BITE user comments - misterboozy
Comments by misterboozy
I was in here early last night - first customer in fact. It was great, clean, friendly yet inobtrusive staff, good music etc. The dark Guinness was on top form, and I left a happier man... Will deffo call in again when wandering homewards
13 Jun 2009 12:28
Yes, this handy little pub in the North Laines has all the potential of a 5-star review: good location nr Saturday morning street market, great beers, vintage working jukebox with excellent range of desirable & obscure 45s - but all spoilt by a particularly surly & intractable landlady (" i don't do families" "Crisp flavours? Look on the wall") who seemed to have more chips on her shoulder than she did on the menu...
Shame 'cos it could be so good otherwise. And someone needs to replace that Johnny Cash single on the jukebox: the one that skips & jumps like it's been a veteran of half-a-dozen barroom brawls...
10 Feb 2009 21:29
I stumbled upon this pub years ago when it was still known as the Sudeley Arms and although a bit down at heel (the pub, not me - well alright me too) the assembled clientelle were quite cheerful and we sat around one late morning swapping idle pleasantries
Now working in this area myself, I was determined to find it again to see if anything had changed. It had. The name for a start: it's now been rechristened the "Saint George's". A lot of presumably corporate money has obviously been spent on a new coat of paint and some expensive looking bottles of wine (unopened) on ascending black shelves..
But the initial ambience is hostile, insular and threatening. Around 5.30 on a Tuesday evening I was greeted with silence, blank stares, and dark uncomprehending looks by barstaff and customers alike. Rather like when someone asks in the inn where Dracula's castle is. When asked what I wanted I ventured if they had any Draught Guinness. "Only extra cold" snapped back the reply.
"Yes, that will be fine" said I and repaired to a corner seat reeling from the �3.10 bill (the most I've ever paid for a pint of G in Brighton, Hove, Kemptown or anywhere else. Why??)
Insult was added to injury when the pint was sloppily delivered to my table (normally table delivery would've been a kindness), the bobhaired barmaid sans eye-contact coughed noisily into the empty ashtray; and the object of the exercise, the pint itself, turned out to be LUKEWARM!!!
And noticably so. Normally I'd take it back to the counter to complain, but the extras in this particular film were obviously hand-picked by David Lynch - and I easily envisaged a public lynching taking place if I even dared as much to utter a word in protest. Exit your friendly reviewer, disconsolate and baffled in the falling dusk...
9 Mar 2007 07:51
The Heart and Hand, Brighton
What a difference a day makes, or in this case a change of management (see my previous review dated 10th Feb 2009). Last Saturday morning I walked in anonymously (ie didn't let on I was Mr Boozy) and was immediately greeted with a tangible sense of welcome, a fine self-respecting pint of chilled Guinness, and Buddy Holly singing "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" on the (free) jukebox.
Two ladies were serving, one dark & sultry, the other blonde & bubbly ~ both were bright & cheerful ~ the clientelle boho & friendly ~ making our stay at the new "Heart and Hand" a relaxed & convivial experience, before heading off in the general direction of the Brighton Farm Market just up the road. And yes they've fixed the malfunctioning Johnny Cash single too...
23 Jan 2011 10:50