BITE user comments - clarkie
Comments by clarkie
Cheapest pub we found in the Golden Mile area. Very lively on Friday - local sturdy girls, Saturday - hens % stags, Sunday - dead like the rest of the town...
12 Sep 2008 17:48
One of the best places to go to revisit the pages of "Reader's Wives"...! Went on a 50th birthday weekend - loved it,,,!!
12 Sep 2008 17:43
Good for football, the only decent local in the immediate area. Staff friendly & efficient - any troublemakers quickly ejected! Martin the landlord very helpful, nothing is too much trouble for his customers...
12 Sep 2008 17:40
The Blue Ball, Walton On The Hill
Only visited at lunchtimes & never able to get in restaurant area as it is full of pensioners! Luckily they serve the same menu in the bar! Food excellent, (highly recommend the Steak & Kidney pie) service good - however there was some confusion on my last visit as to what vegetables we had ordered...
27 Jan 2008 11:39
Looking forward to visiting Bar Vin last weekend, always a favourite. What a disappointment. Since my last visit around a year ago this venue has slipped downhill & seems to be catering for the rowdier element & augments the atmosphere with pounding club sounds. My initial uncomfortable reaction was confirmed when a fight broke out directly in front of my group! In the past it has been difficult to drag myself away until closing time - now I couldn't wait to leave!
22 May 2007 19:03
Went to private party in the basement, very dingy & stank of damp. Bar staff either very casual or seem to be auditioning for Comedy Night. Upstairs seemed lively.
20 Jul 2005 11:34
Gave this one a try after getting fed up with hostelries on usual crawl selling overpriced lager or (even worse!)selling Ayingerbrau. One of the few real old-fashioned pubs in the area. Beers cheaper than adjacent bars.
20 Jun 2005 21:02
Beer too expensive, not worth visiting now the ploy of enticing you in with top sorts behind the bar has finished...
20 Jun 2005 20:59
Can't praise this venue enough, particularly when compared to other bars nearby. Barstaff friendly & efficient, clientele on average slightly older & the music at a reasonable level so even if you're not drunk enough to dance you can hold a decent conversation. Sounds like I'm getting old!
1 Mar 2005 21:51
Seems to have taken over from Bar Vin as the place for late drinkers. Plenty of scantily clad young girls but this Saturday they only seemed to have eyes for each other. Only one aggressive drunk ejected while I was there...
1 Mar 2005 21:48
The Moon in the Square, Bournemouth
Waited 25 minutes to get served & left without getting a sniff of a pint. Not been on our crawl in recent times & now I can remember why...
1 Mar 2005 21:44
Recently revisited this pub after a gap of three years - not changed a bit. Slow service but a convenient starting point for a Coventry night out.
24 Jan 2005 20:49
The Prince Alfred, Bayswater
Whenever I go into this pub the prices have gone up but last night I nearly passed out when I was charged �3.70 for a pint of Foster's...! Will give it a miss in future...
4 Dec 2009 16:22