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Is there any ale there yet? I'll take that as a no. Getting ale in bars like this is nearly impossible. This makes it a pointless experience in many ways. For would I want to be hanging around lots of smelly youngsters while im sober? So the choice is go here and be sober or go here and become a lager lout hmmmm. or not go! so tough to decide.
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Initially, it looks good. After a win in a long running Court battle, we relaxed for lunch with champagne. I had read the reviews and expected the worse. The food was excellent. The service could not be faulted. The interior was modern and stylish. Unfortunately, the toilets were a total disgrace. If i had been to the toilets before i had eaten, i would have left without eating. They promote British food and the staff member said they were proud of where the ingredients came from. I then asked about the chicken as it never mentioned where the chicken came from on the menu. I was then told the chicken came from Poland, like the chef!
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Closed for refurbishment? is there any evidence of refurbishment happening or is it just "Closed"? I wouldn't be at all surprised if this dump never comes back to life as every experience I have had here has been pretty dire and it seems I am not alone!
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So how long before Slug and Lettuce closes then Pilgrim? Ah ha. 0/10 HaHa ah ha
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Closed for referb.but how can that help the poor service and crap food ???
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I don't think you can call this a pub anymore. In fact it was never really a pub, it was a bar, now it is a restaurant. How can they only serve lager here? Not even Guinness, this won't appeal to a lot of people. Also I notice how most of the place was sectioned off for people eating. No points left.
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You can see from the comments below why this chain of bars has gone bust.
Ps same as Yates and Slug.
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Stopped in here today for an afternoon drink.
Guess what the drinks range has changed - on draught were Amstel, Peroni and Stella. Great for the Real Ale drinker then (He says with a hint of irony)
Being that i'd already decided to go I plumped for a Stella and a packet of crisps. The total price £4.40!
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Not bad, given the other riff-raff in town!
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Ha Ha iv`e not stopped laughing at the service we got in here 9 months ago.
Looks like nothing has changed.
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I don't think I've ever had such appalling service anywhere else in my life - and consistantly.
Went in after work one weekday with friends, only three tables of people in and 4 bar staff, ordered drinks and a coffee.
20 minutes later coffee still hasn't arrived. Went to bar to enquire about coffee to be told that it was being made. How stupid do they think their punters are, we had a clear view of the coffee machine and there was no one within 2 metres of it!
Unfortunately this level of "service" is a fairly regular occurance, and on a weekend you'll easily wait 20 minutes to get served.
This place is so bad that if anyone suggests going there I suggest that I would rather stay home and poke sharp objects in my eye.
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Been here twice for lunch on Saturdays recently:
First time, the wait was appalling and one of our mains never turned up! They did knock some money off our bill but they needed to have more staff there.
Second time the place was less busy, food was served promptly and was freshly cooked.
I think the moral of the story is to check how busy it looks before going in - if it is busy, keep it to just a drink (don't go there expecting to get any bitter though)!
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Food OK. But sometimes service can be a problem if busy. Overall what you would expect for this type of bar. A nice place to stop but could be improved.
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When we ate here the other day we had a problem with our food. The waitress went away to do something about it, but she didn't and she never came near us again either.
There is far too much competition for customers in this town for a business to be so slack and uncaring. I seriously doubt we'll ever bother to go back.
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I walked in here last Friday evening (25 May) around 5.30 and started laughing. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I foolishly expected a bustling and vibrant post-work crowd in this Guildford Ha Ha bar. It was a bit like my experience of walking into the Ha Ha! Bar and Canteen on Embankment. Soulless. Honestly, there was probably more atmosphere in the local Blockbuster video than in here.
There was NO staff behind the bar either not to mention the place feeling quite cramped given the plethora of tables and chairs. It certainly did feel more like a restaurant than a bar. Friday evening…no staff behind the bar at what I thought would be a peak time in Guildford (maybe the "bustling and vibrant post-work crowd" were enjoying drinking in the sunshine outside Old Orleans)? Shocking. I promptly left. Anyway, Yates' so far is the best place to search for H-Files Friday evening/nights in Guildford, ha ha!
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Haven't tried the food, but it is a stereotypical bar in the evernings. Pricey drinks, but way less than it's counterparts open till 2. Ok music, great balcony for a place to sit down when it's busy. Stake a claim to a bar spot, long wait for drinks when busy. Get there before 11 on a weekend so you don't have to wait in line.
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Not too bad at all - food good for snacks and service good in my experience.
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This place rates along side Mambo`s and Voodoo loung the worst 3 bars in Guildford.I will not slate this place as all the bad comments below have summed it up perfectly.
Don`t waste your money in here!!!!!!!!!!
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Eek! Apologies for giving this place another slating but FFS I feel violated everytime I hand over any cash in here.
Honestly, I'm really easy to please. There are loads of places I like, & quite a few that I love. I'm virtually a bar slut in that I'll drink almost anywhere. I *do* have standards though. This hellhole doesn't even fulfil the bare minimum of clean glass & clean loo.
Plus I reckon it's one of those places which has a sink or swim approach to staff training which is why they don't give a crap, & they don't know what they're doing.
& the wait at the bar is frigging shocking! I wouldn't even mind that so much if they served in turn, but Nah - he who shouts the loudest gets the beer. The bar staff fanny about without a care in the world while we just wait like prats only to be ignored for another 20 minutes.
Never again.
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Have to agree with the (bad) comments below, worst bar in Guildford bar none, crap barstaff, rank food and delussional DJ's who think they 'rock'. Avoid!!!
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Great food and cocktails if you're an eccentric millionaire but bar staff clearly find it an inconvenience having to serve you.
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Ok place if you like badly served, expensive Stella being spilt all over you by the massive throng of sheep.
