BITE user comments - Hammer6
Comments by Hammer6
The Zetland Arms, South Kensington
This potentially could be an excellent pub. Good range of European beers on tap, but the staff are just going through the motions and the loos! My God! They should give you a complimentary cholera vaccination with every visit.
11 Aug 2008 17:50
The Rose Cottage Inn, Polegate
Great pub. Picturesque, cosy, in a beautiful unspoilt hamlet. Landlord and staff first class as is the pub food served in the restaurant. Soundly priced and classic english fare (rabbit pie, fish pie, pheasant, etc). Wine with food reasonably priced. Have been a number of times and can't fault it.
11 Aug 2008 17:36
Big pub with a very good value restaurant that serves gigantic portions. Have to say I don't like the atmosphere over much. Staff miserable. Punters miserable. Dog friendly, but how long can you talk to the dog?. Beer well kept, but the whole thing could do with a charm offensive.
11 Aug 2008 17:32
What a great village pub. Full of very friendly locals every night of the week and with the friendliest landlord and landlady you will ever meet. They have transformed this establishment in the two or three years they have been there. Excellent basic pub grub, good beer, darts and a TV that's only occasionally on, mainly for big name sport and at low or no volume. It's a classic atmosphere that one had thought had disappeared from pubs years ago. Mixture of hard chairs, tables and sofas. A previous post mentioned a number of chavs frequenting the place, but that was only for a short period and they have moved on to pastures new. A great place for a quiet but friendly drink.
11 Aug 2008 17:26
The Old Fox and Hounds, Croydon
Went in here one lunch time. It's a bit of a dive. Asked for a bottle of red wine and all they had was a three-quarters full bottle which tasted like it had been opened the previous Christmas. Undrinkable. No food and a fat Staffordshire Bull Terrier with the most appalling wind. Every time he wandered past it was gagging. He was very friendly though, which is all rather sad because I can't imagine he has any friends. Hate to think what the size of the hole in the ozone layer is like over Croydon. Thank goodness there is no smoking anymore or we would have all gone up in a great ball of fire.
11 Aug 2008 18:15