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This pub can get very busy at lunch time and when you get your food it is normally cold, and also the manager can be quite rude, but okay for a quick drink after work.
anonymous - 10 Nov 2006 12:27 |
This pub had one widescreen flat panel and a couple of 4:3 CRT TVs. Unusually, they managed to get the Sky Digibox set at 16:9. However, there was SOMETHING wrong with the rest of their setup. They seemed to have their widescreen set to "Smart" mode, as opposed to 16:9, so for the first time, I've seen a pub showing thin pictures! :o Manager didn't seem too interested in my observations, but he did mention that he didn't like the "fat" pictures that Dixons have. That's a start, I guess!! Find out more about my Pub Widescreen campaign at www.radiofeeds.co.uk/wide
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Doesn't have a pool table anymore.
anonymous - 30 Apr 2006 13:50 |
This pub has a lot going for it. Now ITV is just across the road - and the ITV news channel is closing down. That means lots of beautiful birds - i.e. newsreaders and researchers - drowning their sorrows and looking for a bit of entertainment. Know what I mean. Still worried about the food and bar staff that can't speak proper English like wot you can?
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Didn't like it before the refurbishment. Not over-keen on it now, even though it's very different.
The food's not bad. The beer's alright. The space taken up by the bar is about the same as that required for a Routemaster bus. It's a bit cluttered generally as well. Makes navigating the pub a little difficult. In particular 'cos it's so dark.
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Another once great pub that shut for refurbishment...and that was the death knell. As the size of the windows increaced, the area behind the bar followed suit. 5 years ago, if you'd have told me i'd be fiddling with wax in the blue lion, i'd have known it was coming from my ears, and not from a wine bottle used as lighting for 'effect'. Like another well known establishment with wax, Madame tussauds, there is about as much life in this place. Full of people, but its just BORING. Bar staff are terrible and they don't have magners......cardinal sin.
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They seem to enjoy employing people who can't really speak english. You ask for a lager you get half a coke. You ask for a burger with chilli you get nachos. It's alright, but not great.
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Hmmmm, never REALLY had a bad night in this place.
Food is average and the staff are pretty sh*te. No I take that back, the staff are rubbish! And why do they have so much room behind the bar? The place gets PACKED on a Friday night and you can't move whereas behind the bar the staff have enough room to do the ruddy conga!!! SORT IT OUT then I may just like you a bit more.
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More of a pub/bar this one. Like it alot when I'm out with my mates. Perfect place to go on a Thursday or Friday (open til 1) after going to one of the other pubs in the area (prime choice = The Lamb in Lamb Conduit Street).
Usually opt for the Speckled Hen.
Occasionally attracts wankers, but that's not the pub's fault. The number of people that get wasted and lairy about the pool table can be very frustrating. One of my only gripes about the place. Usually a good laugh, but can be more trouble than it's worth.
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An old favourite of mine, but the staff are appallingly slow, and seem to revel in getting slower the busier the place gets - and it can get very busy, especially on Thursday and Friday evenings when the local office workers turn up. Does have one advantage - a 1am licence at the back end of the week should ensure you've somewhere to go when you get a second (or third) wind...
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