The Royal Hotel, Guildford

Ok, this pub is a zoo on the wrong day, but, it has leased it's kitchen out to some indian caterers and it now does the best madras i have found in all of surrey, you have to venture up north to bet a better one, and they deliver.

In keeping with the pubs "character", it still maintains the concept of a "saloon" and "Public" bar, the troglodytes tend to stick to the public bar, so you can have a quiet drink there, and then get delivered home with your curry.

Tne entertainment largely revolves around the activities spoken of by a previous poster, (picking and having fights), but participation is not mandatory (its more of a sport in guildford), and as a spectacle, it is often hilarious. I give the place an 8 mainly for the curry, but also because i actually like places that go quiet when a stranger walks in, and is a challenge to be accepted in, once accepted into such a place, you can always go back, note the poster who felt threatened, did not actually get threatened (he got tested), if he would made the animal laugh, he would have been "in" this is a typical english pub as far as i'm concerned.

For similar atmospheres, have a pint in the weavers or the astolat, same thing, but you wont get such a good curry. to witness gullfords main sport, walk around the town center around midnight on a weekend.

6 Feb 2008 20:58