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SHOCKING FOOD... The girl we had serve us didn't go out of her way to make us feel welcome but she wasn't rude.
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Went in there last week with a friend for a pint and a spot of lunch. Ordered their homemade steak and ale pie and it was honestly the worst pie I've ever had in my life. Small lumps of very chewy meat in a watery gravy with a small limp crust. They grudgingly replaced it with a mediocre burger.
Beer was okay but it's places like this that give English pub food a bad name.
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If you're desperate, have only £2 in your pocket and it's chucking down with rain, go to Starbucks next door instead of this poor excuse for a drink.
anonymous - 30 May 2007 15:20 |
What a load of (add a swear word of your choice). It's very cheap, but that's no incentive for going. I'd rather pay £4 a pint and have good service than this dive.
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it was always where we started when i worked up there as it was cheap and lively but its not somewhere i'd go out of my way to visit
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First bell in this pub means no more service, then you are given five minutes to 'drink up and get out' to quote the barmaid, so everyone had to be off the premises by 11pm.
Worst service I've ever had in 25 years of drinking.
Don't go there, at least until they change the staff.
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a nice litle voozer been there a few times
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Another character-less Spirit Group boozer. OK selection of beers, in OK condition, OK food. OK. Thats about it.
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Had 3 big plasmas, but sadly had their SkyBox set incorrectly so the pictures were all "fat". Management didn't seem too interested in my fix, either :(. Find out more about my Pub Widescreen campaign at http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/wide
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No where near as good to when Keith and Tilly had it in the 80's
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The first pub in the world to aspire to the Wetherspoons stereotype. It has it all. Carlsberg is 1.69, so drink enough and you don't notice.
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WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO GO!
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Not bad, all things considered. Usually has some good cheap drink offers, and once the rush hour crowd has dispersed it's a decent enough place for a relaxed conversation or a half-interested glance at the Sky game. Really came into its own a few years ago, when those who knew how to enjoy themselves to the full would use it as a halfway refuelling stop between Ye Olde Surgeon and The Head Of Steam. Alas, now the former is dead and gone this can no longer be so.
Just one irritation: can they please make up their minds whether they are open at weekends or not?
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One of the cheapest places i've found. Beer and spirits is ridiculously cheap. Watched the footie many-a-time (get there early of you'll be standing all night). Cheap drink just makes up for the fact that your sitting in a dive. dark dingy place with bashed up seats. Another place where the "locals" are served first no matter how long you've been there - but i guess thats how things work so its ok.
crisp - 25 May 2005 13:29 |
Good compromise pub, Better pubs nearby though..
Usually has one real ale and a discount on Tetley's.
often busy but you can normally find a table in the corner.
Great for watching sports, not good on the food front (I once overheard
one of the bar staff responding to a client who thought they'd
been brought the wrong order " ... a pannini is a toasted baguette").
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Small yet long, mobbed when the footy's on. Once spent a sticky summer evening looking into the kitchen in disgust as a tray of small sandwiches spent an hour getting blasted on by an old fan, only to nick half of them when they were eventually bought out for the group next to us. Always crowded. Good sign, I guess.
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Great Pub, a must visit for any and all.
As a side note, I think Kat is one of the most amazing women I have ever met. Marry me!
Denis - 4 Dec 2003 01:44 |
Cheap and good peeps, that's all you can ask for when your an American in London. It will always hold a place in this heart.
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Cheap beer!!
'Old man' setting is fab amongst a clutch of student pubs. Great taste in music too.
Jason - 7 Oct 2003 21:17 |
cheap beer but bit of an 'old man's pub'
anonymous - 30 Sep 2003 21:19 |
Land lady's a real gem of a yorkshire lass! Great offers on lager, ale and spirits. Reguarly shows footie.
Is what I call a proper Pub!
Sara - 18 Aug 2003 12:51 |
Handy location for shopping.
Both the Marstons Pedigree and
Adnams were only of moderate condition. Friendly staff.
Traditonal food.
Peter - 28 May 2003 10:00 |
