BITE user comments - Bibit_Albus
Comments by Bibit_Albus
The pub has recently been taken over and the name has been changed. It is now The Lamb.
9 Feb 2012 03:57
Superb little pub in a tiny Sussex village. I've been there a few times now and never been disappointed. The staff are knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful, which makes a pleasant change from many other pubs I've visited.
There is a decent variety of beer - properly kept - on the pumps, and a very good wine list. The food has been excellent each time, but not cheap. �40 per head for three courses at dinner (at a pub!) can reached without even trying hard. And that's without any wine.
It's definitely worth a visit; the food really is fantastic. Just bring lots of cash or a credit card.
11 Jul 2011 18:39
A once-good pub which has sadly gone downhill. I used to be an habitu� of this place, but after today I shan't return.
The food menu has been drastically cut, with some previous main-course staples - such as Frikadellen - being reduced in size and consigned to the "beer bites" section ("sausage inna bun?" quoth Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler), and others - such as Sambalatjes - being removed altogether. In their place are well-known traditional Dutch standards such as bangers and mash, and burgers. How authentic.
I was looking forward to a plate of Frikadellen, but settled for a burger. I wish I hadn't; my stomach has been upset all afternoon and I've just enjoyed an episode of diarrhoea.
The beer selection has been scythed, too. Gone is the wide, varied range of beers; all that remains is a paltry selection of frankly mediocre Euro-brews. At least there was some Fr�li on tap.
Lastly, the gents toilets downstairs was foul with the ammoniac stench of stale urine, and the door was moist with the same. It's the first time I've ever washed my hands *before* going to the loo. And this was shortly after the place had opened for business, at lunchtime.
Apparently the appalling selection of food and beer is due to a new "stock policy" according to the bartender. I wonder what policy governs the hygienic conditions of the loos.
Nicholson's Pubs needs to take a long, hard look at its operation here. There's nothing wrong with making changes, but any change should always be for the better, not for the worse. And there's no excuse for not cleaning the loos properly.
13 Dec 2010 19:41
The Goat Tavern, Kensington
Food very good. Drinks very good. Service very attentive.
Toilets bloody awful. Stall toilet seat broken in the gents; urinal reeking of urine, with extra urinal cakes tossed in in a vain attempt to mask the smell instead of scrubbing with disinfectant.
My companion reported that the ladies' was similarly dreadful, with one stall completely out of order and the other only barely usable.
2 Oct 2014 12:01