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The Chimney Boy is now called The Limes and it is the kind of polished bar you would take the missus to for her birthday or suggest she take her friends to for a girls night out. Not a bad place by any means but more of a bar than a pub.
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It's a shame when people fail. But good luck to them in the future.
New people going in and experience a plenty. Well we shall see. Will do good food that goes without saying. But what a job they have in front of them and having to sell Sheps everything and deal with the clientele that currently resides!!! Good luck with that!!!!!
Seriously, The Chimney needs sweeping!!!
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The only pub we found in Faversham open after 2300hr, it closes at 0000 and that about all you can say for it really, had a dj on on the saturday night we visited and mainly sells lager or bottled beer although it had one ale on draught.
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Down under at the moment, but would like to wish the new owners Good Luck in their venture.
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It wouldn't be my first choice, but i think the previous review is a bit hard on the place. I've found the service cheerful and friendly, and the beer OK. I do agree though about loud music; here and in too many places it's one of the curses of the modern pub, and seriously limits your choice if you can't stand it.
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A big miserable disappointment. Went in just after lunch, to kill a long wait for a bus. I was the only customer and soon learned why.
Very loud music to the point it was hard to hear the barmaid - still, never mind, she was not exactly friendly. I asked for it be turned down a bit "just to stop my ears from bleeding"... humour did not work with the "hostess with the leastess". I tried engaging her in witty conversation - no, still miserable, but it passed the time until three local lads wandered in and began a discussion that seemed only to consist of swear words - including the one you should not use in front of a lady. Beer was sort of alright.
You kind of get the gist, a pub that no-one seems to care about and where you can 'eff and blind' at volume, the staff dont care and one can be guaranteed of a miserable experience. Wouldn't Bother.
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It's a whole year since I last posted on this pub, unfortunately it hasn't met expectations and has two distinct types of clientele. The daytime and early evening can be quite busy, especially on pensioner's lunch day but later on, trade visibly drops off. There are too many customers from the previous regime still around in the evenings and their presence discourages others.
It's a shame really, but there aren't that many pubs left for them these days. The Swan is closed, the Hole in the Wall became the Vaults and the Swan and Harlequin has upped it's game.
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An entirely unpretentious Shepherd Neame pub on the main Preston Street drag. For all its datedness and unremarkable qualities, I found the place curiously charming, even amusing at times when I ventured in for a quick half while waiting for the altogether more worthy Elephant to open. It was plainly a draw for the town's elderly contingent, a few of whom seemed to be ravenously hungry and were in the midst of taking lunch at half-eleven in the morning! Well, maybe they retire early in the evenings. Food looked basic but good value at 2 meals for �6 - a spot of competition for the nearby JDW I suppose. I laughed out loud when the landlord stuck on a very lively soul track, which sadly didn't liven the old stiffs up but the incongruity of the genteel tea room and raucous pub juxtaposition was an absolute delight. Only supped a half of Master Brew (which incidentally was very good) but this place left an enduring memory. Not a pub for connoisseurs to seek out but utterly inoffensive and despite its poor press, one could do worse.
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This place was 'reviewed' by Pub Spy in one of the local rags. It was not, ahem, the most positive thing I have ever read.
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The long neglected CB has been taken over by new management and is slowly improving. Food is now available and the daytimes seem to be quite busy. The evenings can be quieter, maybe it will take a bit more time before that trade returns. Definately one to watch, could be a promising venue.
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Don'tbe silly camraman1
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Landlord has been given his marching orders by Sheps, about time!
will all the idiots transfer to the "hole" when the clean up begins?
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dont visit fav too often but when i do a few drinks is a must, thought i would try the chimney boy, HOLY CR*P was i dissapointed, land lord was rude,repulsive, common and lazy and the landlady was worse! Relies on his staff to run the pub which means they are all little power crazed hitlers. Total hole not worth visiting ever! Avoid at all costs.
