been 4 times now.