I went to the Stumble Inn with my wife recently for the second and last time.

The place was not even half full and we couldn’t get served. The Irish manager seemed to be dealing with it, but mostly by scowling at the staff and eyeballing the customers.

The food menu has shrunk pretty drastically for a place I thought had a western chef? They also seem to have upped their prices by quite cleverly putting 8 on top of everything to squeeze a few extra kuai out of an already overpriced food menu. We’ll be having our 2-for-1 burgers in Blue Frog next time I find myself in the Village, thank you very much.

I will say the beer menu is pretty impressive and lots of great American brews, but it took me so long to get served I only managed to have two. It did give me plenty of time to check out their website though, which on the ‘About’ page has a comically self-involved, egomaniacal diatribe about how it is the “best bar ever”, whose founder is “the King of Beijing nightlife” and wears some sort of crown encrusted with imaginary bars.

That’s not nearly as impressive as the apparent claim that they have the only qualified food and beverage manager in Beijing. There’s a distinct possibility these guys have never been in anyone else’s bar, because I can immediately think of about 10 qualified F&B experts in Beijing (and they all know how to smile at their customers).

They top off this frenzied rant with a ‘my d**k is bigger’ joke about the size of their drinks menu. Nice.

All in all, an average bar that (despite having the biggest d**k in Beijing) isn’t worth 8 kuai of my money.

look, i love stumble, but guys, poor choice on having the band set up before the game. no one f'in cares about them during the rugby final. don't serve me a 60rmb hoegaarden in a 33cl glass and tell me it's the same as the half liter ones (corrolary to piss on my foot and tell me it's raining). also, one of your waitress actually told someone in our party, "no hugs". hilarious, but seriously? train your staff

The drinks here are really great - good portions, big selection, but the service is extremely inconsistent. The foreign waitresses are usually pretty on top of things, but the Chinese waitresses are not so much. Last night, after sitting for 10 minutes without someone giving us a menu, we grabbed one for ourselves from the counter. And when the waitress walked by us a couple of times before completely disappearing, I went inside to order at the bar. Also, no one explained to us that the Happy Hour deal ONLY applied to the "classic cocktails".

I'd definitely come back here for the drinks, but the service needs to improve or it'll become too frustrating and not worth it soon.

For the ladies...if you find yourself here playing pool or trying to pass the time as you boy watches the sports, order the Limoncello Cocktail. it is delicious and sweet!

Hey, it's Sunday afternoon, after 3 p.m.

It's f-ing happy hour.

Expat adults, why don't you have the common sense not to bring your babies and small children to a BAR?

It's really embarrassing. You go to have a few pints and a laugh, and walk into a f-ing day care.

Great drinks, awesome food and polite, attentive servers. Good prices.

Screaming babies and toddlers monopolizing the foosball table? Holy f***!

Even the rooftop was no solace, a bunch of bleached blonde moms were out there with BABIES!

At a bar, during happy hour!

Get it together, children should be banned from bars.

It's not a restaurant, it's a f-ing bar.

First time at The Stumble Inn and was pretty impressed. It took a little bit to find the exact location in The Village (there should be an app for The Village navigation). It was quiz night and really crowded but the staff did a pretty decent job at taking care of everyone. The food was typical for pub food and they had a nice selection of beer on the menu. Although we didn't win the pub quiz, it was a good time and a fun atmosphere. Will definitely go back when i'm in the area.

Have tried eating here 3 times. Food is always ok, especially if you have a craving for yorkshire puddings on a Sunday. But the service is routinely poor; food takes a long time to come, it doesn't all come at the same time so one person will have finished a meal while the other is still waiting, or food doesn't come at all. When some chicken wings failed to arrive the expat management were very friendly and made sure the dish did come and was for free...... but when the bill came the floor staff still wanted to charge us.

It's not lack of staff, there have always been more than enough, it's that they obviously have no clue what they are doing. It's a real shame because this place has potential (YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS) and training staff to an acceptable level is perfectly possible. Still, early days, so I hope things improve so I can get my sunday lunch fix more often.

I would like to report that this place is in fact the best bar in the world ever.
I was there a few nights ago and there were some fumes from some construction work going on.
I did however manage to escape with my life hahahahaha as some others have suggested this scenario
may have been in jeopardy.
I ate a Chicken and Bacon Linguini which was spectacular and then drank my self silly receiving a bill
that didnt amount to much at all.
When I first got a whif of this smell I (being educated and of an I.Q. in double digits) simply approached the management and ASKED what was going on. My Wife demanded i stay quiet but i had had a few and thought an explanation would be entirely reasonable. and it was.
enough nonsense.
I played pool on a beautiful table and carried on drinking.
Unfortunately the only problem is that the last of my money was reserved for the baby sitter so we couldnt stay on.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THE STUMBLE INN.
BEST BAR IN THE WORLD EVER.

The best thing of this place is the choice one can make to choose the beer.
Absolutely amazing. Drinking same old Stellas or Guinnees is so boring specially at age second or third rate bars like lugas or paddys.
Drinking here makes you feel you can make a choice in this city and yes you can really choose from the better of the best.
Congratulations on keeping such a great choice.

The wait staff are smiling always.
The snackfood is cool . Love the jinga fries .Absolutely value for money . Whatever I have tried has been wonderful including the soups.

Finally there is a bar which is really run by professionals even the kitchen is handled by the professional Australian chef? (my guess from his pronounciation) and you can meet him and tell him few things,how you like your snack to be done . Unlike in lugas or paddys where the pubgrub is completely handled by chinese and you dont have to think hey-its a bar , and dont ask for best as eats in a bar is not supposed to serve good eats .
You dont have to compromise on eats .

I love this place.

I loved the stumble inn before.This new version is even better.
The outside patio is real good.
The waitstaff dont bother you if you hang around with a beer for a longer time !(comparison with den where the waiters push you so hard so either you order a second one or just get out )
The food is best,though a bit pricey but I guess we need to understand it costs to hire foreign chefs! and have we respect the quality of the food.
(comparison chinese waiters doing western pub pubgrub at paddy o sheas doing burgers of which the breads can be stale or the patty may be uncooked or overcooked ) and can be bought on the roadside for less than half the price)

So finally there is a bar which is a real great bar.
Blue frog and Union Bar and grill have a good competitior.
NO one can though match the beer choices Stumble Inn offers.

A lot of work has gone behind to set up Stumble Inn and people who love drinking like me just love this place.
Yes ,the dart lovers have a ball with the quality of equipment available here.