please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Not been good for years, I doubt that has changed - the people who used to go to Yates probably come here now, unless they get cheap booze from Sainsburys.
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Hopefully it will go the direction of Yates, next door.
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"Bar Med" . . . the name and the photo above sum it up! I was looking for somewhere to watch the footy the other day. I found "Lloyds" bar opposite, but they were only showing Sky Sports News. I asked the barman where i might be able to see the football. He was polite enough, and said:-
"Well, there's 'Bar Med' opposite, but i wouldn't go in there, its crap..!! Try the George Abbott by the river bridge instead."
His words, not mine!!! Don't shoot the piano player..! But I must say, I too prefer the George Abbott. 3/10 TJ
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I should also mention that the opening times on Bar Med's website are wrong! They actually open at 5pm, not 10am!
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I arranged a function at Bar Med for a Guildford based company. The event took place on 27th Feb 2008. I have had ENDLESS complaints today about the buffet that Bar Med put on. I paid £240 for a buffet and the 6 platters of chicken that were put out were raw. One employee comments 'the chicken had never seen the light of an oven'. After she complained to the staff, the 6 platters of chicken were taken back to the kitchen, but no substitute was provided. We paid £6 per head for a few sausages, crisps and chicken nuggets! I would advise that if you are going to hire out the upstairs for a private function, do not pay for a buffet. If you can, all go out to dinner beforehand or eat at home before you leave!! And if you are simply visiting bar med for dinner - Good Luck!
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I came here Saturday night with my girlfriend (19 May) just before 10. No problems with the bouncers this time! There was a vibrant atmosphere here and it was fairly packed, but we were still served promptly. I cannot remember the exact prices, but I comfortably paid over £9 for a single vodka lemonade and a double southern comfort and coke, which I thought was a wee bit on the high side.
It was more lively in the upstairs section and according to my girlfriend, also less smoky here than downstairs. There was a number of other female talent on show which impressed me despite being out with the missus. If you ignore the relatively high prices of drinks, then bar med is well worth a visit on a Saturday night if in the Bridge Street area of Guildford. If single in the foreseeable future, I will certainly be visiting again searching for H-Files, ha ha!
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I came here last night to watch the end of what was an excellent Championship play off match between Derby and Southampton (15 May). The Saints cruel defeat on penalties means I can go to their St Mary's stadium next season and watch Charlton, which is far closer to me than Derby's Pride Park ground! Easily got a comfy seat on a sofa (well it is Championship football!) in front of a plasma TV by the window. The atmosphere appeared fairly relaxed despite the key issues at stake for the numerous Saints fans watching the game.
A Magners cost me £3.40, while a pint of coke was £2.10, so make what you want from that if anything about the prices of drinks in here. The woman who served me was cheerful and efficient, while there is an impressive 6 TV screens on one floor alone. Decor is what you find in most Bar Med's in En ger land…conspicuously orange.
This was the only place on Bridge Street last night showing the football, with Yates' bizarrely opting for Sky News?? Anyway, like the Guildford Hotel further up the High Street, Bar Med appears a reasonable place to watch televised football in Guildford.
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Despite comfortably looking over the age of 21, the bouncers refused to let me in Friday night after 10ish (4 May)!? Apparently I needed my passport/driving licence to enter, despite having genuine photo ID courtesy of my englandfans official membership card! Whatever happened to bouncers using a bit of common sense (like the ones on the door at nearby Lloyds & Yates')?
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Bar Med is Ok actually. I was sceptical though! A little further down is Bar Mambo - that's worth a try! (Especially as drinks prices have recently been slashed and the layout has changed...)
anonymous - 13 Dec 2006 13:18 |
Pretty bad place. Never liked the taste of beer here, at least its free to get in and stays open quite late so deserves 2 or 3 points for that
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Got to ask were the last two reviews by the manager of this place being that they are only 3 min`s apart and give a totally false image of this dump.Agree with the review on the 17thFeb.
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£1.50 on everything in here on wednesday nights, how can you beat that! Love this place, bit more pricey on the weekends though. Always showing all footy from sky on the projectors, this is the best football bar in guildford in my opinion.
anonymous - 6 Aug 2006 11:13 |
Food here is top notch and reasonably priced, the kitchen is also by FAR the cleanest on bridge street according to my mate who works for the surreys food standards agency. Will eat there again and again!
anonymous - 6 Aug 2006 11:10 |
Wednesday's karaoke night is brilliant! 8-11pm and the drinks are only £1.50. Loads of karaoke songs to choose from and the regulars are really nice.
anonymous - 10 Mar 2006 16:08 |
This is not a bad bar, but if you are over the age of 30 vacate the premises by 8pm on a Friday/Saturday night unless you like not being able to hear yourself think.
