please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Used to come here fairly often but today was the first time since the refit. They've cleaned it up and it looks shiny. Only Pride was on, looked like they had Bombardier normally. OK for a lunchtime drink but wouldn't want a session in here.
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Was quiet last Saturday when we called in. Not being a big place it'll be interesting to see how it handles more than 3 customers.
Very clean and tidy - but didn't appreciate the female member of staff sprawled all over the armchair.
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Very odd refurbishment - can't quite put my finger on what is wrong but it seems very sterile. Looks like they ran out of money for seats and tables... Staff freindly enough but prices over the odds for the place it is.
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Looks really good now since the recent refurbishment. Went in on a Thursday night and there was a good atmosphere. Good place to watch sport as it has a brilliant plasma TV.
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Went there last night & they had Rebellion on as guest ale - a nice surprise. Decent pint & the pub seemed an agreeable enough small local to me.
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It's been a hot thirsty day, but even so when a pub runs out of cask beer and is totally unable to put on another barrel you kind of know the place is no good. Add to that the gloomy ugliness and appalling poor taste of the hot and stuffy single room and you can see why most people choose to stand outside. Well, it's either the dreary decor or the hideous noise of the office yobs bawling to be heard above the thudding and screeching rock music that drives people to stand out on the road. Adding to the general mayhem are two tv screens showing The Simpsons. It can only be desperation that drives people to buy their beer here. Or a spineless apathy that prevents them from wandering in any direction to find something better.
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I like, I like, I like. It's gone through a bit of a trasnformation of late and it is far removed from it's grotty old self. Nice people behind the jump and welcoming too. It spins my wheels.
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Small and cosy, very friendly staff!
Leona - 31 Oct 2004 21:39 |
Think you were a bit unlucky Shelly. I've started going to the Smugglers regularly recently, and found it to be a very friendly place. The manager is a nice guy, (I'm not sure I remember a Landlord), and the atmosphere always seems OK. A big improvement since the refurb anyway, though I don't think it could have got much worse.
MATTHEW - 16 Sep 2004 21:26 |
The landlord was INCREDIBLY rude when I went recently and seems to make up his own closing times. Maybe I got unlucky....maybe not.
Shelly - 10 Sep 2004 14:34 |
recently refurbished, cheap beer, tables outside - great place to meet for a mid-week drink
nicola stanton - 10 Jul 2003 10:32 |
Very nice pub - feels a bit like a local
Tammy - 17 Jun 2003 15:05 |
Small pub, friendly staff. Guiness, London Pride, Miller, Fosters on tap.
The Dr - 4 Apr 2003 13:44 |
