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Thank God for this place. One of the few, maybe the only pub in the area open all weekend and with a nice enclosed courtyard to boot. Good traditional British grub at reasonable prices nice staff and six yes six trad beers not lager and bottle mad. Thinking of booking the basement for my fortieth birthday and its free to hire.
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Is that Tony still alive? He's like a cockroach, everytime the ethnically cleanse the staff and management he survives. God bless you Tone, in a world of 30 question bar staff, (What kind of lager would you like? Would you like chips, mash or...etc? Any side-orders sir? Large or small sir? Everything alright sir?)your screw you attitude is a wonder to behold. I don't want to talk to you either, please and thankyou will do. Keep up the good work.
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In all my travels, never have I felt more at home. Grumpy, er I mean Tony and his irascible humour put me in my place time after time. We sure do miss you Tony! See ya next year!
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I do like it in there; it's friendly bar staff and a pleasant business style atmosphere. I also have had food in there and it was to a very good level which also was priced well enough, it has a good range of ales in their downstairs area with is big enough to accommodate around 200 people, I don’t agree with the review that says that the manager is rude.
halo2 - 17 Apr 2008 22:14 |
Really nice food and good sized portions, great pint of adnams.
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One of the rudest managers I have ever come across - poured a flat pint, and when it was poined out, he just poured it into another glass! What an attituse problem! All other staff have been fine, tho.
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Nice enough beer (Youngs Best) and friendly service. We were in the ground floor bar and we were served quickly and efficiently. Mrs Simes reported a G&T with a lot of the latter than the former. Had a bit of food - chips, onion rings - generous portions.
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I second what others have said about the downstairs bar being a surprising size. Until recently I'd been in here on a number of occasions and didn't even realise there was a downstairs! Also the grumpy barman's usually upstairs (he definitely still works there) so the service'll be a bit better downstairs!
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I know what previous reviewers are saving about the older chap behind the bar but if you give him the time of day he really is fine. He always remembers our round and pours an excellent pint.
Management has changed since the older dated reviews and the young lady who runs it is very pleasant. A lot of people tend not to venture downstairs and therfore get put off by the small upstairs bar, whereas downstairs is quite large and has an outside area for those who still like a smoke.
It's nothing amazing but it's good enough for a few beers and the food is fine, (big helpings), also fun to watch the tourists......
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I popped in here for a couple of pints on Saturday afternoon. The pub is pretty small upstairs, but don’t let that deceive you as the downstairs bar is very big (seating for 120 I think).
I went for the Fosters as I’m not a fan of Kronenburg, it was well kept, but a bit of a let down after the Amstell, Staropramen and San Miguel I was drinking earlier in the day.
If the cubicles in the men’s toilet were any smaller Harry Houdini would not have been able to escape once he had locked himself in.
The barman was actually very friendly, so I believe that the staff may have changed since the comments below were posted.
I wouldn’t say that this was a great pub, but it’s not that bad for a stop off.
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Hello I have been in this pub one week ago with fiev friends and it changed management(its a young woman now)
Service was superb beer was very nice(not hudge but good choice) and great food the only thing that was wrong they didn't have any heaters working in garden.
Over all probably best choice in the area.
anonymous - 5 Apr 2007 22:08 |
I pop in here occasionally and would agree that the level of service is not what it might be. There's only ever the one guy behind the bar (not sure if he's the manager or not) and he definitely does have a bit of an attitude problem - likes to take his own sweet time; always takes pains to be as grumpy as possible. That said, for whatever reason I actually find it quite amusing. I think it makes fundamentally a boring pub more amusing.
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OK! Where do I start? I went here with two work mates and had the lunchtime from hell. The old fart behind the bar is basically as old as the fixtures. He found it necesary to lecture us on our swearing, beer and general dress code. The guy is an idiot and completely ruined our lunchtime. We spent £40 between four of us and i'd love the money back. It would have been better spent on the 15:15 at Newmarket (50-1 odds). Why this guy felt it necesary to p!ss off possible punters is beyond me. We were all suited and ordered food and drink (a landlords dream). I can now undestand why there were only about 10 people on the premises. I give this pub a 1/10 rating (and not 0/10) due to the fact that the beer was cold and there the toilets were clean.
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I've been in this gaff 3 times now, outa desperation, on those days when i have to work in the city on a Saturday (of which this is one!), and have left on each occasion without being served! I cannot tell you what a dispicable cnut that landlord is! He just left me for a good ten minutes, standing in front of him with a tenner in my hand, whilst he perused some supposedly vital paperwork, whilst slumped across the bar! After about the 4th or 5th minute i asked him whether it would be possible to get a pint at any point, and he said "Yeah, in a minute" and got back to examining his slip of paper,.......fcking w anker! Now normally, in this situation, i would wait it out, order my drink, and fck off without paying, once it had been poured! But fck me,...this geezer broke me, and i was forced into the All Bar One next door. Similar thing happened to me on the two previous occasions,..and believe me, its not the case that the landlord has somekind of personal vendetta against me,..he wouldn't know me from Adam,...He is just an absolute fcking disgrace. Consequently, i can't comment on the beer cos i've never had one,..but i'd have odds on, that the foods sh it,..the fruities been interfered with,..and that hes got some hidden cameras rigged up in the birds bogs! CNUT
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A strange pub, but for the City it's a decent choice. The staff were friendly, and although my first pint was a bit dodgy, the manager readily poured me another which slipped down nicely.
The decor is, as has been mentioned, bland to say the least, but the downstairs area is pretty huge and we had no trouble finding a table on a Friday evening. Calling the outside area a beer garden is a bit of a joke - it's tiny, and all you can see is high-rise buildings around you, and the place could do with a clean, unless there's a cigarette butt collection scheme going on.
All in all, I wouldn't go out of my way to come here, but it's a hugely viable alternative to the other pubs around the area.
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Ye Olde London was the name of this pub long, long before it became yet another fly-by-night themery. See those WM Younger windows? And a very fine pub it was too, until the Eerie "pub" company violated it with their teenage goff shitery. Haven't been into the re-incanated version. Probably won't.
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Both the name and the interior have changed - its now called (sigh) Ye Olde London, or something equally inane, and inside its open and wooden. Fairly bland and inoffensive - which is something you could never say about its previous incarnation.
anonymous - 1 Aug 2005 13:48 |
In an area teeming with morons in suits, swigging bottles of continental lager and braying about profit margins, this place is a godsend.
I always said that I'd rather stick plastic forks in my eyes than go drinking in a city pub, but this establishment has given me a way out.
It's one of those odd little gothic chain pubs, but it's awfully nice with it. Decent beer, friendly staff, nice atmosphere. What more could you want?
What's that?
You want to tell me about your profit margins?
Get out.
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Was a great experiance. Wasn't there long, but the pub left a lasting impression on me and I will be going again soon.
Christopher - 14 Jun 2004 16:42 |
Unique kitsch gothic pub in the heart of the city. Makes a drastic change from drinking in bars which look rather like ikea. Very fun, great booze and great food- and not too expensive especially considering the area. Friendly staff. Recommend to anybody.
Josie - 6 Apr 2004 16:38 |
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