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Only two bar staff on went went in on the sat nite waited aged to get served but ended up walking out to the old fat cat which was better
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Dirty and empty on weekdays and too packed at weekends where you have to wait and hour to get to the bar
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Was disappointed by the visit here, lack of workers, very basic beer range. Agree it may work better as a nightclub, considering Southampton's night life did seem a tad non-existent
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Too large, very crowded, not recommended for a quiet drink.
anonymous - 17 Apr 2006 20:31 |
ok place, was only good when we got a free bottle of champagne (i think thats how u spell it he he) from the bar man he was pretty cute!
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Another good place to start your night off, but there are always long queues at the weekend, so after a few drinks, it is best to move on.
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A huge place, with great atmosphere. One disadvantage of this place would have to be the fact that they are always short-staffed, but so what.
anonymous - 2 Jan 2006 22:29 |
Loads of potential, but not enough staff is a problem, but not the pubs fault. Having worked in similar cricumstances, it's hard to find your feet when you're getting abused non stop.
Poor cocktails not made too well, but you do get what you pay for.
Would work better as a nightclub.
Still, well worth a look as the place is HUGE!!
anonymous - 2 Jun 2005 15:58 |
Food and service is awful..staff are generally grumpy...such potential as it is an amazing place.Needs a good refurb and some decent staff..with a lot of training
anonymous - 1 Feb 2005 15:53 |
This place should have stayed a cinima. It is under staffed and gets to busy, thats what annoys me about these chain pubs. They employ people with no bar experience or stupid people, a bar half the size or smaller than this place will have more staff serving behind it. Music is shite and its all a bit chav.
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As an employee of the square, i would like you to reed the following.
First of all two bar staff on a Saturday night???? don't be silly, (you must be blind) there is no way the square would even think about opening the doors if there was only two bar staff down stairs.
Drugs tests are taken at random all over the country, at different places at different times, you may have come along on the wrong night, i am sorry if you had not been taking drugs and got offended, but if you hadn't been taking drugs then you have nothing to worry about right??
True it gets busy and new staff can't quite keep up! But screaming at them and shouting out im next im next, when are you going to serve my i have been stood here for half an hour (5 mins). This don't really boost your confidence especially when you have 20 people at a time shouting at you how would you feel?
We all miss out on our weekends so you can enjoy yours!!! and not always by choice being a student is hard work, as some of you might know and most of us find weekends are the only time we can work.
Other than that i am glad that people enjoy their time at the square and like coming back each week even though each barperson can serve up to about 200 or more people a night (may not seem like it to you) we do recognise people that do come back time and again.
anonymous - 21 Dec 2004 16:38 |
This Pub could be the best around; if it had ten more people behind the huge bar, the staff smiled, they didn't run out of pint glasses, had ash trays, put change in the till and cleaned the tables and floor.
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great night out in one of southamptons biggest pub,barstaff and doorstaff very friendly,but needs a revamp to freshen it up again,always a good starting point for the evening
david - 26 Aug 2004 03:53 |
Probably the worst oub that I have ever been to. Plus they think it's a good idea to get the police to stand outside and perform drug tests on everybody who wants to come in. Apparently they're worried about the violence that comes with drugs. Bit odd, I've always found that people who've been smoking pot are a lot less violent than people who've had a skinful of booze...
Harry - 19 Jul 2004 16:12 |
Picture the scene, Saturday night, 100 people at the bar wanting a drink. Only 2 serving when the bar is big enough to have about 10 people behind it. Cocktails are good but the beers are crap.
Steve - 16 May 2004 16:02 |
We came down from Liverpool for the match, even though we got beat this pub made the trip worth while!! it was mint!! and we were seeing how many girls were not wearing knickers!
Gavin - 13 May 2004 17:53 |
Students should avoid, local hangout and quite pricey but there are worse pubs around.
Chris - 9 Apr 2004 18:35 |
This place is excellent on a Wednesday if you want cocktails and too watch mid-week footie!
Alan - 12 Feb 2004 14:34 |
wicked wicked wicked...apart from the bar staff are slow...and cause of all the stairs dont wear a short skirt girls cause the blokes can see up em!!!!
kate - 22 Jan 2004 07:39 |
Very bad on a Friday though - just too empty now, with some odd djs
SteveC - 2 Dec 2003 16:17 |
brilliant
david - 10 Nov 2003 14:12 |
Used to be a cinema but became a Greenhalls pub and very trendy with massive queues to get in. Not worth it if you just want a decent pint.
Alan - 24 Sep 2003 11:41 |
Large and rowdy. When visiting Southampton, I quite liked going there on the weekend as it was a good kicking off point for a night out on the town.
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