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The interesting name is derived from the original Ye Sunne pub that would be lost in a cloud of dust as the local farmers drove their animals down the dirt tracks to Blackheath. The current pub dates from 1841 and these days it is more likely to be lost in the smog of car fumes from the nearby A2. The pub looks far better than it actually is. The interior is now one knocked through cavernous room which makes it spacious but far too open and devoid of any character. The beer selection is poor and unimaginative – the only Real ale (Courage Directors) was off on my visit. The pub seems to be geared towards football fans, pool players, karaoke singers and fruit machine addicts. I would be the first to sit down and watch football but the picture on the big screen was of decidedly poor quality. There seemed to be no restraint on the punters language and I get the impression that it attracts some quite unsavoury characters. It certainly generated a very rough ambience and it is not really a place that I can particularly recommend.
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good boozer,alrite ya get some dodgy looking fellas in there,but ya spend the time to get to know some of them you will see that the chaps are ok.tony the guv is a fair bloke as are his staff,nice bit of grub(got an indian kitchen)and the beer is proper.so give it a go you may be supprised.you have the added bonus of saturday night karaoke,even if the singing aint up to scratch its a right goog laugh..
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This pub is terrible. I live round the corner from it and have driven past it countless times and was curious about it. Went in there on a saturday night with a few friends, hated it in there. It was Karaoke night, which i usually dont mind. But this was something else. Packed to the rafters, we were told to sit down by other customers, as they couldnt see the singers. Fair enough, but there wasnt any more chairs! Bar staff were ok though. The group of us who went in there decided it was a motorway freak pub.
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This pub gave me the friendliest welcome I have recieved from any english pub, the guvnor made my wife and i feel as if he had known us for years.(good south african hospitality)The indian food was fantastic and the beer ice cold, the only down side was that we picked a very busy night and had to wait a little for our food.
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Awful - beer tasted like it had something it shouldn't in it, also there was a male patron "scratching" himself in an intimate area. Will NEVER return.
anonymous - 13 Mar 2006 13:09 |
Haven't been here for a while but unless it has changed a lot it will still be full of nasty racists swearing in front of their children. Charming.
Ciarán - 26 Aug 2004 16:53 |
I uesd to drink there but had to stop, fed up with the troublsome attitude of one or two. If your looking for trouble drink here and if your looking for a fun night out I suggest heading into blackhealth.
Chris - 8 May 2004 18:56 |
A local's local - a bit intimidating if you don't know it.
Darryl - 11 Aug 2003 13:02 |
This place looks ok from the outside, but I've never seen that many people inside.. even with the big-screens and golf machine. I'm sure there must be a reason. The Pub also has what looks to be a very old cobbled lane ( Sun Lane ) which runs down the side, and late at night if you choose to take this short cut, I think you could well-imagine yourself back in Dickensian times, if you ignore the cars parked there. Or at least, a place where you might be attacked by Jack the Ripper! Very eeery.. With it's own authentic suspicious red fluid spattered on a white-washed wall next to a drain, outside a garage... Perhaps this acounts for the absense of drinkers?
John. M - 3 Jul 2003 06:25 |
Has great memories for me. My dad used to sop off there on the way home (to Welling) from work in the late 50's early 60's. Used to speak of this "up and coming" actor fellow he used to drink with occasionally. I wonder if Roger Moore remembers my father?
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Not quite totally irrelevant: If you listen to the traffic news in the morning, the queues for the Dartford Crossing are quite often backed up to the Sun in the Sands roundabout. You can't knock free advertising!
Rich - 26 Jun 2003 09:48 |
Great place, 2 pool tables, golf machine, and several fruit machines, along with 1 really big tv screen and 2 smaller ones scattered about to ensure good sports viewing.
Dave Jones - 31 Mar 2003 14:57 |
