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Clientele certainly left something to be desired, good range of ales though and fast friendly service,7/10
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Another Boscombe pub fast going downhill,popualted to a fairly large extent with dossers and drunks
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I have been comming into this pub quite often just recently,and I find it quite a friendly little place.
The staff very helpful but the one thing I don't quite understand is the sudden appearence of candels arround the place,its as if someone has just died and its kind of like a chapel of rest with a bar in it.Also smoking out side the front door is quite off putting they should use the area provided at the rear of the pub.
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A bit grimy, mad toothless old ladies and mad bearded old men. 2 pints of kronenbourg for under £4 though. Dunno if I would trust the food.
If you want "character" at wetherspoons prices this is your place.
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The pub itself is allright, but as said before it is populated by Chav's and the ones that are terminally on sickness benefit, you know the ones they come to the pub on crutches put miraculously can skip around the pub without them.
It's a bit annoying when you come in for a drink after a week at work on a Saturday to find the place occupied by doley's and the Lazarus types.
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I have been using the Percy on and off for the last 5 years and it has improved hugely from when i first started going in there. Alex is back - and running it well and the bearded guy does a good job of keeping most of the dregs out.
Its got a good range of spirits and lagers at cheap prices and where else can you get a burger and a pint for under a fiver!!! Since the non smoking thing the food has got better as well.
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Sometimes I go in here for a laugh to observe various Boscombe residents enjoy their leisure time. Chavvy drug dealers, aged alcoholics and retired hookers seem to have made it their local. All in all, the perfect snapshot of Boscombe life. The beer usually (but not always) makes up for the less than salubrious surroundings.
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Well there was a manager called Rodney once who was a right twat,and locked me in the pub one christmas day . Only for his own self gratification if you know what I mean. There should be a law against people like that.
anonymous - 22 Apr 2007 18:31 |
The steak was overcooked and didnt taste right. the same steak came back cooked even more! the onion rings made me feel sick. DO NOT EAT HERE, That may be unfare but they couldnt even fix the food when i told them what was wrong with it! My god the beer is cheep though. I stayed for about 4 hours and got very drunk. Dont go in here if you cant look after yourself its full of boscombe scummers! The staff are friendly and seem capable on the bar side of things.
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No improvement I'm afraid. A mix of the dregs of Boscombe society, poor food and lousy service. It's only saving grace is the real ale
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Going downhill very quickly these days,caters to a mixture of non smokers and local scumbags in the main.
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its just not the same here since Tim the mega cute barman left (TO GO WORK IN SAINSBURY! IF U FANCY HIM TOO GO LOOK!)!!
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The Percey shelly is absaloutly brilliant me and my work m8s hav spent so many times in there all day drinkin pitchers takin the michael outta the staff being the entertainment its a legendary place and we all love it especially avn a drink there b4 you go out its r8 great food there too xxxx- and they hav a verrrrry nice barman there called tom lol
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This pub desperately going downhill. Cheap beer yes! Miserable staff, very unfiendly. All local characters been booted out and the local friendly atmosphere that used to be has definately gone.The pub has been turned around for the benefit of the non smokers and no one wants to go in there anymore.
This place could do with a makeover.
sprout - 14 Oct 2004 16:48 |
We are locals to the Percy Shelley and we would like to know were you get the keys cut for the disabled toilet? as every 'Tom, Dick and Harry' seem to have one!! Use the stairs you lazy gits.. work off some of that beer.
Other than that its the cheapest pub in town and the food is okay.
Mrs Clause - 30 Sep 2004 18:25 |
the percy is great! Pre shed jars avec the chapstons! Magic! Professor Plum is a boscombe legend! See you on saturday pre-cherries v notts county
Andrew Woodward - 13 Feb 2004 17:45 |
This is one of those pubs created from a store by Wetherspoons. It has a theme of the old Shelley family, which once lived locally. I too heard that they water the beer - but personally I have not noticed. They do cheap food however, and their mixed grills are lethal. Also the Shelley has some good guest ales. The staff are happy to offer generous samples. This means that it is possible to get a half pint free. The only drawback to this place are the toilets. You have to climb the stairs, and have to go through two doors in order to wet the china.
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Be careful not to win on the fruit machines in here ! I did just that, and got promptly barred by the part-time landlady who accused me of being a 'professional'. Apart from that issue, it was an ok pub to drink in, but nothing great.
Neil - 10 Sep 2003 10:19 |
Wetherspoons prices. Pre Opera House crowd on Thursdays especially. Not bad.
Jon - 17 Aug 2003 18:42 |
Wetherspoons pub which is small by their standards though still larger than most other pubs that is usually very busy although not on New Years' Eve curiously enough even though it wasn't all ticket. The usual range of decent ales at sensible prices. Day time bar staff tend to be a bit on the grumpy side and tend to make sure that regulars get served first. 4 fruit machines and one quiz machine.
John - 14 Feb 2003 09:48 |