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I last visited this pub 2.5yrs ago and as I was passing I thought I'd have a look to see if it had got any worse, and guess what? It had! The Penfold look-a-like landlord was as arrogant as before and bellowed at me for using a mobile phone in the corner. The beer is cack, so are the punters and the only time I'll return is when I'm with a demolition company ready to pull it down with everyone inside it!
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This pubs in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide but I can think of many pubs more worthy of inclusion.
Not a favourite of mine at all. The beers are Shep Neame (no surprise there being Faversham), but there only appeared to be Masterbrew and Bishop's Finger on. Not sure if I was ripped off but was charged �3.40 for the latter. Probably not as a later customer appeared to be charged the same.
I don't mind pubs showing football but the volume could have been lower.
Not a very welcoming place either side of the bar.
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Pretty awful place. Rude pig behind the bar. Vile pub.
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good beer, best pub in town for a good fight
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dano33, it's an average pub in many respects but they have had to deal with many problems. Patience my dear boy ! I happen to know this landlady from elsewhere - she's a difficult person but okay when you get to know her.
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landlord looks like penfold so called "landlady" reminds me off a dead frog in drag any shop in faversham selling mirrors would make a fortune ! must be a bad drug problem due to the amount of vaseline on the toilets and looking at the dead frog,
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landlord looks like penfold so called "landlady" reminds me off a dead frog in drag any shop in faversham selling mirrors would make a fortune ! must be a bad drug problem due to the amount of vaseline on the toilets and looking at the dead frog,
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landlord looks like penfold so called "landlady" reminds me off a dead frog in drag any shop in faversham selling mirrors would make a fortune ! must be a bad drug problem due to the amount of vaseline on the toilets and looking at the dead frog,
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What a shame, the Chimney Boy has gradually become 'The Swan 2' - check out the ratings for that one! I suppose the Swan customers had to find somewhere new when it shut - the CB landlord is never there so they gradually took over.
The music, customers and TVs all compete to make it generally unpleasant. Definitely not the pub for a quiet drink and a chat . Don't ask for food either, they don't do any!
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I visited this pub last year and found the Landlord and the staff there to be very, very rude and there seems to be an attitude problem throughout.
Will never be back there again
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Not my first visit but will be my last,thought I would try another visit before posting.
beer is vile,the pub itself is vile and the so called landlord and his girlfriend(dog) think they above their punters, one of the worst pubs I have visited.
Loud music and televisions blasting you with endless crap,sour beer,sticky bar and carpets,two "ladys" fighting over a piece of silver foil and two drunks behind the bar trying to be '"your hosts".
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Average local with OK Sheps but lacking in atmosphere compared to other pubs in town.
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Gone very downhill recently and the wife actually wont go in there anymore because of how she was treated a few weeks back by a very grumpy barmaid
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Beer is a bit hit and miss.
Perhaps not really a good pub to put wide screen TVs in and the trade would be better just on its character.
Generally good staff good beer...
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I went in here with a few mates when staying down on the wekend, to watch the rugby, and actually thought it was pretty friendly, and nice. good beer too.
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grammer of a school boy thats funny ur suppose to be write in about the pub not me now whos the school boy .stil the best pub in faversham
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darts pool footie on d box a fruity what more do u want a pint of hurlimann utter pub
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Pity about the Shepherd Neame name above the door,this is a dark and miserable pub just like the landlord and staff, loud telivisions,sproggs playing pool to the rear, all of Favershams undesirables gather here for the weekly fight,beer is expensive and warm, a lager louts pub, do yourself a favour and miss this of your tour,across the road,opp the railway station is a much better and more friendly reception.
anonymous - 4 Feb 2007 18:44 |
It may appear to be a lovely looking Shepard Neame pub from the outside, but The Chimney Boy is pretty bloody dark and miserable inside! I paid a visit yesterday (Nov 28th) and wasn�t impressed at all. Why bother when there is a perfectly nice �Spoons just opposite? The barmaid was a sour and had the cheek to charge me �2.95 for a pint of Guinness. We are in Kent (not one of the most happening areas in the County either!) not Leicester Square.
HTM69 - 29 Nov 2006 14:02 |