It is an excellent football bar with screens located on both floors - the manager and deputy manager are football mad so every live televised match is screened.
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Horrible place, I wouldn't reccommend this dump to anyone.
yorts - 17 Feb 2006 15:04 |
Dear God in Heaven this place is truly awful. Zebra patterned seats, stale flat lager, poor food and worst of all bar service and clientele that make you wish you had carried on to Yates.
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I think people come here to try and pick up girls rather than the quality of beer. Though this place often doesnt generate much nightlife, not sure what the late license hours have done to this bar..
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Full of shirts, Reebok classics, sovereign rings etc. Knock back a pint of £3 Stella sold past its use by date, get into a fight, while dancing to S Club 7. This place is fucking awful.
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Great bar, majority of staff really nice. Drink prices are what you would expect, and not too unreasonable. Its more of a "go from here to a club" at end of evening sort of place, aim to get in at 10pm ish, have a dance, couple of drinks, then move on. Karaoke on Wed evenings, not a bad night - same crowd every week, generally good place to go. Lots of lovely ladies, but still not as good a place as Edwards over the road!
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*Euch*, Bar is the operative word here! Reasonable stop during a long night but don't entrench yourself here and certainly don't order the food. EVER!
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Went here last monday, by far the best and cheapest night of the week, great atmosphere and lots of fit woman!!!
anonymous - 22 Sep 2004 09:58 |
Full of flap and crap karaoke singers. A winner in any man's book.
Ken - 19 Aug 2004 11:22 |
I remember this place as somewhere to go as a teenager, with your smart shoes and trousers on, in order to get all manner of alcoholic drinks spilled on them in the throng. Conversation is a no no, as you will be unable to hear anything, but the 'visuals' include other pissed up teenagers getting comically ejected by the bouncers, and what seems like hundreds of scantily clad girls hoping to net themselves a grunt for the evening. Fine evening out if you don't like talking to your friends in words of more than one syllable, and have testosterone seeping from every pore.
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Take it for what it is - an alcopop eyecandy bar with a DJ (laaad!) on the slippery path down Bridge street to Bar Zuka/Mambo. I prefer it to Yates and Edwards later in the evening, but at that point I'm less discerning about the bogs. Just get rid of the damn toilet attendant. We don't need it.
Lots of screens for trippy music visuals and showing the sport during the day. There’s pool and table football there now too which is perhaps a sign that the formula needs to be tweaked.
Calum - 24 Apr 2004 08:51 |
Kind of a young crowd and inexperienced staff, expensive...yet always packed! Go figure?!
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HAVE YOU BEEN HERE SINCE BOXING DAY ? NO NOR HAVE THE CLEANERS THE PLACE IS MINGING FILTH..
USED TO BE A LOVELY PLACE SOME ONE TELL US WOT HAPPEND TO IT????
CHAD - 31 Dec 2003 14:47 |
Full of teenagers and people from out of town determined to get p***ed and cause trouble, nasty fights and no decent wines. Well worth avoiding!!
OpheliaImmortal - 23 Dec 2003 14:19 |
Bar Med is f****ing excellent, it aint about nothing if it aint about bar med. I love the place to bits, the birds in med are the best in Guildford. Could quite happily spend the rest of my days there.
Rafiki - 27 Oct 2003 16:26 |
a/c is working now, bar now freezing at w/e!!
anonymous - 6 Jul 2003 18:54 |
Late night on a Friday and Saturday...no air conditioning...damn it is hot in there!
Matt Le Ross - 27 Jun 2003 10:13 |
quality pub, plus....i work there!
nick - 26 Jun 2003 11:27 |
lives up to Guildford's lively Friday night atmosphere and surprisingly a lack of pikies. Or is that the beer goggles affecting me again? ;)
Fletch - 9 Jun 2003 20:14 |
nope this pub is over 18s all the time.
Nick - 3 Jan 2003 15:19 |
Distinctly average. Expensive.
David Miller - 11 Nov 2002 21:57 |
Went to this pub one weekend with my 19 year old sister (they were checking I.D.s on the door - WAS definately over 18's then - didn't see anyone who looked over 19!!!
anon - 24 Jul 2002 13:23 |
is it over 21's all weekend ??
LIZ - 7 Jun 2002 12:51 |
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