Still one of the few places in G'ford that opens late at the weekend and does empt out a little when the clubs start to fill up around 11.
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Have to agree with the comment below: I will not be drinking here anymore. The bar service on a Friday and Saturday evening is an absolute joke. The seemingly underage staff ponce around the bar without a care in world, totally ignoring the people who have been waiting around for 20 mins and going straight the mouthy bar bargers. They have no sense of urgency about them, and to be honest haven't got a clue about anything to do with working behind a bar (don't ask for anything other than a beer/wine Jack and coke else they'll fumble around for about a year trying to figure out you request).
The toilets are dirty, there is always glass on the floor and it is way too packed. This is by far the worst Ha Ha I have been to. Why the heck don't they at least build another bar inside to lessen the throng?
Nutshell: Rubbish staff, dirty packed environment and very overpriced.
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I have been in and out of Ha Ha Guildford for about 4 years and have finally got exasperated by it and dont think i will be going back. Unfortunately for them they cannot rely on being a good name to get people to come in - they need to provide a good service and they just dont. I went in for food and after been told it was waitress service i finally ordered at the bar after about 20 minutes. At the same time ordering a bottle of wine which came with TWO lip stick stained wine glasses. After another 20 minutes the waitress came over and asked to take our order - oblivious to the fact we had done so already. A table that sat in front of us had to ask for their table to be cleared from the left over glasses etc from the previous visitors and then on top of that ask AGAIN to order food. When the food csame it was far from the 'freshly cooked' meal i thought i had ordered and i am not suprised because when we were their the chefs looked quite frankly bored and the kitchen was lifeless.
I was just really dissappointed because i really want to like Ha ha but it is old and tired now and there are other pubs i would prefer to spend my money in. At £3 + a pint I think it is not unreasonable to expect a clean glass and clean table to sit at!!
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Friday nights are best with a mix of up to date House and Breakbeat played by local DJ's Mark & James. Beer is quite pricey but great atmosphere. Plenty of talent. Good place cure a hangover too with great food served all day.
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By far and away the best bar in Guildford. Excellent music on the weekends with no cheese. Admittedly there are not many girls early on but by the end of the night there are plenty and theres a real party atmosphere.
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I can't understand how i still end up here at 11pm every friday. Ha Bar Ha is packed full of knobends such as myself intent on feeling up your girlfriend. Fine selection of champagne for the completely spacko'd. Very odd wash hand basins with taps that oblige you to pour water straight onto the floor. aLL IN ALL EXCELLENT BADGER HOLE 4B/10
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Not the HaHa it once was. In need of redecoration. Food still good, service good, but it’s a bit tatty around the edges. Beer and wine are fine. Not the cheapest, but you can sit there all afternoon with the papers and your mates and not get moved-on.
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Think fivepints could have a point, as there don't seem to be many people eating here. Nice atmosphere here and doesn't take long to get a beer midweek. People say this place is overpriced, and while it's a tad expensive at £3 for a Stella it's not nearly as bad as some of the other bars in Guildford. Worth giving this place a try, but I don't think I'd make it my regular pub.
Will2 - 21 Jan 2005 13:35 |
Food is nice and the range of drinks is good but the price is high. having said that - the food is definately worth it. Split over three levels but don't sit at the back by the kitchen, there's a funny smell there. Sit near the front.
Excellent for Sunday lunch...
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One of the few pubs in Guildford to do draft budweiser. But you pay the price for it. Uncomfortable drinking experience. Tables are crammed in - like a school canteen!
anonymous - 28 Dec 2004 18:48 |
This place is packed on weekends, but only with boys, no girls out here. But a nice place anyway
anonymous - 14 Sep 2004 14:59 |
Dirty, smoky, overcrowded - probably the worst bar Ha!Ha! I've ever been to, and I used to quite like 'em!
Hazza - 20 Aug 2004 15:24 |
had bit of an unneccesary slating i think. good fun not the hasstle-you-type-men who seem to be guildford breed. more mature crowd with an out to have fun atmosphere. maybe slightly pricey but if that means getting rid of the slease balls, im all for it!
anonymous - 17 Aug 2004 14:00 |
over priced
Doug - 9 May 2004 21:38 |
A very popular place. The food is a bit different; they say it's a canteen, but that's just being trendy. Slightly fussy food, but served from early to late.
The late licence has attracted the masses, so it's not so 'catalogue man' as it used to be.
Go there for:
- A beer after work in the week
- Late bar and dance on a Friday/Saturday
- Coffee break while shopping on Saturday
- Hangover cure on Sunday afternoon and read their papers if you can still focus.
Calum - 27 Apr 2004 22:01 |
ok if you like drinking in a retaurant trying to be a bar.
no atmosphere, overpriced & full of blokes - where does a girl have to go to get a drink in this town.
marissa - 8 Apr 2004 17:33 |
the only place to go after 11.00pm, nice crowd and happy fces.but its a shame about the music.bad service and over priced drinks,
dave king - 13 Feb 2004 04:06 |
Used to be great - elegant, good drinks selections, young sofisticated crowd. Now bad live music and too many people!
OpheliaImmortal - 23 Dec 2003 13:51 |
Great place but best for sunday breakfast when wrecked if you live near. It really sorts you out and is pretty cheap.
anonymous - 2 Sep 2003 23:39 |
Food has pretensions beyond bub grub.
Usually women in twos and threes.
Vindaloo - 13 Aug 2003 14:40 |
AKA Bar Ha Ha! One of the more 'upmarket' bars in Guildford. The food is excellent - mediocre prices. Good atmosphere on Friday and Saturday nights. Lots of handsome faces!! Bar service not the best though - patience is a virtue. Definitely worth a visit!
mat briggs - 10 Jul 2003 15:00 |
