Enterprise, Hollowayback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A handler's lair.
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ITS NOT ONLY A GAY BAR ITS RUN BY EX COPPERS SO I THINK I WILL B AVOIDING THAT PUB.
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Hmmm. I live 8 doors away from this pub, and only got the balls to try it out after about 2 years of living there. Turns out I hadn't been missing out on much. Just as expected, I got the threatening 'get out of my pub' type stares from a couple of locals propped at the bar. Smiling with a polite 'hello' simply encouraged a grunt followed by an inquisition as to whether I was 'the old bill'. Forgetting the locals, I did find the bar manager/landlord very welcoming and polite - maybe he thought I was the police too.
The place obviously scared away many others, since it has recently changed hands and just last weekend re-opened as the 'Pink Chameleon', which, as you can guess from the name, is a gay pub/bar. I am unable to comment on it under its new outfit, since frequenting gay bars isn't my scene (the majority of lesbians seem to take a keen disliking to straight men).
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Not for the faint hearted. Either you will love it's lively character and sense of community, or you'll be scared you're going to get beaten up for being a gay studenty type. Leave you middle class la-de-dah attitudes outside.
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Caters to local(Irish) crowd who often descend on the place at closing time. Simply brilliant!
anonymous - 17 Apr 2006 15:51 |
a very small pub. it is a horrible pub.
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Very cheap beer for the area but horrible pub, intimidating atmosphere unless you live on the estate opposite and sing appallingly on the karaoke
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